Peter D Hoffman

Cannot recommend at all. I hired this man and at four hundred and ninety five an hour, I expected him to do the job he was hired to do. He did not accomplish that, he quit. He dragged a simple matter with medical diagnoses for close to a year and in the end did absolutely nothing but botch it in my ...opinion. He went way off target from what I hired him to do, then tried to blame me for not giving him strong evidence for how HE wanted it all to go. I was transparent from the start, and who's interest he was working for I have no idea, but in my opinion it wasn't mine. It was a very bad experience that further traumatized my child. He outright messed up medical diagnosis and documentation, as far as to say one did not exist (surprising even professional medical staff who wrote it months prior). He professionally advised keeping an item in the notice of claim after I told him it was incorrect. He could not explain himself as to how he messed up what I hired him to do even after he said it was simple, that he had a working relationship with my district and had worked with them before and had a cousin on the board. He couldn't explain how he missed the medical documention except to not answer my question and to offer to help a new attorney (considering my experince with his previous service, said no thank you). He also could not explain why he was trying to switch blame at the end, for a lack of evidence (after close to a year of him working this case mind you) for a path that he professionally chose this case to go in. Again, he should have stuck to what I hired him for. He even irritated my medical staff by his not filling out requests properly. Cannot reccomend.

Peter was instrumental in obtaining the support necessary so that our child could attend the Special Education program that would allow him to grow and develop. Over the last 3 years, Peter went to bat for us against the school district and was able to negotiate a good deal so that we could afford t...his education for our child. Peter has always made himself available to attend IEP and CSE meetings with the District. As he was so well known in our District, his reputation preceded himself and was able to negotiate quickly, keeping our legal fees to a minimum. He really worked with us to get the best deal possible for our child. He put our child first, which is typically not the norm in the legal profession. At the end of this most recent 3-year deal, our child will be able to graduate High School and has the opportunity to actually go to and succeed in college. Peter's support alleviated the stress felt by our family and our child. Thank you Peter for your professionalism and no-nonsense attitude. Your approach was refreshing and effective.