Lee D. Hoffman

Lee D. Hoffman


Pullman & Comley LLC

Recognized since 2012

Hartford, Connecticut

Practice Areas

Energy Law

Energy Regulatory Law

Environmental Law

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Lee D. Hoffman is chair of Pullman & Comley's Regulatory, Energy and Telecommunications Department and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Lee litigates and advises clients in the areas of environmental law, energy and utility matters and toxic tort suits.

Lee advises clients on various environmental matters including counseling them on environmental compliance issues, the redevelopment of contaminated properties (“brownfields”) to productive use, assisting with facility audits, advising companies on the ramifications associated with the acquisition or divestiture of assets, regulatory interpretation and conducting facility audits.

Lee also represents parties in proceedings before the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Connecticut Siting Council. His experience includes representing utility companies, municipalities, lenders and private power producers in connection with the siting of facilities, transmission lines and pipelines; representing interested parties in connection with cable franchise renewals; financing power projects and representing wireless carriers in the siting of telecommunications facilities.

With respect to litigation matters, Lee represents individuals and municipalities in all areas of environmental, energy and regulatory law. His experience includes trial and appellate work in both civil and criminal environmental matters, utility rate-making proceedings, toxic torts, representation before administrative agencies and Superfund litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, Lee served as in-house counsel at The Hartford, where he defended The Hartford in declaratory judgment actions and oversaw defense attorneys in underlying toxic tort litigation.

Location
  • 90 State House Square
    Hartford, CT 06103-3702
Education
  • The George Washington University, J.D., graduated 1994
  • Tulane University, BA, graduated 1991
Bar Admissions
  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Connecticut, Connecticut Bar Association
Affiliations
  • Connecticut Bar Association - Chair, Public Utilities Section
  • Connecticut Bar Association - Treasurer, Environmental Section

Pullman & Comley LLC
Headquarters: Bridgeport, Connecticut

34 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

6 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Energy Regulatory Law, Hartford (2024)
  • Energy Law, Hartford (2016)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Energy Law
  • Energy Regulatory Law
  • Environmental Law
Special Focus:
  • COVID-19
Awards:
  • Connecticut Law Tribune's "Dozen Who Made a Difference" - 2011
  • MS Corporate Achiever of Greater Hartford by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2008
  • Hartford Business Journal's "40 Under Forty" Award - 2006

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Renewable Energy Projects Meet an Unlikely Opponent: Environmentalists


by Lee D. Hoffman

As the environmental movement challenged the energy industry to move “beyond coal” and later to move “beyond gas” to a carbonless energy future, investment in renewable energy skyrocketed.

Renewable Energy Projects

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