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HON. JOHN E. HOFFMAN, JR.
   
OFFICE ADDRESS
   
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Ohio
170 North High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
 
BIOGRAPHY
 
     John E. Hoffman, Jr. was appointed as United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of Ohio in 2000. Prior to his appointment, Judge Hoffman was a partner in the Columbus office of Arter & Hadden LLP, where he practiced primarily in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation. His practice focused on the representation of Chapter 11 debtors and creditors’ committees. Judge Hoffman joined Arter & Hadden in 1989 after completing a judicial clerkship with the Honorable R. Guy Cole, Jr. (formerly a bankruptcy judge, now sitting on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals).
 
     Judge Hoffman previously served as Chairman of the Columbus Bar Association Bankruptcy Committee. He served on the Board of Trustees for The Legal Aid Society of Columbus from 1995–2000. Judge Hoffman is a member of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and the American Bankruptcy Institute. He served on the Board of Directors of The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges Endowment for Education from 2006–2011 and as Chair of the Endowment from 2007–2009. Judge Hoffman is an adjunct professor of law at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
 
     Judge Hoffman received his B.A. summa cum laude from Wheeling Jesuit University in 1980, and his J.D. magna cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1983.