ALBANY, NEW YORK – Leigh A Hoffman, partner and co-leader of the firm’s automotive & truck finance practice team, has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region Board of Directors.

Leigh’s practice regularly involves commercial litigation and dispute resolution. She represents national lenders in matters involving complex consumer and commercial bankruptcies. She has also represented numerous bankruptcy trustees, creditor’s committees, and commercial clients in large liquidation cases dealing with preferences, fraudulent conveyances, and insider transfer recoveries. Leigh serves as national counsel for an international auto-finance lender, coordinating all aspects of bankruptcy fraudulent conveyance litigation defense. She also assists in-house counsel in drafting RFPs, SLAs, and SOW for clients utilizing outside bankruptcy vendors.

About the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region

Since 1982, the Albany Ronald McDonald House has served more than 17,000 families from across the country and around the world. The House is the cornerstone of RMHC of the Capital Region, providing a home away from home — free of charge — for families with children facing serious medical issues. Staffed primarily by volunteers and supported entirely by generous donors, the Ronald McDonald House offers much more than home-cooked meals and a comfortable place to stay. We help families face the burdens of childhood illness in a loving, compassionate environment where they can rest without having to worry about anything but their child’s recovery. At “The House That Love Built,” children and families get better together.

Lippes Mathias is a full-service law firm with more than 135 attorneys serving clients regionally, nationally, and internationally. With offices in Buffalo, Albany, Rochester, Long Island, and New York, N.Y.; Greater Toronto Area; Chicago, Ill.; Jacksonville, Fla.; San Antonio, T.X.; and Washington, D.C., the firm represents publicly and privately-owned companies, private equity and venture capital firms, real estate developers, financial institutions, municipalities, governmental entities, and individuals.