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Armed for Victory
March 27th, 2025
By the time you read this, I will finally have completed physical therapy following my October 1, 2024 rotator cuff and adhesive capsulitis (that’s “frozen shoulder” to non-medical nerds) surgery. In other words, five months post-surgery, I am now free to not go to physical therapy. But that d… Categories: Firm News
What Makes a Lawyer Super?
February 19th, 2024
You can’t watch television, browse online, or even play a game on your phone without being bombarded with lawyer commercials. I mean, how many of us had even heard of mesothelioma before the ubiquitous lawyer ads for these cases? Lawyers, particularly personal injury lawyers, get picked on often,… 
Happy Anniversary to Me
May 17th, 2022
While I don’t plan to be celebrating my 32nd anniversary as a lawyer this week like the protagonist of the Cracker Song “Happy Birthday To Me” drinking “draft beer in a plastic cup” in the “parking lot of the Showboat Casino hotel,” I do feel the need to acknowledge it as a milestone.… Categories: Firm News
The Days Go By
May 10th, 2021
Attorney Stephen Hoffman Has Been a Lawyer for 31 Years Now. Click to Learn More About Chicago's Personal Injury Attorney. Categories: Firm News
Slippery Situation (Settlement Won in a Slip-and-Fall Case)
May 28th, 2020
Premises liability cases, including slip-and-fall accidents, are always hard to win. Here’s a great example of one that ended with a substantial settlement. 
What's My Case Worth?
June 19th, 2015
HOW MUCH IS MY CASE WORTH? One of the most common questions people ask me is “how much is my injury case worth?” The answer to this question is far more complex than many people realize and involves multiple elements that affect the value (and success) of a case. Before we can evaluate t… Solo Small Practice Meeting
May 27th, 2015
THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATIONCommittee Meeting Announcement COMMITTEE: Solo/Small Firm Practitioners MEETING DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, June 2, 2015, 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. TOPIC: Top 10 Tips for Bringing In More Clients OnlineWe’ll cover the 10 things you must be doing on your website, via social…
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Speaking Engagement-A Toolkit for Starting and Growing a Law Firm
May 21st, 2015
Speaking Engagement-A Toolkit for Starting and Growing a Law Firm On May 20, 2015, I was proud to present to the Chicago Bar Association Solo and Small Practitioner Committee, of which I am co-Chair, on the subject of “Integrating Your Practice Into Your Life; Or Not: Work-Life Balance, Effici…
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SOLO & SMALL PRACTICE SEMINAR MAY 20TH
SOLO AND SMALL PRACTITIONER SEMINAR On May 20, 2015, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., I am honored to be speaking and hosting the Chicago Bar Association Seminar. As Co-Chair of the CBA Solo and Small Practitioner Committee, it is gratifying and humbling to be able to put together such a great event. Th… Twenty-Five Years!
May 11th, 2015
LEGAL EVOLUTION Anniversaries tend to sneak up on us, at least on the males of the species. This might explain why it just dawned on me that this month heralds a quarter of a century that I have been a lawyer. Working as a practicing lawyer, let alone as a sole practitioner, has never been easy, and…
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