Hon. Peter A. Hoff (Ret.) was a judge for the 8th Judicial District Court of Minnesota in Wilkin County. He was appointed to the bench on October 28, 1994. Hoff retired on January 31, 2011, and was subsequently appointed to serve as a statewide senior judge.
The 8th Judicial District includes Big Stone, Chippewa, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Pope, Renville, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, Wilkin, and Yellow Medicine Counties.
Prior to beginning his judicial career, he was a partner at Hoff, Svingen, Athens & Russell, where he had practiced for twenty-seven years.
Hoff received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. He went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Minnesota Law School in 1967. Hoff was admitted to practice in Minnesota (1967) and North Dakota (1981).
He and his wife, Liz, a retired registered nurse, have four grown children and six grandchildren.