Philip M. Hof, Esq.

• Philip M. Hof has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of cases for both plaintiff and defense lawyers since the late 1990s.
• Phil has successfully handled over 750 mediations and arbitrations in-person or virtually.
• On occasion, Mr. Hof is appointed by the courts of Northampton and Lehigh Counties to mediate or arbitrate court cases and serve as a discovery master in complex litigation matters. These cases have included:
  • Personal Injury
  • Professional Negligence
  • Breach of Contract
  • UM/UIM
  • Liquor Liability
  • Animal Attack
  • Products Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Insurance Bad Faith claims
• A former judicial law clerk, Mr. Hof’s litigation career began as an insurance defense lawyer.
• He serves as a mediator for some of Pennsylvania’s largest defense firms and busiest plaintiffs’ firms.
• His medical and hospital professional negligence ADR work includes Mcare-approved binding arbitration and mediation.
• He has an active litigation and mediation practice in Northampton, Lehigh and the surrounding and northern counties, as well as in Philadelphia and the federal court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Mr. Hof is a past president of the Northampton County Bar Association.
• He attained an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbel.
• Phil is a Past-President of the Barristers Inn of Court of Lehigh County.
• Nearly every year since 2010, he was rated by Super Lawyers magazine to be among Pennsylvania’s Top 100 Lawyers.
• Since 2014, he has been voted by Best Lawyer Magazine as a Best Lawyer for Mediation, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Law in the Allentown area. As well as Lawyer of the Year Designation in 2019 in Personal Injury Litigation.
• Mr. Hof was voted Best Individual Mediator in The Legal Intelligencer’s Best of 2014 and Best of 2020  ; Best of 2021 surveys.
• Mr. Hof is also certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is a Senior Hearing Committee Member serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for District II.
• He is a member of the ADR Committee of Northampton County.
• Mr. Hof regularly publishes articles on mediation and insurance.
• Mr. Hof is an approved arbitrator of the Federal Eastern District Court.