Hoffman, Comfort, Offutt, Scott & Halstad, LLP

Specialties

Hoffman, Comfort, Offutt, Scott & Halstad, LLP has been serving the legal needs of individuals and businesses from Carroll County and the greater Baltimore metropolitan area for more than seven decades. Our clients appreciate our courteous and attentive service, as shown by their responses to our client surveys. Our peers in the legal profession respect us for our legal ability and professional ethics, and have designated the firm as AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-​Hubbell®. Each of our lawyers concentrates in specific areas of the law, which allows us to provide better quality legal services to you. Our areas of practice include:

Personal injury

Automobile accidents

Wills and trusts

Estate planning

Estate administration

Estate disputes and litigation

Elder law

Tax and financial planning

Divorce and family law

Real estate

Zoning, planning and local government administrative law

Business law

Collections

Traffic, DUI and criminal defense

History

Established in 1936.

In 1936, Attorney Ralph G. Hoffman (1910 – 1994) established the law practice that is now known as Hoffman, Comfort, Offutt, Scott & Halstad, LLP in Westminster. Service to our clients as well as to the community in which we live and work has always been our hallmark. In addition to meeting our professional responsibilities, we encourage our attorneys to participate in civic and charitable organizations. Today, the firm consists of seven attorneys and has produced several past presidents of the Carroll County Bar Association.

Meet the Manager

Dennis T.

Manager

Attorney Twigg is an associate who joined the firm in October 2009 and is admitted to practice in Maryland and Pennsylvania. He earned his B.A. from Dickinson College and his J.D. from the University of Miami Law School where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi Honor Society. He has given lectures on Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Special Needs matters for a number of organizations in Carroll County.

His areas of practice include:

Wills

Trusts

Estate administration

Estate Planning

Elder Law

Medical Assistance/​Medicaid

He is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Maryland State Bar Association and the Carroll County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Launch Carroll Committee of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce.