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 a board member of the Interurban Transportation Partnership, Michigan's most successful public transportation provider.

Jack and his wife Rebecca Smith-Hoffman reside in Heritage Hill. Rebecca is a principal in Past Perfect, Inc., an historic preservation consulting firm.

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

• Auto Owners Insurance
• Farmers Insurance
• Pioneer Insurance
• Review Works

• "When Multiple Policies Interact." In Michigan Insurance Law and Practice, (Co-Author with Gary A. Maximiuk), ICLE, 2002
• "Injecting Fault into No-Fault: Does SJI2d 50.11 Apply in a First-Party No-Fault Case?", (Co-Author with Thomas A. Kuiper), Michigan Bar Journal, 928, September, 1998

• Grand Rapids Michigan Master Plan Committee, 2000 - 2009
• Grand Rapids Parking Commission, 2000 - 2007