Shepherd, Liz J.

Philip M. Hof is a trial lawyer, one of the few lawyers in the Lehigh Valley who is a board-certified Civil Trial Specialist. Mr. Hof is a member of the County Bar Associations of both Northampton and Lehigh Counties. In practice since 1980, Mr. Hof represents individuals injured as the result of negligence or malpractice. His experience includes having served as law clerk for the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas and also serving as President of the Northampton County Bar Association. He is a governor of the Pennsylvania Association of Justice (Formerly known as the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association).

Mr. Hof has earned an av rating through Martindale Hubbell, the leading national lawyer directory, indicating the highest rating for competency and ethics that is awarded.

Mr. Hof has also been selected for inclusion in the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 editions of the Super Lawyers publication by Law & Politics and Philadelphia Magazine, and he was also recognized as 1 of the top 100 lawyers in Pennsylvania in 2010 and 2011. In April of 2004, Mr. Hof was recognized by the Association of Trial Layers of America for his pro bono  representation before the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of the family of an electrical engineer who perished when the Towers collapsed.

Mr. Hof has served and continues to serve as a faculty member for continuing education seminars for legal professionals, including seminars organized by the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Northampton County Bar Association, Bar Association of Lehigh County, Institute for Paralegal Education, and National Association of Insurance Women, Lehigh Valley.

In addition, Mr. Hof has significant experience with alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, and has been an approved mediatior and arbitrator for ADR Options, Inc. since February of 2011.

Mr. Hof lives in Palmer Township. He is married and has one son, two daughters, two grandsons, and two beloved Golden Retrievers.  He enjoys running, having completed three New York City Marathons and, in 2007 and 2012, the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon as a member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team In Training. He has shared his professional time with community organizations including the Fund to Benefit Children and Youth, Inc., the Spring Garden Children's School, and the Valley Youth House of the Lehigh Valley.