Tim Hoffmann's practice focuses primarily on bankruptcy and insolvency-related matters. He has represented debtors, secured lenders, strategic investors, and various other parties in financially distressed situations, including both in-court and out-of-court restructurings.

Tim's chapter 11 debtor representations include Boscov's Department Store, Chrysler LLC, and Harry & David. In addition, Tim was substantially involved in Jones Day's representation of Pershing Square Capital, as it bid to serve as the debtor-in-possession lender to General Growth Properties, and Wachovia Bank N.A., the administrative agent to the pre- and post-petition secured lenders of Hotel 71 in Chicago.

Tim serves as an adjunct professor at the DePaul University College of Law and teaches a class on corporate reorganizations. He previously served as an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Tim spent three years as the law clerk to the Honorable Burton Perlman in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio.