EDUCATION:
Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970);
Florida State University (M.S.L.S. 1973);
University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1991).

CERTIFICATION and LEADERSHIP:
Florida Bar Board Certified Appellate Specialist, 2002- Vice-Chair, Florida Bar Appellate Certification Committee, 2008-09; Member 2006 - pres.. President, University of Miami Law Alumni Association, 2008-2009. Florida Bar Appellate Rules Committee, 2000-06 American Bar Association, Chair, Appellate Judges Conference Council of Appellate Lawyers 2002-03. Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, Chair, 1999-2000, Chair-elect, 1998-99, Vice chair, 1997-98, Secy 1995-97;. Dade County Bar Association, Director, 1994-97, 2000-03, Chair, Appellate Court Committee, 1997-98;. Phi Delta Phi Order of the Coif. Assoc. Editor, Inter-American Law Review, 1988-90. Member: Florida Association of Women Lawyers, 1992- .

AWARDS:
Dade County Legal Aid Society 2007 Pro Bono Award for appeals.

Florida Trend Legal Elite, 2005, 2006; SuperLawyer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Lucinda A. "Cindy" Hofmann is Board Certified in Appellate Practice by the Florida Bar and her experience includes litigating appellate matters in Florida's Supreme Court and District Courts of Appeal, two Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Hofmann has handled a wide variety of appellate matters including administrative law, commercial/contract litigation, intellectual property, banking and UCC litigation, employment and discrimination litigation, personal injury, trusts and estates, and local government appeals.

REPORTED DECISIONS:

• City of Palm Bay v. Palm Bay Greens, LLC, 969 So. 2d 1187(Fla. App. 5 Dist. 2007).
• Knowles v. Edwards, 967 So. 2d 255 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 2007).
• Gateway Southeast Properties, Inc. v. Department of Community Affairs, Town of Medley, 960 So. 2d 771 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 2007).
• Lewis v. Enterprise Leasing Co., 912 So. 2d 349 (Fla. App. 3 Dist, 2005).*
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of U.S., its Territories, and Canada Local 500 v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators Holding Co, Inc., 902 So. 2d 959, (Fla. App. 4 Dist. 2005).*
• DSL Internet Corp. v. TigerDirect, Inc., 907 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 2005).*
• Keybank Nat. Ass'n v. International Finance Bank, 874 So. 2d 664 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 2004). *
• Keybank Nat. Ass'n v. International Finance Bank, 875 So. 2d 672 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 2004). *
• Engle Homes, Inc. v. Jones, 870 So. 2d 908 (Fla. App. 4 Dist., 2004).*
• Minucci v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 846 So.2d 568 (Fla. App. 4 Dist. 2003.*
• Bach v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 837 So. 2d 395 (Fla. 2002).*
• Palomares v. Palomares, 730 So. 2d 705 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 1998).*
• Peoples Nat. Bank of Commerce v. First Union Nat. Bank of Florida, N.A., 667 So. 2d 876 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 1996).*
• Levine v. United Companies Life Ins. Co., 638 So. 2d 183 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 1994).*
• In re Estate of Gleason, 631 So. 2d 321 (Fla. App. 3 Dist. 1994).*
• Visions East, Inc. v. Fagerdala Thiger Marine Systems, AB, 209 Fed. Appx. 954 (11th Cir. 2006).*
• Collado v. United Parcel Service, Co, 419 F.3d 1143 (11th Cir. 2005).*
• Lind v. United Parcel Service, Inc., 254 F.3d 1281 (11th Cir. 2001).*

*Indicates matters handled by Ms. Hofmann prior to joining Shubin & Bass.

PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil appeals and litigation support.

ADMITTED:
Florida; Southern District, Florida; 9th & 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court.