Albert F. Hofeld, (Ltd.)
Member
Email: ahofeld@hofeldandschaffner.com

Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Torts; Product Liability.

Admitted: 1964, Illinois

Law School: University of Chicago, J.D., 1964

College: Harvard University, B.A., 1958

Member: Chicago (Member, Committees on: Legislative, 1973-1977; Evaluation of Candidates, 1975-1979; Tort Litigation, 1973-1977; Inquiry, 1972-1974; Negligence, 1969-1973; Civil Practice, 1967-1974; Professional Ethics, 1966-1969), Illinois State (Secretary, 1978-1980; Second Vice-President, 1981-; President, 1983-1984; Vice-President, 1980-1983; Member: Board of Governors, 1976-1980; Assembly, 1976-1980; Standing Committee on Legislation, 1977-1978; Ad Hoc Search Committee for Director of Legislative Affairs, 1978-1979; Board Liaison to Civil Practice and Procedure Section, 1978-1979; Public Relations Committee, 1968-1970; Civil Practice and Procedure Section Council; Tort Law Section Council; Ad Hoc Committee to Review Unification in Illinois, 1977-1978; Member, Special Committee: Review of Illinois Disciplinary Procedures, 1978; Judicial Merit Selection Implementation, 1977-1978; Automobile Accident Reparations, 1971; Member: Ad Hoc Committee to consider IBC Structural Problems; Ad Hoc Committee on Public Speaking Training for Officers; Standing Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work, 1978-1982; Special Committee to Investigate Membership) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1982-1984) Bar Associations; Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Managers, 1974-; Chairman: Legislative Committee, 1977-1980; Products Liability Committee, 1977-1980; Vice President, 1979-1982; President, 1982-1983); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Governor, 1984-1988; Member: Merit Award Committee; Education Committee); Illinois Bar Foundation (Charter Member); Inner Circle of Advocates.

Biography: Author: "Strict Liability in Product Liability," Chapter 1 of the Products Liability Practice Handbook, IICLE, April, 1980; "Product Liability-1978," Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall of 1978, <i>ITLA JOURNAL; </i></b>"Strict Liability in Product Liability," Chapter 1 of the Product Liability Practice Handbook, IICLE, April, 1977; "Looking at a Decade of Products Liability Law in Illinois-Where We've Been and Where We're Going," Vol. 64, No. 6, February, 1976, <i>Illinois Bar Journal; </i></b>"How to Prove Pain and Suffering," Chapter 2, Proof of Damages Handbook, IICLE, 1977; "Allergic Drug Reaction-Manufacturer's Failure to Warn," November, 1967, <i>The Trial Lawyers' Guide; </i></b>"Value of Discovery in a Products Liability Case," May, 1970, <i>The Trial Lawyers' Guide; </i></b>"Athletes-Their Rights and Correlative Duties," Winter, 1976, <i>The Trial Lawyers' Guide; </i></b>"Toward Understanding, Analyzing and Improving 'No Fault' in a Products Liability Case," May, 1970, <i>The Trial Lawyers' Guide. </i></b>Member: Inquiry Board, Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, 1978-1980; Board of Directors, Harvard Club of Chicago, 1977-1980. Director and Faculty Member, College of Trial Advocacy, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1980-1984. Member, Joint Legislative Committee of the Illinois State Bar Association-Chicago Bar Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers.

Military: 1st Lt., U.S. Army Artillery, 1959-1961

Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1936

ISLN: 906440832