Name: Bassford Remele
Address: 100 South 5th Street, Suite 1500, Minneapolis, MN, 55402, US
Telephone: 612.333.3000

Sarah M. Hoffman

Shareholder

Practice Groups

Professional Liability/Claim Prevention

Industry Groups

Health Care

Overview

Ms. Hoffman is a health care litigator who helps systems, hospitals, clinics, and individual providers navigate and prevent lawsuits, investigations, board proceedings, and hearings.

Ms. Hoffman regularly defends providers in multi-million dollar birth injury cases in both state and federal court. She also represents providers in licensing actions, and counsels health care clients regarding various legal issues, including laws governing treatment of patients with mental illnesses and confidentiality of medical records.

Ms. Hoffman is co-chair of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee and also serves as a volunteer for the Tubman Safety Project. She also serves on Bassford Remele’s Board of Directors.

Education & Admissions

Education

William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2008
- Law Journal, Assistant Editor
Concordia College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2005

Bar Admissions

U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota
Minnesota
Wisconsin

Judicial Clerkship

First Judicial District, The Honorable Shawn Moynihan, Law Clerk, 2008-2013

Experience

Representative Cases

Ms. Hoffman is routinely part of litigation teams handling high-damage medical malpractice cases involving complex medical and legal issues.

Part of a litigation team that obtained a defense verdict for an obstetrical practice group accused of negligence in failing to deliver a child born with e. coli meningitis, born to a mother with preterm premature rupture of membranes, who left the hospital against her physicians’ advice.

Part of a litigation team that obtained a defense verdict for an emergency room physician in a case involving allegations of improperly prescribing an antibiotic, and contentions of extensive medication side effects.

Part of a litigation team that obtained a defense verdict for a dermatopathologist accused of failing to diagnose melanoma in a wrongful death case.

Part of a litigation team that obtained a defense verdict in a birth injury case for a family practice physician accused of failing to timely deliver a child later diagnosed with neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy.

Part of a litigation team that obtained a defense verdict for a general surgeon in a case involving a pseudomonas bacterial infection, and allegations that defendant surgeon failed to perform an examination that would have led to earlier diagnosis of the infection.

Part of a litigation team that obtained a defense verdict in a negligent nondisclosure case involving disclosure of risks of LASIK surgery.

Professional & Civic

Bar Associations

Minnesota State Bar Association
- Health Law Section
State Bar of Wisconsin
- Health Law Section
Hennepin County Bar Association

Professional Associations

Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association
- Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee, 2020-present
- Women in the Law Committee, Co-Chair, 2018-2020
Minnesota Society for Healthcare Risk Management
Minnesota Hospital Association
Women's Health Leadership TRUST
Minnesota Women Lawyers

Civic Involvement

Tubman Safety Project
William Mitchell College of Law, mentor, 2012-2013
Pro Se Clinic at William Mitchell College of Law, Minnesota Justice Foundation, volunteer attorney, 2009-2011

Seminars

Ms. Hoffman regularly presents to and trains health care providers and lawyers on issues relating to health care law and the greater industry.

Medical Liability in Minnesota, presenter, Minnesota Medical Association, Physician Forum, August 3, 2022
Effective Communication Across Surgical Center Teams, Your Role in Preventing Malpractice Claims, presenter, Minnesota Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, October 28, 2021
Perspectives From In-House Counsel, panel moderator, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Women in the Law Committee, November 13, 2018
The Reptile Theory: How to Spot the Snake in the Grass and Strike Back Before Trial, co-presenter, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association Trial Techniques Seminar, Duluth, MN, August 17, 2018
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic and its Impact on Litigation, co-presenter, 2018 Medical Malpractice Conference, HCBA/MNAJ/MDLA, April 12, 2018
Use of the Health Officer Authority: Answers to Frequently-Asked Questions, presenter, private health system, 2017
Medical Assistance Liens – Update on the Law, presenter, 2017 Medical Malpractice Conference, HCBA/MNAJ/MDLA, May 20, 2017
Minimizing the Risk of Malpractice Lawsuits: Informed Consent, Negligent Nondisclosure, and the “Reptile” Theory, co-presenter, large private practice health care provider, 2016
Peer Review 101: Rules of the Road, co-presenter with R.E. Moos, Minnesota Society for Healthcare Risk Management, June 24, 2016
The ACA’s Impact on Medical Malpractice Litigation, presenter, large regional health care provider, May 4, 2016
Expecting the Unexpected: How to Keep Your Cool Under Pressure, co-presenter, Minnesota Defense Lawyers Mid-Winter Conference, January 29, 2016
Working with Experts, Continuing Education Seminar, co-presenter with C.M. Loidolt, Minnesota State Bar Association, December 2, 2015

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BASSFORD REMELE
Fifth Street Towers
100 South 5th Street, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1254

612.333.3000

info@bassford.com

Sarah M. Hoffman

Sarah M. Hoffman

Overview

Education & Admissions

Experience

Representative Cases

News & Events

Professional & Civic

Accolades

Publications

Seminars