Guy M. Hohmann
Founder and Principal Attorney
Guy Hohmann is the founding member of The Hohmann Law Firm. He was born and raised in Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1980 and completed his law degree from the University of Houston in 1983.
Guy spent his formative years in San Antonio working weekends and summers on a cattle ranch or hog farm with his family. Upon graduation from college with a degree in accounting and after becoming a licensed CPA, Guy dedicated himself to law school.
Throughout Guy’s distinguished career, he has had the opportunity to be a partner with Hohmann, Taube and Summers, and most recently Hohmann, Brophy, Shelton and Weiss.
As a fourth generation Texan, Guy enjoys biking along Town Lake, hiking the Greenbelt, enjoying local cuisine, live music and the diversity of Austin with his wife Ryn.
Guy is admitted to the Texas and Colorado State Bar.
Practice Areas
- Complex Commercial Litigation & Business Torts
- General Civil Litigation
- Insurance Litigation & Coverage
- Professional Malpractice
- Securities Litigation
Awards and Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers of America, a Woodward & White Publication, 2007 – present.
- Top Rated Lawyer in Insurance Law, 2009 – present.
- Texas Super Lawyer by Thompson Reuters, 2010 – present.
- Lifetime Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2017 – present.
- Fellow of the American Bar Association, 2018 – present.
- America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, 2018 – present.
His practice includes representing or serving as a court appointed Receiver, as well as, securities fraud, commercial litigation, professional-liability litigation and insurance litigation.
Select Representations
- Previously represented a federal regulatory agency against several large investment banks that sold over $1 billion of mortgage backed securities to a since failed financial institution. The claims primarily arise under the Texas Securities Act.
- Presently serves as a Receiver in a federal court proceeding initiated by the CFTC and the SEC. The actions arise out of an international fraud affecting thousands of investors seeking to recover in excess of $30 million.
- Represented numerous federal and state court appointed receivers in litigation against the former entity’s directors and officers, accounting and law firms.
- Represented the class members in numerous cases against accounting firms and law firms.
- Represented partners and investors in fiduciary duty litigation arising out of claims under the Texas Securities Act, partnership and other agreements against issuers, as well as, aiders and abettors.
Education
- University of Houston, J.D. (1983)
- Texas Certified Public Accountant (1984)
- University of Texas at San Antonio, Bachelor of Business Administration (1980)
Admissions
- Texas
- Colorado
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Austin Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Lifetime Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
- National Association of Insurance Receivers
- Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Martindale Hubbell Highest Possible Rating in Both Legal Ability & Ethical Standards, 2022
