Atty. Robert J. Hoffman

• Robert Hoffman, is an attorney with over twenty-five years experience in family, civil and criminal law
• Robert Hoffman has been a resident of Sarasota, Florida for eighteen years
• Mr. Hoffman is a graduate of Fordham University and New York Law School
• For over nine years, Mr. Hoffman was a trial court law clerk to the judiciary of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Florida which includes Sarasota, Manatee and Desoto Counties
• In his position with the Circuit Court, Mr. Hoffman personally researched and wrote thousands of orders for the judiciary on criminal cases from the least serious cases to death penalty cases
• Mr. Hoffman was promoted to Child Support Hearing Officer/Magistrate in 2008, where he made rulings on thousands of child support cases and other family court matters
• Mr. Hoffman, in addition to being admitted to the Florida Bar, is also admitted to the New York State Bar, and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator
• Mr. Hoffman is also a Florida Notary, Certified Signing Agent and a Florida Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
• Mr. Hoffman began his legal career in Queens, New York City and moved to Florida in 1995
• Mr. Hoffman practiced in Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Hillsborough and Citrus county, Florida prior to his moving to Sarasota, Florida in 1998
• Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Sarasota Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association and the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Sarasota Chapter
• Mr. Hoffman’s personal interests outside the law are exercise, running 5K’s and travel
• Robert J. Hoffman was born in Franklin Square, New York and attended both college and law school in New York City
• Mr. Hoffman has been a practicing attorney for 29 years, both in private practice and with the Legal Aid Society, New York City
• Mr. Hoffman relocated to Saint Petersburg, Florida in 1995 and he settled in Sarasota, Florida in 1998, where he remains today
• Mr. Hoffman has previously had the honor to serve the citizens of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit in Sarasota and Manatee County as a General Magistrate and Child Suppport Hearing Officer for over eight years
• Thereafter, Mr. Hoffman entered private practice primarily litigating family law cases including dissolution of marriages, domestic injunctions and civil litigation including debt collection, foreclosure litigation and breach of contract cases
• When not in court, Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Sertoma of Greater Sarasota and a member of the Manasota Track Club

Awards

New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, Articles Editor