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Commercial and Employment Mediation isn’t a journey for the faint of heart. When two key parties become adrift in a sea of complicated and multi-dimensional issues, the situation will often beckon third-party intervention. Frequently Greg Hoffmann is called upon to take the helm and ultimately bring the situation to a mutually beneficial resolution. His experience includes:
- CEO and co-owner of a privately held group of companies with retail operations in 13 states and in excess of 325 employees
- Counsel to publicly-traded and privately held corporations with business in the fields of licensing, franchising, real estate development, aviation, manufacturing and product development
- Extensive experience in commercial, employment and contract matters as both a litigator, counselor and business executive
- Adjunct professor teaching graduate level courses in employment law, labor/management relations, and legal and political ethics
- Involved in numerous mediations and arbitrations dealing with a multitude of commercial and employment and labor management issues
Intellectual Property…Copyright, Trademark, Patent is a fascinating knot that weaves together the exclusive rights of the technological, artistic and commercial creations of the mind. The scope and sophistication of this legal genre is vast, and sometimes creates unexpected squalls of emotion, misunderstanding and confusion.
Greg spent nearly 25 years practicing law in the area of intellectual property. During that time, he was involved in advising on and litigating matters relating to patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress. He has argued and tried complex patent cases and negotiated transactions involving software, technology, film, animation, books, apparel, home furnishings, promotions, co-branding activities and related intellectual property transactions.
As a corporate CEO, Greg Hoffmann developed and managed a group of privately held companies involved in nearly every aspect of Intellectual Property licensing, publishing and product/software development. Under his management, the company developed a chain of retail stores, an animated movie and published a national magazine with over 500k net paid circulation. His operations spanned the United States, involved hundreds of employees and licenses. During his tenure as CEO, the brand realized lifetime sales figures in excess of 100 million.
Corporate, Securities & Commodities industry is certainly one that requires precise plotting and extreme diligence. A long-term perspective is sometimes clouded by short-term gains and requires talented mediator calm the resulting wake quickly. Mr. Hoffmann has practiced securities and commodities law for a number of years and has specific experience and leadership in the following categories:
- Co-lead counsel to classes of plaintiffs in multi-district class-action securities litigations
- Counsel to numerous individual customers in both securities and commodities arbitration, mediation and litigation before the NASD, FINRA and the CFTC
- Counsel to owners in shareholder derivative and related shareholder actions
- Counsel to Banks and Bank Trustees in numerous class action securities, fiduciary duty, fraud and malpractice litigation matters, both multi-district and otherwise
- Counsel to attorneys and accountants in litigation involving negligence, fraud
- Counsel to numerous privately and publicly held companies
- CEO of privately-held group of companies involved in domestic and international licensing and publishing
- Involved in numerous mediations and arbitrations securities, commodities and corporate matters
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