Tom is closing counsel and regulatory adviser to over 20 banks, various Certified Development Companies and lender services providers. He specializes in the rules and regulations with respect to SBA 7(a) and 504 matters and is certified as a Designated Attorney by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Thomas L. Hofstetter co-chairs Schenck Price's Banking and Finance Practice Group and is also a member of both the Commercial Restructuring and Workouts and Corporate and Business Law Practice Groups. Tom began his career as a staff attorney at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, served as a Counsel/Section Chief for the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) and was General Counsel of a community bank.
Prior to joining Schenck Price in 2002, he was a partner in a well-known New Jersey law firm where he concentrated his practice in the areas of corporate transactions and lending.
In his practice today, Tom's primary industry focus is his work as a transactional corporate attorney representing institutional lenders, entities and individuals in commercial and loan transactions and regulatory matters. Financial institutions and borrowers rely on Tom’s substantial counseling experience in all aspects of lending with emphasis on government guaranteed loans, including US Small Business Administration (SBA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) finance transactions. He regularly assists financial institutions and borrowers with the structuring of institutional loans, compliance with financing regulations and procedures, loan closings and workouts.
Further, Tom is a closing lawyer for over 20 banks and is a designated closing counsel for three Certified Development Companies (CDC).
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- August 14, 2024Thomas L. Hofstetter Presented at 2024 America East Small Business Lenders Conference
- April 25, 2023Thomas L. Hofstetter Presented at the NAGGL 2023 Spring Conference
- January 25, 2023Thomas Hofstetter Taught "Closing and Funding the SBA Loan" to National Audience
- Aug 3, 2022Hofstetter Presented at America East Lending Conference
- Mar 11, 2022Hofstetter Presents "Fundamentals of SBA Lending"
- Aug 17, 2021Workouts and Liquidations in the Post-COVID Era
- Aug 24, 20162016 America East Conference for SBA Leaders
- January 16, 2025Understanding the SBA 504 Loan Program: A Powerful Tool for Small Business Growth
- Mar 30, 2021PPP Extension Act of 2021 Signed Into Law
- Dec 28, 2020Additional COVID Relief Package Signed Into Law by the President
- Oct 30, 2020SBA to Issue Loan Necessity Questionnaires to PPP Borrowers Who Received Loans of $2 Million or Greater
- Jun 8, 2020Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020
- May 29, 2020Applications for Loan Forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program
- Mar 31, 2020President Signs CARES Act into Law. Expands SBA Loan Programs to Allow for Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Assist Businesses
- November 12, 2024NAGGL Instructor of the Year Award
- Oct 6, 2022SBDC Program: Navigating the Legal Environment
- May 4, 2021"Watch Out: Anyone Who Committed Fraud Involving PPP Loans Has Day of Reckoning Coming, Attorney Says"
- Jun 25, 2018Schenck Price Participates and Sponsors MECHA Golf Outing
- Apr 22, 2014Fundamentals of SBA Lending
- February 2024Legal Updates for Businesses - February 2024
- July 10, 2023Legal Updates for Businesses - July 2023
- February 23, 2023Legal Updates for Businesses - February 2023
- Aug 21, 2008Business Financing
- Jun 14, 2006Doctrine of Merger May Impede A Lender's Right To Collect Post Judgment Collection Expenses
- November 29, 2019Acquisition and Financing of Commercial Real Estate
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- Instructor of the Year, NAGGL Conference 2024
- Selected to the Morris County's Top Lawyers list (2019-2020;2022-2024)
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- Author, "Understanding the SBA 504 Loan Program: A Powerful Tool for Small Business Growth," January 16, 2025
- Panelist, America East Small Business Lenders Conference, August 14-16, 2024
- Contributing author, "Legal Updates for Businesses," February 2024
- Presenter, "Bankruptcy Basics for SBA Lenders," National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders 2023 Spring Conference, April 25, 2023
- Presenter, "Closing and Funding the SBA 7(a) Loan," January 27, 2023
- Presenter, "Advanced Closing & Funding the SBA 7(a) Loa"
- Speaker, "Lender Preference and Pari Passu Financing," November 22, 2022
- Speaker, "Lender Preference and Pari Passu Financing," October 26, 2022
- Presenter, "Closing and Funding the SBA 7(A) Loan," September 21, 2022
- Author, "We Can Work It Out ...Or Say Goodnight!," The National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL) Newsflash, July 29, 2022
- Presenter, "Closing Consciousness: Tips for Being Mindful in Your Closings Using Best Practices to Get Your Deals Closed Efficiently While Minimizing Inherent Pitfalls," American East Lending Conference, August 3-5.
- Presenter, "Fundamentals of SBA Lending," FDU Rothman's Friday Forum, "Zoom at Noon," March 11, 2022
- Speaker, "Workouts and Liquidations in the Post-COVID Era," America East Lending Conference, August 17, 2021
- Quoted, "Watch Out: Anyone Who Committed Fraud Involving PPP Loans Has Day of Reckoning Coming, Attorney Says," ROI-NJ, May 4, 2021
- Co-author, "PPP Extension Act of 2021 Signed Into Law," March 30, 2021
- Co-author, "Additional COVID Relief Package Signed Into Law by the President," December 28, 2020
- Author, "SBA to Issue Loan Necessity Questionnaires to PPP Borrowers Who Received Loans of $2 Million or Greater," October 30, 2020
- Co-author, "Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020," June 8, 2020
- Co-author, "Applications for Loan Forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program," May 29, 2020
- Author, "President Signs CARES Act into Law. Expands SBA Loan Programs to Allow for Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Assist Businesses," March 31, 2020
- Author, "Secure Transactions: Getting it Right with UCC Filings," February 20, 2020
- Panelist, "The Care and Feeding Off your Herndon Guarantee Purchase Package," "Guarantee Purchases: A Little Rock Story with Tips to Avoiding Screenouts," 2016 America East Conference for SBA Lenders, August 24-26, 2016
- Contributing author, February 2020 Legal Updates for Businesses
- Has lectured on numerous topics of interest to lenders and business establishments regarding business law and transactions as well as matters involving the United States SBA
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- Member and Instructor, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL), Technical Issues Committee, Associate Member Committee; Chair, Region II Regional Liaison Committee, and 504 Lending Committee
- Member, National Association of Development Companies (NADCO)
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Board, Morris County Economic Development Corporation
- Past President, Normandy Improvement Beach Association, Inc.
- Director, Normandy Beach Associates, Inc.
- Chairman, Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Committee for Central New Jersey
- Instructor, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders
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- Numerous financial transactions and closings with emphasis on SBA 7(a) and 504 financings and USDA financing compliance with associate rules and regulatory
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
