Law School
University of California, Hastings College of The Law
Major Cases
Charles Hoge has tried and arbitrated cases in multiple practice areas involving many industries. These include employment cases representing national organizations, real estate cases representing developers and commercial landlords and tenants, representing individuals victimized by securities fraud, representing investment advisors accused of trade secret misappropriation, representing a pharmaceutical company in an intellectual property dispute, representing an accounting firm accused of defrauding its client, defending an inventor accused of unfair competition by a trade organization and representing partners in a commercial real estate development dispute with a national homebuilder.
Professional Background
Hoge has worked at Kirby Noonan Lance & Hoge, a boutique business litigation firm of 15 lawyers, since 1988. He trained under Dave Noonan. Hoge’s litigation practice includes partnership, real estate, employment, intellectual property, unfair competition and professional liability matters. He has been recognized annually by Super Lawyers, and has been recognized as a Top Attorney in Intellectual Property and in Real Estate and Construction Litigation and by Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation. He has always been designated an A/V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest peer rating for professional excellence. Hoge has served as the firm's managing partner since 2002.
Professional Affiliations
·San Diego County Bar Association 2000 Labor and Employment Law Section Chairman; Litigation Section
·San Diego Superior Court, Judge Pro Tem
·San Diego Superior Court Mediator Panel
·American Bar Association
·CEB Panelist, Current Developments in Litigation (2004-07, 2009)
·Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San Diego, Board of Governors (2002-04)
·Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
·Member, Diversity Law Institute
Personal Background
Hoge is enthusiastic about snow skiing, fly fishing and hiking. He has been active in bar sports and has been a member of 10 teams that won the A League Championship in basketball. If he weren't a lawyer, he would be a basketball coach. Hoge has coached at basketball camps, and college and pro players in summer leagues, and was one of the owners of an ABA franchise. His wife, Martha Guy, is general counsel to a development company and his elder daughter is now a lawyer practicing in New York. Hoge’s younger daughter plans to be a Russian history professor. The family resides in La Jolla.
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