Peter Hofer, J.D.

Peter Hofer is a senior litigation attorney at Disability Rights Texas (DRTx), as well as one of its litigation coordinators. Disability Rights Texas is the protection and advocacy organization for persons with disabilities in Texas. Peter is licensed in both Texas and Florida, and has been litigating civil rights and healthcare cases for the past 36 years. Peter has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the federal Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and in the district court for the Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas, and the Southern District of Florida.

Before joining DRTx, Peter was a senior staff attorney at the Texas Civil Right Project for eight years where he litigated a variety of civil rights cases in federal and state court. He also handled civil rights and immigration litigation and appeals in Miami for Kurzban, Kurzban, Weinger, and Tetzeli. While at DRTx, Peter was one of the attorneys who litigated the Alberto N. lawsuit, which concerned children’s Medicaid services in Texas.

Peter also litigated the Jonathan C. case, after which Texas Medicaid was required to provide continued services to beneficiaries pending appeal. Peter has also litigated a number of wrongful death cases, and has handled more than 275 individual administrative appeals on behalf of children challenging denials of Medicaid-funded services.

Before practicing law, Peter earned his B.F.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and his J.D. from the University of Miami. Peter was named as a Texas “SuperLawyer” several times, and in 2015, Peter received the James B. Sales Boots on the Ground award given by the Texas Access to Justice Commission. The award recognizes a legal aid attorney or pro bono attorney