Leigh A. Hoffman

Ms. Hoffman’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. She negotiates bankruptcy treatment for unsecured trade creditors as “critical vendors” and requires payment for clients’ goods delivered just prior to a bankruptcy filing. She 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.

Ms. Hoffman provides counseling on consumer finance regulatory compliance to national lenders. She regularly addresses comprehensive federal and state regulatory compliance issues related to consumer leasing, consumer finance, automotive financing, collections, legal risk management, credit reporting, and governmental examinations. Her practice focuses on drafting personal property financing and leasing agreements and related program documents. She assists clients in developing consumer lending policies, procedures, guidelines, and conducts in-house training tailored to those policies and best practices.

Ms. Hoffman is an active volunteer in the capital district community and is currently serving as a Member of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region.