Charles Hoffecker has been practicing law since 1998. Mr. Hoffecker formed HLG in 2006. His practice focuses primarily on representing HLG’s corporate and individual clients in contract litigation, insurance coverage litigation, commercial/business litigation and liability litigation.

Prior to forming HLG, Mr. Hoffecker practiced law at one of the Southeast’s leading litigation firms based in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Hoffecker represented clients in insurance defense litigation, coverage litigation, premises liability, products liability, governmental liability and employment litigation. Prior to private practice, Mr. Hoffecker was appointed as the General Counsel for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice where he acted as the Director of the Office of Legal Services and the Office of Professional Responsibility and Accountability. He has also served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Georgia Department of Law where he represented State Agencies in regulatory and litigation matters.

Memberships: Mr. Hoffecker is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is admitted to practice in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, all state and federal courts in Georgia, and the United States District Court, District of South Carolina, and the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri. He is also a member of the State Bar Health Law Section and Government Attorneys Section. Mr. Hoffecker serves as an Advisory Board Member to the Southern Poverty Law Center – Southern Juvenile Defender Center based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Mr. Hoffecker is a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), which is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship is by invitation only based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. Additionally, in 2009 Mr. Hoffecker was selected by Super Lawyer Magazine and his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer: Rising Star in Business Litigation. This honor is a confidential peer reviewed process and Mr. Hoffecker is one of only two percent of Georgia attorneys to receive this honor. By clicking on the LCA and Super Lawyer badges at the bottom of our Welcome Page you can visit these organizations to learn more about them and Mr. Hoffecker.

Speaking: Mr. Hoffecker is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer. He has presented lectures at:

West LegalEd Center/National Business Institute National web cast seminar - “Maintain an Ethical Practice from Start to Finish in Georgia” (12/12/07)

National Business Institute/Institute for Paralegal Education – Paralegal Litigation Skills: Managing Civil Discovery, topics “Project Management Skills – Best Practices” and “Discovery Problem Solving” (10/29/07)

National Business Institute’s (NBI) – Successful Federal Court Practice Seminar, topics “Maintain an Ethical Practice from Start to Finish” and “Issues and Answers for Success in the Federal Court System” (7/24/07)

Lorman Educational Seminar - Helping Your Trial Lawyer Win: Essential Trial Preparation and Techniques for Paralegals in Georgia, Topic – Articulating the Theory of the Case (05/17/06);

Georgia State Bar CLE Seminar - Katrina Relief: Lawyers Learning to Help the Displaced, Topic - Mental Health and Family Counseling (10/10/05);

The Role of the Human Resource Professional in Litigation – Investigation as the Predicate to a Successful Defense, and, New FSLA Regulations, Overtime and Beyond (11/05/04);

Central Georgia SHRM Seminar – Employment Law Update (10/07/04);

American Corrections Association, Summer Conference, Juvenile Corrections Committee – Legal Issues Arising From Employment in the Context of the Public and Private Correctional Setting (07/30/04).

Publications: Mr. Hoffecker is a contributing author to the Defense Research Institute Defense Library Series, A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Defense Practice, and authored Chapter 18: The Use of Evidence at Trial. Mr. Hoffecker’s chapter focuses on the technical and practical aspects of effective use of evidence at trial and valuable strategies for the admission of evidence at trial. The book is a guide for young litigation attorneys and is a collection of chapters written by leading defense attorneys from across the country.

Education: Mr. Hoffecker received his Juris Doctor degree in 1998 from Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana. He was an Associate Editor of the Valparaiso University Law Review. In 1994 Mr. Hoffecker earned a B.A., with honors, from Albion College in Michigan.

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