practice areas
practice accolades
The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012
Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011
Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)
Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)
Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)
Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey
honors + affiliations
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Houston Bar Association
Member, Labor and Employment Section, Houston Bar Association
bar admissions
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Houston
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1000 Louisiana St., Suite 4000
Houston, TX 77002-5006
Phone: 713.890.5796
Fax: 713.890.5001
Eric J. Hoffman is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Attorneys in this practice regularly advise clients on virtually every type of labor and employment issue, from international counseling to management relations and labor disputes. Attorneys include the former chair of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association and fellows in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Hoffman served as a law clerk for Judge Louis Sherman and Judge Norman Thomas of the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Virginia.
Mr. Hoffman earned his J.D. from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2010, where he served as Student Body President. While in law school, he was heavily involved in the school's moot court program, receiving first place in the Robert J. Grey, Jr. Negotiations Competition and the Washington and Lee Law Client Counseling Competition. Mr. Hoffman was also awarded the Calhoun Bond University Service Award by the School of Law faculty. He received his B.S. in urban and regional studies from Cornell University in 2007.
Mr. Hoffman is admitted to practice in Texas and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
education
- Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2010, J.D.
- Cornell University, 2007, B.S.