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About James R. Hopkinson
James R. Hopkinson received his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in 1985 and his B.A. from John Carroll University in 1982. He has obtained multi-million-dollar jury awards and settlements for his clients in a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Jim has performed pro bono work through community outreach programs and has been appointed counsel for indigent clients. Mr. Hopkinson has lectured in Illinois and nationwide on a wide range of issues.
He has given talks on demonstrative evidence at the Plaintiffs Asbestos Litigation Seminar, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Chicago Bar Association. He has received Certificates of Appreciation from the Chicago Police-Community Counsel, the Loyola Alumni Association and the Chicago Bar Association. He is listed in the Ninth Edition of Who’s Who in American Law.
Martindale Hubbell has awarded Mr. Hopkinson its highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. Jim and his wife Deborah serve on the Board of Advisors to Catholic Charities of Chicago and Jim serves as a trustee of the River Forest Public Library. Jim is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Fenwick Bar Association.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Cooney & Conway
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A Madison County jury awarded James Hutcheson $34.1 million after he developed mesothelioma from asbestos exposure during contract work at Shell Oil's Wood River, Illinois refinery in the 1950s and 1960s.
Chicago agreed to pay $20 million to the families of Fausto Manzera and Andrew Cazares, two men killed in 2009 when off-duty detective Joseph Frugoli struck their disabled vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway with a blood-alcohol level more than four times the legal limit, after trial evidence exposed the department's years-long failure to discipline Frugoli for prior suspected drunk driving.
A Delaware jury returned a unanimous $9 million verdict on July 23, 2025, in the first case ever tried over asbestos-contaminated shotgun shells, holding DuPont and Remington's successor liable for the mesothelioma death of Eugene Schoepke, an 84-year-old Illinois farmer and lifelong hunter.
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