Gardere’s Hoffman Named Among Top Business Defense Attorneys By Dallas Business Journal

Rob Hoffman of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP was included in the Dallas Business Journal’s listing of “The Defenders” recognizing North Texas’ top business defense attorneys.
By: Rhonda Reddick
 
May 18, 2010 - PRLog -- DALLAS – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Partner Rob Hoffman was recently named one of North Texas’ top business defense attorneys. Mr. Hoffman is one of 15 attorneys profiled in “The Defenders,” a special section published in the May 14 edition of the Dallas Business Journal.

To compile “The Defenders” list, Dallas Business Journal editors solicited nominations in search of attorneys who, by reputation and results, are the best at defending and protecting their corporate clients against lawsuits. The list is comprised of the most formidable and accomplished business-defense lawyers. These attorneys also give back by serving as leaders in civic, professional and community organizations.

At least one of Mr. Hoffman’s clients concurs with the DBJ’s assessment.

“Rob is unlike any trial lawyer I've ever met,” says Daniel S. Schulz, General Counsel – North America with Cunningham Lindsey.  “He has this innate ability to work with people and get them to appreciate his client's point of view, and he does it all with a sense of humor and dogged determination to achieve the best ethical outcome for his client.”

Steve Good, Gardere’s Managing Partner, agrees. “This recognition from the DBJ is a testament not only to Rob’s talents as a corporate defender but also to our entire litigation team,” he says. “Our litigators form an extraordinarily talented group with the results to prove it.”

In his Q&A with the DBJ, Mr. Hoffman says his becoming a litigator was practically preordained.

“My father, two uncles, and various first cousins were lawyers,” he says. “On the other side of the family, my mother gave business executives welcome doses of common sense solutions to their business problems and speech coaching. With this backdrop, what choice did I have? I was birthed to solve business problems through common sense, strategic thinking, and speech-making – the definition of a litigator.”

He says he considered the recent economic downturn a chance to get more creative.

“I looked at the recession as an opportunity to develop alternative pricing strategies in a land that had previously not embraced the concept,” he says. “It’s a work in progress, with ups and downs, but eventually the hourly fee will have to make room for customized pricing strategies that work for both parties. … And I’m focused on honing my cost-cutting strategy so that litigation is not such a drain on company resources.”

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an AmLaw 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest’s largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of energy, hospitality, litigation, corporate, tax, government affairs, environmental, labor and employment, intellectual property and financial services.
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