Stephanie Hoffer

Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hoffer & Sheremet, PLC
Stephanie Hoffer
Hoffer & Sheremet, PLC

Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability; view more

Licensed in Michigan since: 2007

Education: The Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2022 - 2025 Selected to Rising Stars: 2013 - 2017
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Hoffer & Sheremet, PLC

678 Front Ave NW
Suite 380
Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Visit website
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Stephanie began her legal career learning the “behind the scenes” of trial work by working for judges in Kent and Allegan Counties. In those positions, Stephanie was able to observe numerous jury trials and talk with jurors after trial. This invaluable experience awarded her a wealth of knowledge known to few.

Stephanie has dedicated her practice to medical malpractice for over twelve years.  Stephanie and her law partner Aubri met working at a large law firm defense law firm in Grand Rapids. In 2017, they decided they wanted to represent victims of medical malpractice, so they formed Hoffer & Sheremet.

Stephanie now devotes her practice to helping victims of medical malpractice (including birth injury and wrongful death). Hoffer & Sheremet is a boutique medical malpractice law firm in Grand Rapids, MI. Keeping our focus narrow allows us to truly be and stay experts in the law and procedure for these types of cases. We take a limited number of medical malpractice cases each year and intensely focus on those cases. This allows us to stay small and offer personalized representation to each of our clients. This personalized, individual attention allows us to determine the best strategy for each particular case.

When you hire Hoffer & Sheremet, you have the entire firm working on your case. Whether we are in our War Room prepping for trial or mapping out our an initial discovery plan, we take the time to analyze and strategize every step of the litigation as a team.

There aren't very many women lawyers that practice malpractice law. In fact, Hoffer & Sheremet is the only Grand Rapids Law Firm that exclusively practice medical malpractice. Many women, especially those that have suffered gynecological injury or whose baby has suffered a birth injury such as hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy or cerebral palsy, are more comfortable talking about these injuries with women attorneys. We also find that wives and mothers whose spouse or child has died are also more comfortable with women lawyers.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Professional Liability: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Birth Injury, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

  • 90% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
  • 10% Professional Liability: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 2007, Michigan

Professional Webpage: https://hoffersheremet.com/team/stephanie-c-hoffer/

Bar / Professional Activity

  • Board Member - Michigan Association for Justice, 2021
  • Board Member - Michigan Association for Justice, 2020

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

  • Swanzy v Spectrum Health: we received a favorable Court of Appeals opinion in 2021 that held claims against an unlicensed health care provider within Spectrum Health Medical Group was an ordinary negligence claim that was not subject to the cap on medical malpractice claims. In 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court denied leave to appeal, cementing that as binding precedent., 2022
  • Polanco v Byon, Kent County Circuit Court: We received an order allowing our client to collect future economic damages for loss of earning capacity for a deceased fetus. To our knowledge, we are the first attorneys to receive such a ruling, 2019
  • We won a medical malpractice jury trial in Grand Traverse County. It was the first win for a medical malpractice plaintiff since 1997, 2019

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Pro bono / Community Service

  • Assisted with coaching a high school mock trial team, 2024
  • I have a farm where we are organically growing vegetables and partnering with a grocery store dedicated to addressing Grand Rapids' food desert. We will be supplying organically grown fruits and vegetables without the "organic" markup for underprivileged individuals, 2021
  • I am an Odyssey of the Mind Coach. Learn more about the Odyssey program here: https://www.odysseyofthemind.com/, 2021
  • Odyssey of the Mind Coach. Team placed 8th at World Finals, 2020
  • Fostered a dog (and found it a great home!) for the West Michigan Humane Society, 2019
  • Odyssey of the Mind Coach. Team placed 16th at World Finals, 2019
  • Odyssey of the Mind Coach for a first-year team, 2018

Honors

  • Stephanie was one of 20 attorneys in Michigan selected as one of Michigan Lawyer's Weekly's Go To Lawyers for Medical Malpractice Law., 2022 Go To Lawyers for Medical Malpractice Law, Michigan Lawyer's Weekly, 2022
  • Grand Rapids Top Lawyers, Grand Rapids Magazine, 2022
  • Top Lawyers for 2021, Grand Rapids Magazine, 2021

White Papers

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

  • Hoffer & Sheremet was honored to present at the State Bar of Michigan Negligence Law Section's annual Spring meeting., Presenter, Hearsay: Anticipate, Analyze, Address, State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section Annual Spring Meeting, 2022
  • My partner, Aubri Sheremet, and I wrote a chapter on Contingent Attorney Fees in Personal Injury cases for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Publication is pending., Co-author, Attorney Fee Agreements in Michigan, Sixth Edition, "Personal Injury" chapter, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2022
  • Hoffer & Sheremet was honored to write the chapter on Legal Malpractice for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education's "Michigan Law and Practice: Torts" treatise., Co-Author, "Legal Malpractice and Other Professional Negligence", Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Legal, 2021
  • My partner and I prepared a presentation explaining the tactics we used that helped us win a trial, Speaker, Against All Odds: Winning in Conservative Counties, Michigan Association of Justice Seminar in the Snow, Legal, 2020

Office location for Stephanie Hoffer

678 Front Ave NW
Suite 380
Grand Rapids, MI 49504

Phone: 616-278-1579

Selections

4 Years Super Lawyers
5 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2022 - 2025
  • Rising Stars: 2013 - 2017

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