John Jay Hoffman joined the Office of the State Comptroller as its Director of Investigations in September 2010.

Since 2004, Hoffman had served as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Trenton office where he investigated and prosecuted financial and institutional fraud including cases involving tax evasion, securities fraud, insurance fraud, bank fraud, embezzlement and corruption. While there he received the 2010 Chief Inspectors Award.

Prior to that, Hoffman served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. and as a litigation associate for the international law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, L.L.P. Hoffman also gained experience as a judicial clerk for the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Hoffman earned his B.A. from Colgate University and his J.D. from Duke University School of Law.  He resides in Marlton with his wife and son.