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Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: 916.446.7979
Fax: 916.446.8199
rhoffman@somachlaw.com
Robert B. Hoffman
Of Counsel

Profile

Mr. Hoffman is currently Of Counsel with the firm. He was admitted to the California bar in 1970, and the Arizona bar in 1976. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. He was formerly a partner in the Arizona office of Snell & Wilmer. His practice includes water law, professional liability litigation, commercial litigation and Indian law. Mr. Hoffman received his B.A. from Yale University in 1967, and his J.D. from Stanford University in 1970.

Areas of Practice Emphasis

Litigation in areas of water law, reclamation law, Indian law, accounting malpractice, and environmental law.

Prior Positions

Partner: Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, AZ, 1981-2002.

Associate Attorney: Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, AZ, 1977-1981.

Associate Attorney: Flynn, Kimmerer, Thinnes & Derrick, Phoenix, AZ, 1976-1977.

Law Clerk: United States District Court, District of Arizona, Honorable Walter E. Craig, Chief Judge, Arizona, 1975-1976.

Court Commissioner: City and County of San Francisco Superior Court, San Francisco, CA, 1972-1975.

Associate Attorney: Law Offices of Robert Edmundson, San Francisco, CA, 1970-1972.

Education

Stanford School of Law (J.D., 1970).
Yale University (B.A., 1967).

Bar Admissions

State Bar of California, 1970.
State Bar of Arizona, 1976.
U.S. Supreme Court, 1977.