Jack L. Hoffman

Jack Hoffman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and attended Creston High School, the University of Michigan, and the University of Michigan School of Law, receiving his J.D. in 1976. His major areas of practice are insurance and real estate, including tax credit financing and historic preservation and planning issues. He served six years on the Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Commission. He has been chairperson of the Grand Rapids Master Plan Zoning Committee and the Grand Rapids Parking Commission. He is currently chair of the Green Grand Rapids Committee and a board member of the Interurban Transportation Partnership, Michigan's most successful public transportation provider. He resides in Heritage Hill with his wife, Rebecca Smith-Hoffman, who is a principal in Past Perfect, Inc., an historic preservation consulting firm.

• Attorney

• Wheeler Upham PC, Partner, 1981 - 2005
• Hoffman and Van Allsburg, Partner, 1978 - 1981
• Representative Clients
• Auto Owners Insurance
• Farmers Insurance
• Pioneer Insurance
• Review Works

• Breas v. Breas, 385 N.W.2d 743
• Court: Mich.App.
• Year: 1986
• Serial Number: 1986123383
• Advocacy Organization for Patients & Providers v. Auto Club Ins. Ass'n
• Citation: 472 Mich 91
• Court: Michigan Supreme Court
• Year: 2005
• Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Amoco Production Co
• Citation: 468 Mich 53
• Year: 2003
• Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Titan Insurance Company
• Citation: 251 Mich.App. 454, 651 N.W.2d 428
• Year: 2002
• Serial Number: 225349
• Sprague v. Farmers Ins. Exchange
• Citation: 251 Mich.App. 260, 650 N.W.2d 374
• Serial Number: 227400
• Eversman v. Concrete Cutting & Breaking
• Citation: 463 Mich. 86, 614 N.W.2d 862
• Court: Mich.
• Year: 2000
• Serial Number: 109977
• Harts v. Farmers Ins. Exchange
• Citation: 461 Mich. 1, 597 N.W.2d 47
• Year: 1999
• Serial Number: 110683
• Citation: 224 Mich.App. 221, 568 N.W.2d 387
• Year: 1997
• Serial Number: 183948
• Farmers Ins. Exchange v. Anderson
• Citation: 206 Mich.App. 214, 520 N.W.2d 686
• Year: 1994
• Serial Number: 156079
• Breas v. Breas
• Citation: 149 Mich.App. 103, 385 N.W.2d 743
• Serial Number: 85920
• Transamerica Ins. Corp. of America v. American Republic Ins. Co.
• Citation: 149 Mich.App. 167, 386 N.W.2d 157
• Year: 1985
• Serial Number: 80996
• McElwee v. Wharton
• Citation: 19 F.Supp.2d 766
• Court: W.D.Mich.
• Year: 1998
• CPC Intern., Inc. v. Aerojet-General Corp.
• Citation: 825 F.Supp. 795, 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,424
• Year: 1993
• Magnant v. Medtronic, Inc.
• Citation: 818 F.Supp. 204, Prod.Liab.Rep. (CCH) P 13,585

• Michigan, 1975
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1976
• U.S. Tax Court, 1976

• American Bar Association
• Grand Rapids Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan, 1976 - 2009 (Attorney)
• Grand Rapids Parking Commission, 2000 - 2007 (Chairman)
• Grand Rapids Master Plan Committee (Chairman)
• Grand Rapids Zoning Code (Chairman, Revision Committee)
• Michigan Historic Preservation Network (Board of Directors)
• Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Commission, 1984 - 1990 (Chairman)
• Interurban Transportation Partnership (Board Member)