Matthew E. Hoffman [ Associate ]
Duane Morris LLP
30 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
USA
Phone: 215.979.1524
Fax: 215.979.1020
Email:
MEHoffman@duanemorris.com
Matthew E. Hoffman practices in the area of business reorganization and financial restructuring.
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Bankruptcy Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is a co-editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal "Lien on Me" column and also is a contributing editor for American Bankruptcy Institute's Third Circuit Update.
Mr. Hoffman is a founder and director of Grounded in Music (www.groundedinmusic.org), a nonprofit corporation with the mission of establishing educational and instructional programs to provide underprivileged youth with access to music.
Mr. Hoffman is a 2005 graduate of the Columbia University School of Law, where he was awarded the national Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award, and a cum laude graduate of Brandeis University.
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section - American Bankruptcy Institute
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Business Law Section
-- Bankruptcy Committee
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- Supreme Court of New Jersey
- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D., 2005
- Brandeis University, B.A., cum laude, 2002
Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Associate, 2005-present
Civic and Charitable Activities
- Founder and Director, Grounded in Music
Selected Publications
- Author, "U.S. Supreme Court Set to Decide If Transfer Tax Exemption Applies to Section 363 Sales," Duane Morris Alert, June 2, 2008
- Co-author, "Bankruptcy Court Decides Indemnification Claims Against Debtors' Directors, Officers," The Legal Intelligencer, April 18, 2008
- Co-author, "Assumption and Assignment of IP License Agreements in Bankruptcy: Circuit Split Continues," ABI Journal, March 2008
- Co-author, "A Split in the Circuits Over Assumption of an Executory Contract," The Legal Intelligencer, August 31, 2007
- Co-author, "Court Avoids Debtor's Payment of a Supersedeas Bond as a Preference," The Legal Intelligencer, March 9, 2007
- Co-author, "Propriety of Incentives Paid by Secured Creditor to Debtor's Officers," The Legal Intelligencer, January 5, 2007
- Co-author, "Setoff of Debtor's Tax Overpayment Trumps Bankruptcy Code Exemption,"The Legal Intelligencer, August 4, 2006
- Co-author, "Good News for Lenders: Deepening Insolvency Not Recognized," The Legal Intelligencer, February 10, 2006
- Co-author, "IRS Allowed to Offset Debtors' Tax Overpayment Against Unpaid Debt," The Legal Intelligencer, December 2, 2005
- Co-author, "Asset Sale Benefiting Only Secured Creditor Fails Justification Test," The Legal Intelligencer, October 21, 2005