David Alan Hoffman

His TEDx talk on Lawyers as Peacemakers describes his decision to discontinue courtroom advocacy and focus exclusively on mediation, arbitration, and Collaborative law.

In 2019, he completed Level One training in the Internal Family Systems model from the IFS Institute, and in 2022 earned a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.

[1] After his studies at Cornell and before attending law school, Hoffman spent seven years as a woodworker, founding a woodworking business in Ithaca, New York called “Knock on Wood” (1974–81), which produced hand-crafted furniture, kitchen wares, games, and toys.

In 1988–89, he took a one-year leave of absence from Hill & Barlow to work as staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

[3] In 2000, Hoffman took a six-month sabbatical from Hill & Barlow and hiked the Appalachian Trail end-to-end with his son.

[7] Hoffman is a member of a jug band, Uncle Jack's Rompin’ Stompers, which formed in high school and continues to play old-time music.