Background
Hoffman, Paul L. was born on July 8, 1951 in New York, New York, United States.
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Paul L. Hoffman
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City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). The London School of Economics and Political Science (Master of Science, Economics, 1973). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1975, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1976, California; 1977, United States.
District Court, Central District of California.
1978, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1980, United States. Supreme Court.
1986, United States. District Court, Northern District of California and United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1993, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Double Jeopardy Wars: The Case for a Civil Rights Exception," 41 University of California, Los Angeles L.Rev. 649 (1994); "The Feds, Lies and Videotape: The Need for an Effective Federal Role in Controlling Police Abuse in Urban America," 66 So.Cal.L.Rev.
1453 (1993). "The Application of International Human Rights Law in State Courts: A View from California," 18 The International Lawyer 59 (Winter 1984) (Symposium).
"Trade Union Rights Under Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights," 5 Comparative Labor Law 149 (1982). "Environmental Law/The Clean Air Acting Amendments," 1974/75 Annual Survey of American Law 641.
Company-Author: With Nadine Strossen, "Enforcing International Human Rights Law in the United States," In Human Rights: An Agenda for the Next Century, American Society of International Law, (1994). With Linda Brackins, "The Elimination of Torture: International and Domestic Developments," 9 International Lawyer 1351 (Fall 1985).
With Robert Newman, "The Police Spying Settlement: New Safeguards for Political Expression," Los Angeles Lawyer (May 1984).
With Dale Gronemeier, "Assignment to Trial Department. Motions; Procedure in Chambers," in California Civil Procedure During Trial (C.E.B. 1982). With Professor Thomas M. Franck, "The Right of Self-Determination in Very Small Places," 8 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 331 (1976).
Associate Professor, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, 1981-1984.
Adjunct Professor: University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, 1990, 1993. Loyola University College of Law, Los Angeles, 1980-1981, 1987.
Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1989-1992. Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Municipal Court, Small Claims, 1983-1984.
Associate Director, Southwestern Law Institute for the Disabled and Elderly, 1982-1983.
Arbitrator, Commercial Panel of American Arbitration Association, 1981. Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Executive Committee, Sections on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1985-1987. International Louisiana, 1982-1986.
Arbitrator: Legal Fees Disputes, 1980-1983.
Vice-Chair, Arbitration Committee, 1982-1983) and American (Program Coordinator, International Human Rights Committee, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1984-1988). State Bar of California (Member: Committees on, Private Bar Involvement in Pro Bono Work, 1988-1991.
Human Rights, 1983-1986).
Achievements
Membership
Member: Los Angeles County (Member: Executive Committee, Sections on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1985-1987. International Louisiana, 1982-1986. Arbitrator: Legal Fees Disputes, 1980-1983.
Vice-Chair, Arbitration Committee, 1982-1983) and American (Program Coordinator, International Human Rights Committee, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, 1984-1988).
State Bar of California (Member: Committees on, Private Bar Involvement in Pro Bono Work, 1988-1991. Human Rights, 1983-1986).
