John Hopkins | Alton Personal Injury Lawyer

The son and grandson of ironworkers, Mr. Hopkins was taught the value of hard work at an early age. Working out of Ironworkers Local 392 in East St. Louis, Illinois, he financed his college and law school by working in the trade. The lessons learned on the job site have guided him well through his 31 years of practice, representing the interests of working men and women throughout the Southern Illinois area.

Mr. Hopkins focuses his practice in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, nursing home litigation and workers' compensation. He has achieved success before both the Illinois and the United States Supreme Court, and in the year 2000 was voted as the best attorney in the Tri-City (Granite City) area. In 2002, Mr. Hopkins was elected as a fellow of the American Bar Association, an honor reserved for less than 1% of the legal profession.

We have won Major Personal Injury and Class Action Cases. Recently, we reached a settlement of 28 Million dollars in Farmer vs. Jackson National Life.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Gori Julian & Associates, P.C.	Alton, IL	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Tulsa College of Law	J.D.	Law School	N/A
St. Louis University	Bachelors		1973

State / Court	Date
Missouri	1990
Illinois	1977

• Madison County Bar Association, President, 1996 - 1997
  Alton/Wood River Bar Association President, 2011
  Tri-City Bar Association, President, 1985 - 1986
  American Association for Justice, Charter Member President's Club, 1999
  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1992 - Present
  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Practice Committee, 1992 - Present
  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Elected Board of Managers, 1996 - 2000
  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Elected Board of Managers, 2007
  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Elected Secretary, 2000 - 2002
  Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Elected Treasurer, 2001 - 2002
  Illinois Bar Association, General Assembly, 1998 - 2000
  Illinois Bar Association, Committee on Future of Legal Profession
  Illinois Bar Association, Committee on Attorney Financial Responsibility
  Illinois Bar Association, Committee on Educating the Public on Judicial Process
  Illinois Bar Association, Committee on Judicial Evaluations
  Illinois Bar Association, Task Force on Allocation of Judges
  Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Campaign for Equal Justice, Madison County Co-Chairman, 2000 - 2002
  Re-appointed by the Illinois S Ct. to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee

• Serviam Award, Marquette Catholic High School, 1994
  Civic Award, Alton Branch NAACP, 1996
  Civic Award, Alton Branch NAACP, 1999
  Alumni Award, University of Tulsa College of Law, 2000
  Life Fellow, Illinois Bar Foundation, 1998
  Tri-City Lawyer of the Year, 2000
  Life Member, NAACP, 1996
  Elected fellow, American Bar Association, 2002
  Who's Who in American Law of the 13th Edition, 2003 - 2004
  Top Fifty, Leading Consumer Lawyers in Downstate Illinois by Leading Lawyers Network Magazine, 2011
  Leading and Emerging Metro East Area Lawyers, Alton Telegraph 2018

• Over 150 published columns in local newspapers
  Nursing Home Litigation, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, December, 2001
  Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night: The Case for Punitive Damages in Nursing Home Litigation, Trial Journal of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Volume 4, Number 2, Summer, 2002

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1977) Licensed as Attorney in Illinois. Verified with Illinois State Bar Association.	June 06, 2019
(1990) Licensed as Attorney in Missouri. Verified with Missouri Bar.	June 06, 2019

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