PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY OF
AL HOFELD, JR.
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On February 27, 2008, he opened his own law firm, the Law Offices of Al Hofeld, Jr., LLC and the Social Justice Project, Inc., a public interest law practice specializing primarily in the prosecution of Truth in Lending Act, fraud, racial discrimination and other predatory mortgage lending abuses on behalf of low-income and minority borrowers.

In 2007, Al was awarded the Young Alumni Public Interest Award from Northwestern University Law School for work that has had a “measurable impact on the community.” He is co-author, “From Redlining to Reverse Redlining: A History of Obstacles for Minority Homeownership in America,” 34 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 642 (Jan.-Feb. 2001). He is a member of the Illinois bar and admitted to practice in the following courts: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana. He is a member of the Chicago Bar Association.

Prior to law school, Al spent five years working with and organizing the homeless (1992-1997) in the Woodlawn neighborhood in Chicago, with the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and as the Founder and Director of an award-winning street outreach and housing program for chronically homeless people in North Carolina. In 1986-87, Al was a legislative intern in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Paul Simon (D-Ill.). He attended public schools through high school. Al is married to Alison Toback-Hofeld. They have three children – Hana, Jonah and Eden – and live in Hyde Park in Chicago.

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