Hochman and Peppler, LLC

Marilyn Hochman and I have been practicing together in the greater Oviedo, Florida area for over 10 years. Each of us has over 25 years of legal experience.

I spent six years as an Army officer and aviator before going to law school. I went through Army basic training and initial military specialty training before attending Officer Candidate School. This background gave me exposure to what it is like to be an employee, as well as a manager and leader. I learned that each law and regulation is designed to serve a policy. When the application of the law or regulation does not serve the policy it was designed for, there is almost always a different way of solving the problem, because the wrong regulation or law is being used. My background has made me more creative in my approach to the practice of law.

My strength as a lawyer is based upon my extensive legal knowledge. While I prefer to do family and divorce law, I have handled a wide variety of cases through the years and have developed a special skill in doing legal research. Where some lawyers become sharp by becoming narrow, my broad background makes me better able to think outside the box and to be creative in solving my client's legal problems. My style is to negotiate whenever possible but to be completely aggressive when the other side does not want to be reasonable.

My under graduate degree was in philosophy. I still like to read, especially the classics, and to discuss and argue about ideas. In addition I have always been interested in endurance sports and am a regular runner and cyclist. Finally, I am a devoted dog lover.