Chris Hoffman

Chris is an experienced trial lawyer and one of the founding partners of Make Right Law. He focuses his practice on serious personal injury and wrongful death claims as well as fire damage resulting from negligently started wildfires. He is a second-generation trial lawyer who literally grew up living in his father’s law firm which was on the first floor of Make Right Law’s current Texas office. Chris and his father, Tim Hoffman, lived upstairs above the law firm and Chris grew up working every job in the firm before going to college at the University of Texas where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy with Honors. He then went to the University of Texas Law School where he graduated near the top of his class in 1997 with Honors.

His first job out of law school was as a staff attorney for the Texas Department of Insurance where he pursued enforcement actions against insurance companies who violated Texas insurance laws. But after a year, the inevitable return to his father’s firm happened and he went to work for Hoffman, Sheffield & Sauseda where he worked until 2001 when he was made a partner and the firm became Hoffman, Sheffield, Sauseda & Hoffman, PLLC.

Chris is actively involved in several professional associations. He is the former President of the Panhandle Trial Lawyers Association and former Board Member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Chris is also a member of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association participating in the Auto/Truck Injury and Medical Malpractice practice groups.

In 2010, Chris became licensed in Colorado and his family moved to Denver, where he opened a second office for Hoffman, Sheffield, Sauseda & Hoffman. He actively practices law in both Texas and Colorado. In 2023, after his partners Tim Hoffman, Mike Sheffield, and J.E. Sauseda had transitioned to Of Counsel roles, Chris joined forces with distinguished trial lawyer Joe Lovell to form Make Right Law.

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Texas

State Bar of Texas

ID Number: 24002299

Since 1997

Managing Partner

Make Right Law

2023 - Current

Managing Partner

Hoffman, Sheffield, Sauseda & Hoffman, PLLC

1999 - 2023

In 2023, the attorneys and staff of Hoffman, Sheffield, Sauseda & Hoffman, PLLC became a new law firm, joining Joe Lovell, Hannah Rivera and new staff members to form Make Right Law.

Associate Attorney

Texas Department of Insurance

1997 - 1999

I started my career handling legal enforcement actions against insurance agents and companies that violated Texas insurance laws.

The University of Texas School of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

1997

AV Preeminent Rating

Martindale Hubbell

Client Champion

Martindale Hubbell

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Former Board Member

Current

Activities: Worked to lobby for laws to benefit individuals injured by the reckless and negligent conduct of others.

Colorado Trial Lawyers Association

Member

2010 - Current

Colorado Bar Association

Member

2010 - Current

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Member

2000 - Current

American Association of Justice

Member

2000 - Current

Crashes Caused by Law Enforcement, CTLA Blockbuster, Denver, CO

2020

Colorado Trial Lawyers Association