Columbus, OH - Gryphon USA announces that auctioneer Michael Hoffman has joined the company to manage subsidiary Gryphon Realty Advisors - Gryphon Auction Group.  Hoffman will focus on real estate and personal property auctions and appraisals, with special attention to clients in the corporate, banking and insolvency communities.  He also will continue his efforts in real estate brokerage as a valued member of the Gryphon Realty professional staff. 

"Michael's involvement with Gryphon will increase the companies capacity to undertake multiple auction opportunities at once throughout Ohio and, under his direction, we will soon be offering regional multi-property auctions through both live and online venues," stated Gryphon's president Richard Kruse.

Hoffman has been an auctioneer for more than six years, and has conducted hundreds of real estate and personal property in Ohio and Michigan.  He has earned professional designations granted by the National Auctioneers Institute including Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI - one of 2,500 designees nationwide) Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE - one of fewer than 350 designees nationwide), Certified Estate Specialist (CES) and Benefit Auction Specialist (BAS).  Hoffman also is an approved auctioneer for the Franklin and Licking counties probate courts, and is an approved auctioneer for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio.  He has recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the Ohio Auctioneers Association and is an active member of the National Auctioneers Association.

About Gryphon

Columbus-based Gryphon USA, Ltd. and its subsidiary companies focus on the wind down and liquidation from single assets through and including entire companies.  The company maintains a real estate brokerage practice, auction group, property management division and appraisal division. Co-founder Kruse also regularly holds engagements as court appointed receiver.

For more information, contact Gryphon USA, Ltd at www.gryphonusa.com or by calling toll free at 1-877-5-GRYPHON.