As one of the top energy attorneys in Connecticut, Lee Hoffman is an expert in an industry that is at the forefront of policy discussions, as the United States seeks to contain rising electricity costs amid increased demand from AI.
Recently, Hoffman obtained regulatory approvals for New York-based Key Capture Energy, which plans to build eight utility-scale battery energy storage projects in Connecticut by 2026. They are the first such projects in the state and will help facilitate Connecticut’s transition to carbon-free energy by 2050.
Hoffman leads the influential law firm Pullman & Comley, which has three Connecticut offices — Hartford, Bridgeport and Westport — in addition to three outside the state, in Wakefield, Rhode Island; Springfield, Massachusetts; and White Plains, New York.
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Hoffman in 2024 oversaw the expansion of the firm’s offices in Westport and Springfield.
He was elected chairman of the firm in September 2022.
Hoffman joined Pullman & Comley in July 2003, and has been a member of its executive committee since 2013. Until recently, he was co-chair of the firm’s real estate, energy, environmental and land-use department.
Hoffman’s practice now focuses on energy projects, environmental regulatory requirements and brownfield redevelopment.
Pullman & Comley last year obtained regulatory approvals for the largest solar energy project in New England on behalf of the renewable investments arm of D. E. Shaw & Co., a multinational investment management firm based in New York City. The project involves converting an abandoned 485-acre gravel pit in East Windsor into a 120-megawatt solar facility.