Jonathan T. Hoffman

Vice Chair, Family Law

Jonathan is an experienced family law attorney handling a wide range of domestic relations matters including divorce, support, custody, equitable distribution, prenuptial/postnuptial agreements and protection from abuse actions. His practice also consists of tax-related issues in complex support and equitable distribution matters.

Jonathan is a frequent speaker and author on such topics as taxation and divorce, ethics in family law matters, divorce over 50, the judicial interview of children in custody litigation and family law practice management. The Legal Intelligencer named him a "Lawyer on the Fast Track" and for the last six years he has been named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine. 

Jonathan earned his law degree and LL.M in taxation from Villanova University School of Law. He earned his undergraduate degree in history and political science at the University of Pittsburgh. 

News

31 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 11, 2024

Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of attorneys are named Super Lawyers; only 2.5 percent of attorneys are listed as Rising Stars.

42 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers & Rising Stars

May 24, 2023

Super Lawyers has selected 42 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

More Than 205 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 19, 2021

Best Lawyers selected 210 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Jonathan Hoffman Elected President of the Board of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America for the Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Chapter

December 14, 2020

Cozen O’Connor is pleased to announce that Jonathan Hoffman, member of the firm’s Family Law Group, has been elected as president of the board of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America for the Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Chapter.

200 Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named Best Lawyers and Ones to Watch By The Best Lawyers In America

August 20, 2020

Best Lawyers selected 200 Cozen O’Connor lawyers from 23 of the firm’s nationwide offices for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2020 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).

64 Cozen O'Connor Attorneys Named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

May 21, 2019

Super Lawyers has selected 64 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to the 2019 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Fifty-four Cozen O’Connor Attorneys Named 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

June 12, 2018

Super Lawyers has named 54 Cozen O'Connor attorneys to its 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

Publications

Spousal Support in Pa. Following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 [The Legal Intelligencer]

July 13, 2019

Jonathan Hoffman contributed an article to The Legal Intelligencer, explaining the enactment of the TCJA and how this is effecting the divorcing population.

Making The Divorce Process Easier For Victims Of Spousal Abuse [Family Law Focus Blog]

May 06, 2016

Pennsylvania allows parties to a divorce action to seek both no-fault and fault divorces. While fault remains available, the overwhelming majority of divorces are granted under no-fault grounds. The statutory framework for no-fault grounds for divorce are contained in 23 Pa.C.S. §3301(c) – mutual...

Practice Areas

Education

  • Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2005
  • Villanova University School of Law, LL.M., 2012
  • University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 2002

Awards & Honors

Lawyers on the Fast Track, The Legal Intelligencer 2013 

Top Lawyers, Main Line Today 2012. This award is conferred by Main Line Today. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2010-2019. This award is conferred by Super Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer, 2023-2024. This award is conferred by Super Lawyers. A description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Doris Jonas Freed Inn of Court Award of Excellence

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation - Philadelphia Chapter, President of the Board of Directors

Montgomery Bar Association's Family Law Section, Chair

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, Council Member

Doris Jonas Freed Inn of Court

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America- Delaware Valley Chapter, Board Member

Montgomery Bar Association, Board of Directors

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Co-chair of the Programming Committee

Council for the Family Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Executive Committee 2018-2019

Pennsylvania Bar Association Zone 9, Delegate 

Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates