Tricia “CK” PURKS Hoffler’80

Tricia “CK” PURKS Hoffler’80 is the CEO of The CK Hoffler Firm, the trailblazing Atlanta-based law firm. An accomplished attorney, Ms. Hoffler was previously a partner at Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler, LLP. and a partner at Gary, Williams et al. in Florida. She has represented and is counsel to Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, and has managed several billion-dollar commercial cases, including record-setting medical negligence verdicts. Ms. Hoffler has also worked on significant civil rights and children’s rights cases that have resulted in bringing much needed justice for American citizens. Ms. Hoffler has served on the boards of The Pine School (Stuart, Florida), Georgetown University Law Alumni Board (Washington, DC), Planned Parenthood of South Florida (West Palm Beach, Florida) and Women in Philanthropy (Stuart, Florida - founding member). She is also a very active member of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) and hosts an informal shadowing program for lawyers throughout Georgia who she mentors. Recently rated a “Super Lawyer” in 2022, Hoffler also received the Randolph W. Thrower Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia Bar in 2022. Ms. Hoffler served as the 78th President of the National Bar Association in July 2020 and has made regular media appearances on television and radio both domestically and internationally. She is a weekly guest host of her own radio show on Atlanta’s WAOK with Juandolyn Stokes entitled “Law and Legal.” She has also appeared and provided legal and political commentary on CNN, ABC, Court TV, and MSNBC. She is a past Installation Speaker and Branksome Hall’s first Black Head Prefect.