Braden M. Hoffmann

Associate

(405) 270-6084
braden.hoffmann@mcafeetaft.com
Oklahoma City

Overview

Braden Hoffmann is a trial lawyer whose state and federal litigation practice encompasses a broad range of civil disputes, including those involving claims of breach of contract, personal injury, professional negligence, premises liability, and other torts. He also devotes a significant portion of his practice to defending national insurance companies against claims of bad faith, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligent underwriting, and violations of consumer protection laws. He also represents insurers in coverage disputes arising under life, auto, property, and commercial general liability insurance policies.

Braden’s career experience includes defending insurance companies and their insureds in lawsuits arising from trucking and vehicular accidents, as well as representing county, state and federal governmental entities in civil rights litigation and administrative proceedings.

Braden’s achievements have earned him inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America (commercial litigation; insurance law; personal injury litigation – defendants) and in Oklahoma Super Lawyers’ list of “Oklahoma Rising Stars,” which recognizes the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys.

Representative Experience

  • Obtained dismissal of two lawsuits filed in Oklahoma County, OK, by plaintiff who alleged former business partners improperly dissolved company and sought an accounting regarding the dissolution. The original suit was dismissed on the merits, and the second suit was dismissed on res judicata/claim preclusion grounds. Dismissal affirmed by the Oklahoma Civil Court of Appeals.
  • Obtained defense verdict in favor of county jailer in multimillion-dollar civil rights action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
  • Obtained favorable settlement on behalf of telecommunications provider in wrongful death action.
  • Obtained dismissal of wrongful search and seizure claims filed against an arresting officer in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Honors & Awards

  • Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2024–Present)
  • Named to Oklahoma Super Lawyers’ list of “Oklahoma Rising Stars” (2026)
  • Named to The Journal Record’s Power List of Young Legal Professionals (2023)

Professional Organizations and Memberships

  • Oklahoma County Bar Association (Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division)
  • Oklahoma Bar Association

Civic Involvement and Leadership

  • ITN of Central Oklahoma (Board of Directors)
  • Ignite OKC (Treasurer, 2022)
  • Leadership Oklahoma City LOYAL Program (Class XVIII)

    Writing Credits

  • Economic injury disaster loans: What you need to know to take advantage now

    Fall 2020 | Oklahoma Restaurateur
  • Ready or Not, Here (A)I Come

    January 2025 | OCBA Briefcase

Speaking Engagements

  • Legal Ethics of AI: The Good. The Bad. The Ugly

    Oklahoma County Bar Association's Bench and Bar Conference

    March 9, 2024
    | Lone Wolf, OK
  • Oklahoma, 2019
  • U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • J.D., with distinction, University of Oklahoma, 2019
    • Oil & Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal; Student Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi
  • B.S.B.A. (Accounting/Finance), Oklahoma State University, 2016