Barbara T. Hoffman
Work in The Hoffman Law Firm
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 51 years of experience
Intellectual Property
330 W. 72nd Street, New York, NY 10023
About Barbara T. Hoffman
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
Education
- Columbia Law School, New York, New YorkJ.D.
- Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
- Brown UniversityB.A.
- Honors: cum laude
- Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, with HonorsM.A.
- London School of Economics, with HonorsM.A.
- Honors: With Honors
- Science Po 3 Ieme Cycle, Paris; Ecole de Louvre; Centre du Recheiche d'Ubanisme
Languages
- French
- Spanish
- Italian
Representative Cases
- Ringgold v Black Entertainment Television, Inc., 126 F. 3d 70 (2d Cir 1997)
- Flack v Friends of Queen Catherine, 139 F. Supp. 2d 526; 2001 (April 18, 2001)
- Agence France Presse v. Morel, No. 10 Civ. 2730 (WHP), 2011 WL 147718 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 14, 2013)
- George Barris v Richard Hamilton, Tate Gallery and D'Offay Gallery, 1999, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7225 (S.D.N.Y. May 17, 1999)
- Columbus America Discovery Group v Atlantic Mutual Insurance (4th Cir June 14, 1995)
- Finley v NEA, 795 F. Supp. 1457 (C.D. Calif. 1992)
- United States v The Painting Known as Le Marché, 648 F. 3d 84 (2d Cir 2011)
Classes and Seminars
- Art and Law, School of Visual Arts
- Art and Law, Fashion Institute of Technology
- U.S. Copyright Law, University of Lyon, Lyon France
- Professor, Seattle University School of Law, 1975 - 1985
- ALI-ABA Legal Issues in Museum Administration
- Underwater Cultural Heritage, Siracusa, Italy, 2005 - Present
- CLE International: Visual Arts and the Law
- Law Faculty, Jean Moulin 3, Lyon, France
- Columbia University, School of Architecture and Planning, Invited Lecturer
- United Nations, NGO Observer, 1985 - 2000
- Seattle University School of Law (Formerly UPS), Associate Professor of Law
- Representative, College Art Association at the USPTO Conference on Fair Use ("CONFU")
- WIPO: Arbitration of Intellectual Property Disputes
- WIPO: Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes
- Harvard: Advanced Mediation Seminar
- Developed and Taught International Art Law Course, St. Johns University School of Law in Rome, - 2007
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1972
- District of Columbia, 1979
- Washington, 1982
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
- Supreme Court of the United States of America
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
Other Affiliations
- International Bar Association, Committee on Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law from 1990 ( Former Chair)
- New York City Bar Association (Chair, Committee on Art Law)
- The Cultural Property Round Table, New York City Bar Association (Chair and Producer)
- WIPO-ICOM Museum Mediation Panel
- Panel Expert, Member, International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues
- American Film Market (Independent Film and Television Alliance) , 1985 - Present (Arbitrator's Panel, Board Member)
- Council on International Affairs (New York City Bar Association)
- Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Award for Contributions to American Visual Artists
- Art Table (Board of Directors)
- New York Women in Film and Television (Former Board Member)
- Explorers Club (Secretary and Chair Legal Committee)
- Performa, 2005 - Present (Board and Secretary)
- Anyone Can Fly Foundation (Board of Directors)
- Currents Art and Music (Board of Directors)
- Contemporary Arts Council, MoMA
- International Association of Art Critics, AICA (Counsel)
- Salvador Dali Foundation, 1994 - 1995 (Board Advisor, Dept. of State, UNIDROIT)
- Advisor, UNESCO World Heritage Convention, Sienna, 2002 - Present
- New York City Bar Association Committee on Art Law (Chair)
- Art Table (Former Board Member)
- Williams Art Conservation Institute (Former Board Member)
- Explorers Club (Former Board Member)
- City Bar Association, Public art
- New York City Bar Association Council on International Affairs, Present
- Panel Expert, Member, International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues, 2005-present
- Friends of the National Museum of Mali, President and Founder
- Catalogue Raisonne Scholars Association
- International Foundation for Art Research ("IFAR"), Legal Advisory Committee
- Williams Art Conservation Institute, Former Trustee
- The International Federation of Women in Legal Careers, Board member and US representative
- The Crossed Purposes Foundation
- The Antiquities Task Force Coalition 2016
Office Info
Nearby Lawyers
- Intellectual Property
- 1.1 miles away
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