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BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION:
MICHAEL R.
HOFFMANN,
attorney, born Des Moines, Iowa:
- Admitted to
bar,
1972, Iowa and U.S.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa, 1974;
U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th
Circuit,
1976; U.S.
Supreme Court, 1977.
- Education: University of
Iowa
(B.S., General Science, 1969);
Drake
University Law School (J.D., 1972); George
Washington University (LL.M., Patent
and Trade Regulation, 1973); The
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and
Commissions; Workers'
Compensation College.
- Recipient: American
Jurisprudence Award (AmJur or CALI, at Drake Law
School), 1970, Civil Procedure I and 1972, Business
Planning.
- Member: Polk County
Bar Association (Fee
Arbitration Committee, 1994 to date), Iowa
State Bar Association (Workers'
Compensation Section, Council and Legislative
Committee) and American Bar
Association; Iowa
Defense Counsel Association; Defense Research
Institute; American Judicature
Society;
Iowa Association of
Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Inc.; American
Intellectual Property Law Association; Iowa Intellectual Property Law
Association (Charter member.); Iowa Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
(Founding board member); American
Academy of ADR Attorneys; International
Academy Of Dispute Resolution; Phi
Alpha Delta (District Marshal, 1970).
- Speaker: Iowa
Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee, Inc., 25th and 33rd Annual
Workers' Compensation Symposiums (1987 and 1995); Council on
Education and Management, Workers' Compensation Update, moderator and
speaker (1994); Iowa Association of
Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Inc., 17th and 19th Annual Seminars
(1995 and 1997).
- Mediation
Training:
American
Academy of ADR Attorneys (Advanced Negotiation, Mediation Advocacy and
Arbitration (15 hrs) (2003); Advanced Negotiation, Mediation and
Advocacy Seminar (14 hrs) (2005); International
Academy Of Dispute Resolution, (40 hrs, by Richard
M. Calkins) (2006).
- Work
Experience
- Hoffmann Law
Firm, PC (2002 to date, President)
- Hoffmann
& McConkey, PLC (1999-2002, Member)
- Michael R.
Hoffmann, PC then Michael
R. Hoffmann, PLC (1983-1999, President)
- Jones, Hoffmann &
Davison, then Jones, Hoffmann & Huber (1979-1983,
Partner)
- Jones,
Hoffmann & Davison (1974-1979, Associate)
- Bacon &
Thomas (Arlington, VA) (1973-1974, Associate)
- Jones,
Hoffmann & Davison (1970-1973, Law Clerk)
JAN M.
GALES,
paralegal:
- Education: Des Moines
Area Community College, Accounting I, II, and Medical Terminology;
Medical Records Associates, Managing people and problems, CPT
Coding and Reimbursement Seminars
- Work
Experience
- Des Moines
University-Osteopathic Medical Center, Manager, Patient Billing
Services Department (1998-2001), Posting Clerk, Patient Billing
Services Department (1996-1998)
- Iowa
Department of Transportation, Motor Carrier Services,
Temporary/Utility worker, Data Entry (1995-1996)
- East
Des Moines Family Care Center, Clinic Manager of East Des
Moines Clinic, Prairie City Medical Center, and David Craven,
M.D. Clinic (1989-1994)
- Pediatric
Specialists (now part of Iowa
Health System), IPC Clinics, audits, collection &
cashier (1998)
- Des
Moines General Hospital Clinics, Assistant Director then Interim
Director of Des Moines General Hospital Clinics (1986)
- Wilden
Clinic, Administrative Assistant (1980-1986)
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