Ms. Hoffman began her law career as an assistant corporation counsel for the City of New York. She then was a full time professor of law from 1975-1978 (assistant) to 1985 (associate) teaching constitutional law, property, art law, and intellectual property. In 1985, she returned to full time legal practice in New York City. She has also taught Art and the Law at the School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, and courses in U.S. Copyright Law in the Master of Law Program at the Université of Lyon, Lyon France.

Clients: Ms. Hoffman represents a wide range of corporate, personal, and institutional clients including prominent visual artists and their estates, museums, galleries, architects, photographers and leading photo agencies, advertising agencies, authors, publishers, entrepreneurs, Internet providers, and content distribution companies. She has been counsel to award winning film and TV productions and documentary producers including numerous international co-productions.

Education
Brown University (B.A., cum laude)
Sweet Briar Junior Year Abroad, Paris, France
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (M.A., magna cum laude)
London School of Economics (M.A.)
Columbia University School of Law (J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)

Professional Affiliations
Chair, Committee 20: Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law, International Bar Association, 2000-2004
Chair, Art Law Committee, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1995-1998 (Member, Council on International Affairs, Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution)
Washington State Bar Association (Member, Committee on Intellectual Property, Professional Responsibility)
American Bar Association (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law
International Law; Entertainment Law)
District of Columbia Bar Association (Member, Section on Art and Entertainment Law) American Intellectual Property Law Association
Computer Law Association
Chair of the Legal Committee & Assistant Secretary to Explorers Club 1989-1996. Copyright Society. New York Women in Film and Television. Member and former Secretary and Board member of Art Table. Board of Trustees, Williamstown Art Conservation Institute. Counsel, College Art Association. (1988-1998). Counsel, International Association of Art Critics (1990 – present), Museum Attorneys’ Group. Founder and President, Washington State Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (1976-1986).
American Film Market Arbitrator’s Panel (1984-present)

Mediation and Arbitration Experience
World Intellectual Property Organization Domain Name Dispute Resolution (Geneva 2001)
World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes (Geneva 2001)
World Intellectual Property Organization Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes (San Francisco 2000)
Harvard Advanced Mediation Workshop (Robert Mnuchin, May 2000)

Languages
Fluent speaker of French; Working knowledge of Spanish and Italian

Notable Cases
Amicus briefs cited by the court in Finley v. NEA and Columbus America Discovery Group
Ringgold v. BET (Ringgold)
George Barris v. Richard Hamilton, Tate Gallery, et. al. (Hamilton, Tate)
Flack v. Friends of Queen Catherine (Flack)

Foreign Work Experience
India; Japan; France; Italy; Mali; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru.