Background
Hopkins, William C. was born on April 11, 1945 in Mason City, Iowa, United States.
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William C. Hopkins
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Southwest Missouri State University (Bachelor of Arts, 1967). University of Missouri at Columbia (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Career
Worked at Stites, Hopkins, Fair & Riederer (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Plaintiffs Personal Injury, Medical Negligence. FELA, Products Liability, Commercial Litigation, Civil Rights and Employment. Workers Compensation Trial Practice, State and Federal.
Admitted to the bar, 1970 Missouri and United States.
District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Missouri. 1971, United States. Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit.
1974, United States. Supreme Court. 1983, California.
Tau Kappa Alpha-Delta Sigma Rho.
Author: "Expert Testimony: New Rules, New Questions," Volume 46 Journal of the Missouri Bar 175, 1990.
Company-Author: "Practical Aspects of The Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Effective 12/1/93," Volume 5, Journal of the Missouri Bar, 341 (1994). Who"s Who in American Law, 1996. Member, Board of Directors, Missouri Brain Injury Association, 1996.
Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member: Circuit Court Committee, 1992-1996.
Civil Law and Procedure Committee, 1991-1996). The Missouri Bar (Member: Tort Law Committee, 1986-1987.
Committee Council Tort Law, 1988-1989. Legislative Review Committee, 1988-1989).
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors, 1993.
Chairman, Public Awareness Committee, 1995. Public Awareness Committee, 1996). The State Bar of California.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Started in 1988, with over 75 years of combined trial experience, the partnership limits itself to Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Federal Employers Liability, Worker"s Compensation, Commercial Litigation, Civil Rights, Employee Litigations and other Civil Trial Work. South, Central and Northern Missouri and Kansas State and Federal Courts are the principal jurisdictions the lawyers practice in.
Associates as well as partners participate extensively in Continuing Legal Education and Civic Affairs.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Board of Directors, Missouri Brain Injury Association, 1996. Member: Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association (Member: Circuit Court Committee, 1992-1996. Civil Law and Procedure Committee, 1991-1996).
The Missouri Bar (Member: Tort Law Committee, 1986-1987.
Committee Council Tort Law, 1988-1989. Legislative Review Committee, 1988-1989).
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys (Member, Board of Governors, 1993. Chairman, Public Awareness Committee, 1995.
Public Awareness Committee, 1996).
The State Bar of California. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
