Gary Hoppe

Partner

AV peer review rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Admissions to Practice
New York, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1987
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1986
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1978
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1978
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1983
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, 1983.

Professional Associations
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
The Litigators Club
New York State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association

Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1977
B.A. State University of New York Teachers College at Oswego, summa cum laude, 1974

Areas of Practice
Commercial Litigation
Appeals
Insurance Coverage
Corporate Transactions
Finance

Experience
Gary Hoppe has over thirty years experience in litigation and alternative dispute resolution of matters involving contracts and business torts, employment issues, governmental regulation, franchising, and other commercial maters. He has represented both insurance carriers and insureds in coverage disputes. He served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Judith S. Kaye of the New York Court of Appeals from 1983 to 1984, and has handled appeals at all levels of the New York appellate courts, and in several United States Courts of Appeals. He has represented clients in arbitrations before securities regulatory panels, and domestic and international arbitral tribunals. As a member of the New York State and New York City Bar Associations, he has served on committees of state courts of superior jurisdiction and professional and judicial ethics, and has been an author and lecturer on practice topics. He is qualified under Part 36 to serve as a receiver and counsel to receivers and guardians.