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617-898-0750​

Education:

  • Princeton University
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Law


Publications:

  • “The Role of Child’s Counsel in State Intervention Proceedings: Toward a Rebuttable Presumption in Favor of Family Reunification,” 3 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 269 (Spring 2004)
  • Several chapters in Child Welfare Practice in Massachusetts, MCLE (2006)


Representative Speaking, Training, and Teaching Engagements:

  • Children and Family Law Division Trial Panel Certification Training, trainer - 2001 to present
  • Tufts University, undergraduate course “Child Abuse and the Law”, adjunct professor - Fall 2015
  • Children and Family Law Division Writing Workshop, trainer - March 2012, December 2007
  • Harvard Law School, Child, Family & State course, lecture - February 2012
  • Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Leadership & Management Institute, “Conflict Management”, trainer - February 2011
  • National Institute for Trial Advocacy Massachusetts Child Advocacy Training Institute, trainer - November 2010
  • Harvard Law School, Art of Social Change: Child Welfare, Education, and Juvenile Justice course, panelist – September 2010
  • CPCS Lawyer Training, “Collateral Consequences of Criminal Conviction on Parental Rights”, lecture - September 2010, December 2008
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts Celebration of National Reunification Day, speaker – June 2010
  • CPCS Annual Conference, “The Curious Case of the Court Clinic Conundrum: Problems, Rules, Strategies, Responses”, panelist – May 2010
  • ABA National Parents’ Attorneys Conference, Washington D.C., “Racial and Socioeconomic Disparity and the Disenfranchised Client: Difficult Questions, Modest Answers, and Practical Strategies”, lecture – May 2009
  • Americorps Volunteer Attorney training conference, lecture - February 2009
  • Children and Family Law Division Discovery Training, trainer - December 2008
  • Juvenile Bar Association Annual Conference, lecture - March 2008
  • Suffolk University Law School Immigration Clinic, lecture - October 2007
  • Department of Children and Families Supervisors Training, “Working with Youth in the Juvenile Justice System”, trainer – May 2007
  • Hampden County Children and Family Law Training and Conference, speaker - January 2007
  • CPCS Annual Conference, “Recognizing, Understanding, and Addressing Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Child Welfare System”, speaker - May 2005
  • Children and Family Law Division Defensive Advocacy Training, trainer - 2004-2005


Call or email us at
617.898.0750 or hoffmanlaw1@gmail.com. 

About the Law Office of Andrew Hoffman

Licensed in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Andrew’s memberships and qualifications include the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Special Needs Advocacy Network, and CPCS certification by the Children and Family Law and Youth Advocacy Divisions.

In addition to his professional activities, Andrew has served, and continues to serve, the community in a variety of roles, including Co-Chair of the Boston Children’s Museum Board of Overseers, the Board of Directors for the West End House Boys & Girls Club, Princeton Association of New England (past president), Our Space Our Place Board of Directors, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mass Bay.

Andrew Hoffman has been practicing law for more than 20 years, fighting for the rights of children, parents, and families. Before opening his own practice, he was the Managing Attorney of the Boston office of the Children and Family Law Division at the Committee for Public Counsel Services, where he led a large team of trial attorneys in child abuse and neglect cases in the Juvenile and Probate Courts. In this role he developed his expertise in a wide scope of family law, special education and school law, and juvenile matters. He began his career in civil legal services programs, practicing in a variety of fields.