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About Jim Hopkins
Jim Hopkins is an attorney at Brown & Crouppen Law Firm. He has represented thousands of clients since joining the firm in 2012. He specializes in personal injury cases and has secured multiple verdicts and settlements exceeding one million dollars.
Hopkins' practice encompasses railroad injuries, medical malpractice, product liability, maritime claims, workers' compensation, employment discrimination, and clergy sexual abuse cases.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1992 and his Bachelor of Arts in History from the College of William and Mary in 1988.
He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois, with successful case experience in federal and state courts across multiple states including Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
Hopkins authored appellate briefs in Powel v. Chaminade, a Missouri Supreme Court case of first impression regarding repressed memory in sexual abuse claims.
He is a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, American Association for Justice, and The Lawyers Association of St. Louis.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Brown & Crouppen
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A St. Louis jury awarded $462 million against trailer maker Wabash National after its defective rear-impact guard failed and allowed a car to slide beneath a trailer on I-55, killing Taron Tailor, 30, and Nicholas Perkins, 23, in 2019.
Brown & Crouppen helped Zachary Patchin's family reach a $5.97 million settlement after an Ice Cream Factory box truck crossed into oncoming traffic in a no-passing zone and killed both drivers on U.S. 50 in Osage County, Missouri.
A federal jury found that a snow-covered crack in a Family Video parking lot caused Rosemarie Waddy's broken ankle, awarding $2 million before a 15 percent fault finding cut her recovery to about $1.7 million.
A St. Louis City jury awarded Tara Straussner $1,168,829 after a city employee driving a concrete truck crossed the centerline and hit her head-on, leaving her with a permanent brain injury, though Missouri's sovereign-immunity cap held the city's payout near $517,000.
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