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Bradley W. Hoff is the Managing Shareholder of Buchalter’s Seattle office. As a member of the litigation practice group, he has 25 years of experience representing insurance policyholders in a wide variety of disputes with their insurance companies. Mr. Hoff has substantial experience litigating and negotiating the resolution of disputes arising under “third-party” policies such as general liability, employment practices liability, pollution liability, directors & officers liability, and errors & omissions/professional liability policies. Additionally, he has litigated many “first-party” policies such as commercial property, condominium, apartment, homeowners, business interruption, and employee dishonesty/theft policies. He also uses his experience handling insurance disputes to counsel his clients regarding risk management matters.
Mr. Hoff has been selected as one of Washington’s “Super Lawyers” from 2011-2024, and was named a “Rising Star” from 2000-2004.
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2024 Washington Super Lawyers
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that several attorneys in the Firm’s Seattle office were named to the 2024 Washington State Super Lawyers & Rising Stars […]
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Buchalter Welcomes New Immigration Attorneys in Its Seattle Office, Announces New Immigration Practice Group
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8 July 2024 – Buchalter is pleased to welcome new members Kripa Upadhyay and Eileen DaPra to its Seattle office and announce the Immigration Practice […]
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Buchalter Welcomes New Shareholder to Seattle Office
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June 11, 2024 – Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Adam C. Doupé as a new Shareholder in the firm’s Seattle office. Doupé […]
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Buchalter Welcomes New Shareholder in Seattle Office: Launches New Fintech and AI Practice Group
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14 May, 2024 – Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of Wendy Lee to the Firm’s Seattle office. Lee joins Buchalter as a Shareholder, […]
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Buchalter Adds Three Shareholders to its Seattle Office
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October 10, 2023. Buchalter is pleased to announce the recent expansion of its Seattle office with the addition of three Shareholders: Joe Sakay, Tereza Simonyan, […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2023 Washington Super Lawyers
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that several attorneys in the Firm’s Seattle office were named to the 2023 Washington State Super Lawyers list. These attorneys […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2022 Washington Super Lawyers
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that several attorneys in the Firm’s Seattle office were named to the 2022 Washington State Super Lawyers list. These attorneys […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2021 Washington Super Lawyers
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Buchalter is pleased to announce that four attorneys in the Firm’s Seattle office were named to the 2021 Washington State Super Lawyers list. These attorneys […]
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Buchalter Attorneys Named 2020 Washington Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars”
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Four attorneys in the Firm’s Seattle office were named 2020 Washington Super Lawyers. These attorneys have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional […]
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Buchalter Adds Five Attorneys in Seattle
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Buchalter is pleased to announce the addition of five attorneys in its Seattle office further strengthening its Insurance Coverage, Corporate, IP, and Trusts & Estates […]
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Buchalter Welcomes New Insurance Coverage Practice Group Chair in Seattle
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SEATTLE, Wash., March 26, 2020 – Buchalter is pleased to welcome Bradley Hoff as Chair of the firm’s Insurance Coverage Practice Group. Mr. Hoff, who […]
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Publication
Buchalter Client Alert COVID 19: COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Checklist
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April 9th, 2020
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Presentation
Bradley Hoff, Speaker at Foster Garvey Insurance Coverage Legal Update: Safeguarding Your Operations With Insurance Event
November 12th, 2019
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Presentation
Bradley Hoff Speaks on “Cyber Risk Insurance”
June 1st, 2018
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Bradley Hoff Speaker at Foster Pepper’s 2017 Insurance Coverage Legal Update
June 8th, 2017
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Bradley Hoff, Speaker at Association of Corporate Counsel CLE
June 1st, 2017
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Bradley Hoff Speaker, at The Seminar Group
May 4th, 2016
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Podcast
Buchalter Webcast: Managing Insurance Claims, Policies, and Litigation during COVID 19
April 2nd, 2020
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First-Party Coverage Matters
- Assisted owner of food processing facility in recovering, under commercial property policy, a mid-eight figure sum for repair of fire damage to processing facility and business losses resulting from that damage.
- Represented condominium owners association in recovering, under condominium policy and separate apartment policy, total of nearly $3 million for structural rot damage to multi-building condominium complex that had been converted from apartments.
- Represented owners of multi-building apartment complex in recovering, under apartment policy, more than $2.5 million for repair of structural rot damage and rental income loss resulting from that damage.
- Represented agricultural product broker in recovering full coverage, under stock throughout policy, for damage to products while in cold storage, as well as attorney fees incurred in responding to insurer’s initial denial.
- Represented motel owner in recovering, under commercial property policy, nearly $2 million for repair of water damage resulting from hurricane and business income loss resulting from that damage.
- Represent homeowners in obtaining full coverage for cost of asbestos remediation undertaken as part of fire damage repairs to residence, as well as attorney fees incurred in responding to insurer’s initial denial.
Liability Coverage Matters
- Successfully litigated (summary judgment granted) dispute over existence of coverage for class action lawsuit brought under Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) under client’s general liability policy.
- Successfully litigated (summary judgment granted) dispute over existence of coverage for lawsuit seeking unpaid compensation, double damages, and attorney fees under Washington’s Wage Rebate Act (Chapter 49.52 RCW).
- Represented owner of contaminated property in successfully challenging general liability insurer’s denial of coverage for remediation costs.
- Represented subcontractor in obtaining general liability coverage for six-figure costs of removing and replacing work that failed to comply with building specifications.
- Represented retail chain in obtaining coverage for range of third-party claims, as additional insured under general liability policies issued to vendors of products and services sold by chain.
- Represented client in obtaining, under general and errors and omissions liability policies, a mid-seven figure sum in funding for settlement of class action lawsuit brought under Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA).
- Represented industrial construction equipment lessor in establishing lessee’s right to coverage (and thus funding of mid-six figure settlement with client) under lessee’s general liability insurance, for claim of conversion or actual loss of (inability to locate) equipment while in lessee’s possession.
- Represented material supplier in obtaining funding for six-figure settlement of third-party claim alleging damage to high-end residence resulting from defects in those materials.
- Represented commercial property owner in recovering mid-six figure settlement for cost of defending against tenant claim alleging constructive eviction due to property defects, despite fact that claim was not tendered until I was retained after conclusion of trial against commercial property owner.
Mr. Hoff earned his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994 and his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Washington in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting.
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court Eastern District of Washington
- United States District Court Western District of Washington
- Member of American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Member of King County Bar Association
- Member of Washington State Bar Association, Litigation Section
- Member of 101 Club (Washington Athletic Club)
- Board of Directors 2008-present and past Chair for Alliance for Education
- Board of Commissioners for Seattle Sports Commission