Judge George B. Hoffman, Jr.
(Senior Judge)

George B. Hoffman, Jr. was elected to the Appellate Court in 1968 and retained on the Court of Appeals in 1972, 1982 and 1992.  He retired from the Court of Appeals on October 3, 1998 and has been a Senior Judge since that time.

Judge Hoffman graduated from the Hammond, Indiana public school system and served four and one-half years in the United States Army.  He was a combat infantryman and received the Purple Heart.  He attended Muskingum College and Valparaiso University where he received his J.D. degree in 1951.  He engaged in the general practice of law in Hammond from 1951 to 1969 with the law firms of Bomberger, Morthland & Royce, Royce & Hoffman, and Hoffman & Huebner.

He served as President of the Hammond Bar Association and helped organize the Hammond Legal Aid Organization.  He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, American Red Cross, YMCA, and coached Little League football and basketball.  He was the recipient of various awards from the Hammond Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Judge Hoffman served as Presiding Justice of the Appellate Court for the 1970 term, Chief Justice for the 1972 term, and was the first Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1975.  As Chief Judge, he initiated the Court's now routine program of taking appellate oral arguments from Indianapolis to law schools, universities, high schools, and county courts across the state.  He was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Judges Retirement System; a member of the Executive Committee of the Indiana Judicial Center, which he helped establish; a member of the Code of Revenue Commission of Indiana; and has been a faculty member at appellate seminars.

Judge Hoffman has been a guest lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, keynote speaker for the 52nd Annual Convention of the Indiana State Council of Carpenters, and has addressed many associations and service clubs.  He is a member of the Indiana Judges Association, the Indiana Bar Association, the Indianapolis Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.