Neal Hoffman

Neal Hoffman

Neal Hoffman

Partner

Mr. Hoffman focuses his practice on state and federal appellate litigation, trial advocacy and briefing, and civil litigation cases. He’s successfully represented individuals and entities in tort and commercial litigation throughout the State of Texas, federal courts, and arbitration, and has advocated for appellate clients in various Texas courts of appeals, before the Fifth Circuit, and the Texas Supreme Court.

Mr. Hoffman was raised in the Houston area. He graduated in 2006 with high honors from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with double majors in political science and international relations, before obtaining his J.D. in 2009 from William & Mary School of Law, in Williamsburg, Virginia. While in law school, Mr. Hoffman was a member and officer of the school’s National Trial and Moot Court teams.

Practices

  • State and Federal civil appellate litigation
  • Premises liability
  • Retail/premises security and false imprisonment/malicious prosecution
  • Defamation
  • Products liability
  • Construction liability
  • Trucking liability
  • Commercial and Deceptive Trade Practices
  • Medical negligence
  • Arbitration contracts

Admissions

  • Texas (2009)
  • United States District Courts: Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals: Fifth Circuit

Presentations/Publications

  • A Negligent Undertaking (Continuing Legal Education Course No. 174234204)
  • The Corbin-ite Maneuver (Continuing Legal Education Course No. 174233523)
  • Texas State and Federal Court Objections
  • (Continuing Legal Education Course No. 174142858 )
  • The New Spoliation: How the Texas Supreme Court clarified and redefined the law,
  • 78 Tex. Bar J., 270-273
  • Diversity Jurisdiction Dilemmas: New pleading rules muddy the waters,
  • 78 Tex. Bar J., 140–42
  • Battery 2.0: Upgrading Offensive Contact Battery to the Digital Age,
  • 1 Case W. Res. J.L. Tech. & Internet 61 (2010).
  • State and Federal civil appellate litigation
  • Premises liability
  • Retail/premises security and false imprisonment/malicious prosecution
  • Defamation
  • Products liability
  • Construction liability
  • Trucking liability
  • Commercial and Deceptive Trade Practices
  • Medical negligence
  • Arbitration contracts

Contact Neal Hoffman

As of March 1, 2024, McKinney Taylor is now Taylor Twining.