Peter Hoffman

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri

Peter Hoffman manages the Neighborhood Advocacy program for Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. Neighborhood Advocacy provides free legal services to prevent and eliminate blighted, vacant, and abandoned property. Peter began his legal career in Kansas City where he helped to create Legal Aid of Western Missouri's "Adopt-a-Neighborhood" program connecting urban neighborhoods with volunteer lawyers. He served as that project's director until moving home to St. Louis in 2018 to found Neighborhood Advocacy. Peter received his JD/MPA from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis in Urban, Land Use, and Environmental Law. Peter’s articles, “Bringing Self-Empowered Revitalization to Distressed Neighborhoods” published in the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, and “Legal Services and Pro Bono Lawyers Help Neighborhoods Tackle Vacancy” published in the St. Louis Bar Journal, both spotlight the role pro bono lawyers can play in community revitalization.