Practice Areas: Appellate, Business Litigation, General Litigation; view more
Licensed in Colorado since: 2019
Education: Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Selected to Rising Stars: 2022 - 2025 Details
Ashlee Hoffmann is a senior attorney at the law firm of Belzer Law in Boulder and practices law in the states of Colorado and Arizona. She handles a wide variety of cases involving contract law, business litigation, real estate litigation, tort litigation (including defamation), negligence claims, and appeals.
An honors graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Ms. Hoffmann completed her bachelor’s degree in 2009. Thereafter, she became a member and team leader for Teach For America, a nonprofit that supports and promotes educational equality and excellence. While serving in Teach For America, she also worked as a child development specialist at Southwest Human Development, where she applied several classroom strategies, crafted lessons and taught the children in the Phoenix area.
Ms. Hoffmann earned her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 2014. She also holds a master’s degree in education. During her time in law school, she was among the top 10% in her class, and also served as the note and comment editor for the Arizona State Law Journal. She also interned at the Office of the Phoenix City Prosecutor and the Office of the Yuma County Public Defender and contributed over 150 hours of pro bono work.
At the beginning of her legal career, Ms. Hoffmann served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Samuel A. Thumma at the Arizona Court of Appeals. She also served as an assistant attorney general in the Arizona Attorney General's Office for more than two years, where she represented two large government agencies.
Ms. Hoffmann stays actively involved in the legal community and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Arizona and Colorado. She is a member of the Boulder County Bar Association and the litigation section of the Colorado Bar Association. While practicing law in Colorado, Ms. Hoffmann has helped to craft numerous winning appellate strategies and was an integral attorney in at least two decisions published by the Colorado Court of Appeals: In re Marriage of Cerrone, 2021 COA 116 and In re Marriage of Badawiyeh, 2023 COA 4.
Practice areas
Appellate, Business Litigation, General Litigation, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Civil Litigation: Defense, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Real Estate: BusinessFocus areas
Appeals, Landlord/Tenant, Litigation, Non-Compete Agreements, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Trade Secret
- 20% Appellate
- 20% Business Litigation
- 20% General Litigation
- 10% Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10% Civil Litigation: Defense
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Other
First Admitted: 2014, Arizona
Professional Webpage: https://belzerlawfirm.com/team/ashlee-hoffmann/
- Colorado Bar Association: Member since 2019, 2024
- Colorado Bar Association: Solo Small Firm Practice Section Member, 2024
- Arizona Bar: Admitted in 2014
- Colorado Bar: Admitted in 2019
- Boulder County Bar Association, 2024
- Colorado Bar Association: Litigation Section Member, 2024
- Prevailed on appeal in a question of first impression in Colorado regarding whether a default judgment is directly appealable in the absence of a motion to set aside default judgment, resulting in a published appellate decision., 2024
- Obtained a verdict of approximately $750,000 for client on claims of civil theft., 2022
- Drafted Motion to Dismiss that resulted in dismissal of Colorado case against client alleging more than $100,000 in damages while simultaneously procuring reimbursement of attorney's fees for client., 2024
- Drafted Motion to Dismiss that resulted in dismissal with prejudice in a federal case where Plaintiffs asserted numerous claims against client and litigation had been going on for years., 2024
- Successfully negotiated six-figure settlement in a civil assault and battery case. , 2023
- Drafted successful appellate brief resulting in published opinion regarding the requirement under the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act (UCAPA) that a court make a determination of the existence of a credible risk of abduction before imposing abduction-prevention measures. , 2023
- Prevailed on appeal in a dissolution of marriage matter that resulted client's goal of a remand on property distribution., 2023
- Successfully negotiated a buy-out of owner shares on a company's behalf where company paid nothing in exchange for return of shares., 2023
- Participated in the Maricopa County Bar Association's Race Judicata, where proceeds support local shelters and programs, 2017
- Super Lawyers™ Rising Star, 2022, 2023
- Colorado Rising Star, SuperLawyers, 2024
- Colorado Rising Star, SuperLawyers, 2023
- Nominated and voted as the Civil Litigation Division's "Best Actress" or Best Attorney for the firm's internal awards ceremony. Criteria for nominations and voting included attorney who was most helpful, knowledgeable, and professional., "Best Actress" - A.k.a. Best Attorney, Burnham Law, P.C., 2022
- Engaged in more than 150 hours of pro bono service during law school., Highest Distinction for Pro Bono Hours, Arizona State University, 2014
- Graduated in top 10% of law school class., Order of the Coif, Arizona State University, 2014
- Member of two separate teams (Appeals Unit and eDiscovery Committee) that earned that year's Outstanding Team Award, Outstanding Team Award, Arizona Attorney General's Office, 2017
- B.S. with additional major from Carnegie Mellon University, 2009
- M.Ed. from Arizona State University, 2010
- Note and Comment Editor for the Arizona State Law Journal, Arizona State University
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2022 - 2025
