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Louis Hoffman - Democrat - Maricopa County

Attorney General Terry Goddard appointed Louis Hoffman to succeed former Commissioner Donald Lindholm whose term expired. Commissioner Hoffman earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1981 and his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1984. After graduating, Mr. Hoffman moved to Arizona and joined the law firm of Brown & Bain. In 1991 Commissioner Hoffman started the law firm of Louis J. Hoffman, P.C. (now the Hoffman Patent Firm) to assist independent inventors, and small and mid-sized companies among others in protecting their patents, copyrights and trademarks. As one of the original drafters of the Citizens Clean Elections Act Commissioner Hoffman has been at the forefront of campaign finance reform in Arizona and has been elected to serve on the Clean Elections Institute’s Board on two separate occasions. Commissioner Hoffman has been married to his wife, Kathy, for over 20 years and has two children, Seth and Ellie. His term will expire on January 31, 2014