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Hoffman, Melvin S. was born on June 7, 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
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Melvin S. HOFFMAN
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MELVIN HOFFMAN, American Lawyer, Partner of CHAPLIN & MILSTEIN, specializing in the field of 1983. Author: The Fair Housing Acting; The Burden of Proof," Journal of Housing, March/April, 1984; "Criminal Trial by Paper Deposition," Boston Bar Journal, April, 1981; "Recent Developments in the Federal Rules of Evidence," Boston Bar Journal, September, 1979; reprinted in Rhode Island Bar Journal, Volume XXVIII, Number. 7, April, 1980. Associate Editor, Massachusetts Law Review, 1980-1990. Assistant United States. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, 1974-1976. Senior Staff Attorney, United States. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1976-1978. Member: Boston (Member: Legal Services to the Indigent Committee, 1974-1976; Courts and The Community Committee, since 1985) and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
Education
Yeshiva University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Syracuse University (Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Worked at Looney & Grossman, Limited Liability Partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Bankruptcy Law, Corporate Reorganization, Workouts, Foreclosure. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Massachusetts. 1976, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1978, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Author: "The Attorney-Client Privilege in Proceedings Under the Bankruptcy Acting of 1898 and the Bankruptcy Reform Acting of 1978," The American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Volume 53, Summer, 1979. "Discharge and Dischargeability," Chapter 7 and 13, Bankruptcy Filings, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Incorporated., Number.
90-108, November 1989.
"Liens and Credit Issues," Advanced Real Estate Law in Massachusetts, National Business Institute, 1993. Law Clerk to the Honorary Harold Lavien, United States.
Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts, 1976-1977. Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
(Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification).
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Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. (Certified Specialist, Business Bankruptcy Law, American Bankruptcy Board of Certification).
