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For Release:  IMMEDIATELY

 

ESTABLISHED AVIATION DEFENSE FIRM REORGANIZES TO FORM
HOFF & HERRAN

 

CHICAGO – The aviation defense firm formerly known as Hoff & Collins has formally announced its reorganization as the law firm of Hoff & Herran, effective January 1, 2009. 

 

The reorganization of Hoff & Herran reflects the firm’s continuing development and growing business, as well as ongoing personal attention to its clients.  Clients continue to seek the counsel and representation of Mr. John S. Hoff based upon his national reputation and successful record.  Mr. Alex Herran, who has practiced with Mr. Hoff as a senior trial attorney, has now become a partner at Hoff & Herran. Mr. Herran’s interest in the firm will further serve to protect and defend the interests of the firm’s current and future clients. 

 

Like its predecessor entity, Hoff & Herran will continue to focus on aviation litigation, as well as aviation related matters.  Combining over 50 years of legal and operational experience in aviation and litigation, Hoff & Herran offers highly specialized, effective, focused, and personal legal representation.  The highly trained legal and operational staff at Hoff & Herran continues to handle insurance defense and coverage matters, as well as transportation law, Federal Aviation Administration pilot enforcement actions, product liability, premises liability, wrongful death, personal injury, property and casualty litigation.  Hoff & Herran provides experienced international representation as it regularly engages in complex multi-jurisdictional litigation.  Jeffrey F. Clement, Timothy J. O’Connell and Jared A. Schneider will continue to be associated with the new firm.  Glenn Collins will be Of Counsel to the new firm.  

 

About John S. Hoff, Esq. – Mr. Hoff attended law school at Southwestern University in Los Angeles, while on Active Duty with U.S. Air Force, and graduated with a Juris Doctorate in 1975. Mr. Hoff also studied law at Oxford University (Worcester College) in Oxford, England in 1973 through the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving an MBA in finance from California State Law at Fullerton in 1971, he completed a second Masters Degree in Military History from the American Military University in 1995. Mr. Hoff is a graduate of the Air War College (1995); Air Command and Staff College (1991); and Squadron Officer School (1979).  In 1975, after completing his legal studies and leaving Active Duty after eight years in the USAF, Mr. Hoff began his legal career as a staff and trial attorney in the Headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Litigation Division, in Washington, D.C. (1975-76).  Mr. Hoff entered private practice in 1976 by joining the law firm of Lord, Bissell and Brook, performing litigation in the aviation section of the firm. Mr. Hoff specializes in aviation litigation and insurance defense. His practice brings together a unique blend of aviation, insurance defense, environmental law and litigation.  In addition to Mr. Hoff's aviation and legal credentials, he served in the Active Reserves and retired as a full Colonel in 1998. He holds an FAA Commercial Pilot’s license, with single and multi-engine and instrument ratings.  Additionally, he’s a Certified Pilot Instructor and holds a Commercial Glider Pilot Certificate. Mr. Hoff has flown a Sawaringer Metroliner (SA226), a Falcon 20 and Learjet 24 in Part 135 Charter Operations. Further, he holds the credential of a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) since conferment in 1981, as well as a Certified Cost Estimator (CCE), and is also a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker (REB).

 

Mr. Hoff has authored numerous articles on aviation and military matters. He was a featured speaker at the SMU Air Law Symposium, the Aviation Insurance Association (APA) and Embry-Riddle University’s Air Law Conferences.  He was the past President of the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA), and also serves as its past Vice President and Secretary, as well as Director of the Attorneys Section. He was also an Officer of the Great Lakes Chapter of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI).

 

Mr. Hoff is admitted to practice law in the following jurisdictions: Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, California, Michigan, New York, Minnesota and the District of Columbia, as well as numerous Federal Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

About Alex Herran, Esq. Mr. Herran was admitted to the Illinois Bar and The United States District Court Northern District of Illinois in 1991. Mr. Herran is also a member of The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits. Mr. Herran earned his B.S. in 1986 at Illinois State University and his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in 1991.  Mr. Herran’s practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation. He has extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts including aviation litigation, commercial litigation, insurance defense litigation, product liability litigation, personal injury and wrongful death litigation, chancery proceedings, as well as arbitrations and mediations. Mr. Herran has also successfully argued various appellate matters throughout the State of Illinois and Federal District Courts and has been admitted to practice pro hac vice in over twenty courts throughout the United States.  Mr. Herran has participated in various multi-district litigation matters, and has served as an attorney on the Executive Committee of several commercial aviation disaster cases pending in various United States Federal District Courts, including American Airlines Flight 587 (U.S. District Court Southern District of New York) and Egypt Air (U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York).

 

For more information, visit www.aviationattorney.com or contact Mary Stecyna at (312) 346-8111.