Mr. Hoffmann is a 1984 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He was admitted to practice in Ohio that same year.
After a short stint as a constable in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, he was an assistant Clermont County prosecutor in the appellate division of that office until January 2013. During that time, he practiced before the Court of Appeals for the Twelfth Appellate District of Ohio and the Supreme Court of Ohio.