Brian W. Hoffman is a partner with the firm, practicing in the firm’s Pensacola office. Mr. Hoffman is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Real Estate. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance with high honors from the University of Florida in 2000 and received his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Mississippi in 2002. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, real estate litigation, probate and trust litigation, real estate transactions, and general business and corporate law.

Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, and is actively involved with several substantive committees within the Section. He currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Real Property Problems Study Committee, as well as Chair of the Ad Hoc Hayslip Committee (addressing legislative solutions for the recent Florida Supreme Court Opinion in Shane R. Hayslip v. U.S. Home Corp. No. SC19-1371).

Mr. Hoffman also serves on the board of directors for the Florida Land Title Association (FLTA), and is actively involved within substantive committees of FLTA. He currently serves as Chair of the Agents’ Section Committee.

Recognition and honors

  • Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Real Estate Law
  • John Arthur Jones Service Award presented by the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (2020-2021)
  • Fellow with the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (2012-2014)
  • Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite: Legal Elite - 2022
  • Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite: “Up and Comer” – 2010
  • Florida Super Lawyers “Rising Star” – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Rising Star Award presented by the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (2014-2015)
  • Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)

Affiliations

  • Florida Bar; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (RPPTL) (Member, 2003-Present; Executive Council 2014 - Present)
  • RPPTL Commercial Real Estate Committee (Vice-Chair 2021-2023)
  • RPPTL Title Insurance and Title Insurance Liaison Committee (Chair 2017 to 2022; Vice-Chair 2014-2017)
  • RPPTL Real Property Problems Study Committee (Vice-Chair 2021-Present)
  • Florida Bar Eminent Domain Committee (Member, 2021-2022)
  • RPPTL Real Estate Certification Review Course Committee (Vice-Chair 2014-2021)
  • RPPTL Title Issues and Standards Committee (Vice-Chair 2014-2021)
  • Florida Land Title Association (FLTA) (Board of Directors, 2022-Present)
  • FLTA Agents’ Section Committee (Vice Chair 2022-2023; Chair 2023-Present)
  • Attorneys’ Real Estate Councils of Florida (Leadership Board of Directors, 2019-2022)
  • Business Law Section of the Florida Bar (Member, 2003-Present)
  • Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association (Member, 2003-Present)
  • Young Lawyers Division of Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association (Member, 2003-2014; Board of Directors, 2004-2008; President, 2008)
  • Seville Rotary Club, (Member, 2012-Present)
  • Leadership Pensacola, Class of 2008
  • American Inns of Court (Member, 2004-2006)
  • Five Flags Sertoma Club (Member, 2004-2011)
  • Pensacola Catholic High School, Mock Trial Coach, 2004-2006, District Champions 2005, Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc. Mock Trial Competition

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Education

  • University of Florida, B.S. Business Administration majoring in Finance, 2000, magna cum laude
  • University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., 2002, cum laude

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • All Florida state courts
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

Law School hONORS

  • Associate Editor for the Mississippi Law Journal
  • Recipient of the Dean Robert J. Farley Award
  • Outstanding Student Award for Secured Transactions

Speaking EngagementS

  • Speaker, Purchase and Sale Agreements & Due Diligence, Advance Florida Real Estate Practice Course, Florida State College of Law: January 29, 2024
    Speaker, Overview of Title Premium Rate Models, Florida Land Title Association: Insurer Section Meeting – January 23, 2024; Agent Section Meeting – January 24, 2024
  • Speaker,  Trending Issues with Covenants and Easements, Real Property Litigation Symposium, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section: May 12, 2023
  • Speaker, The Practical Aftermath of Florida Supreme Court Hayslip Opinion: What “Touches & Concerns” the Land?, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section: February 22, 2022
  • Speaker, Florida’s Notice Recording Statute: the Importance of Constructive Notice and the Redaction Problem, 2021 Florida Land Title Association (FLTA) Claims Roundtable: August 27, 2021
  • Speaker, The Confusion and Challenges Created by Redacting Public Records in the Interest of Safety: Is HB 781 the Complete Solution, or Do Future Problems Await in the Devil of the Details?, 41st Annual RPPTL Legislative and Case Law Update: July 23, 2021
  • Speaker, In Search of Balance: Protecting Those Who Serve While Preserving Access to the Public Records, 44th Annual Local Government Seminar (City, County, and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar): April 30, 2021
  • Speaker, What Do You Do When Your File Has Fur and Wags Its Tail?, Fund Assembly (The Fund): June 11, 2020
  • Speaker, Special Types of Easements and Related Litigation, Easements in Florida (Legal and Professional Education – The Seminar Group): October 23, 2019
  • Speaker, Adjustments to Real Property Law in Pursuit of Public Policy Protections for Those Who Serve, 39th Annual RPPTL Legislative and Case Law Update: July 26, 2019
  • Speaker, Curbing Potential Avenues of Fraud: Recent Amendments to Florida Corporate and Business Filings, 38th Annual RPPTL Legislative and Case Law Update: 2018
  • Speaker, FR/Bar Contract/Closing Procedures, Florida Bar Real Estate Certification Review Course: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Speaker, Taming the Wild West of Estoppel Certificates, and other Real Estate Potpourri from the 2017 Legislative Session, 37th Annual RPPTL Legislative and Case Law Update: 2017
  • Speaker, Homestead, Florida Bar Real Estate Certification Review Course: 2016

Publications and blog articles