The Mediation Group (TMG)

David A. Hoffman is an attorney, arbitrator, and mediator with the Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, a multidisciplinary firm devoted to conflict resolution and the practice of collaborative law.

David was a partner at Hill & Barlow, where he practiced for 17 years (1985-2002). Since 1991 he has been arbitrating and mediating a wide variety of cases, ranging from complex commercial disputes to divorce, for a number of dispute resolution organizations, including the The Mediation Group, American Arbitration Association, the Private Adjudication Center, the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Massachusetts Office of Dispute Resolution, Middlesex Multi-Door Courthouse, Massachusetts Appeals Court, and Massachusetts Federal District Court.

He is chair-elect of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and past president of the New England chapter of the Association of Conflict Resolution (ACR). David was the co-founder (along with Rita Pollak) of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council, on which he serves as a board member. He also served as chair of the Boston Bar Association ADR Committee and as a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution from 1994 to 2002. Along with TMG Principal David Matz, David is the co-author of a two-volume treatise entitled "Massachusetts Alternative Dispute Resolution" (Michie 1994) and is the co-editor (with Daniel Bowling) of "Bringing Peace into the Room: How the Personal Qualities of the Mediator Impact the Process of Conflict Resolution" (Jossey-Bass 2003). David has taught mediation, negotiation, and ADR at Harvard Law School and Northeastern University Law School.

David graduated from Princeton University in 1970 ( summa cum laude ) and received an M.A. in American Studies from Cornell University in 1974. He was the owner and operator of Danby Hardwoods, Inc. (1974-81) and a consultant for the U.S. Small Business Administration. In 1984 David graduated from Harvard Law School ( magna cum laude ), where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, an instructor in Legal Methods, and a research assistant for Prof. Laurence Tribe. David served as a law clerk for the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1984-85).

Professional fees for David Hoffman are billed at an hourly rate of $450, divided equally between the parties. Please see TMG’s Arbitration fee schedule for terms and conditions.