GREGORY M. HOPKINS

POSITION

Principal Member and Manager

BAR ADMISSIONS

Arkansas Supreme Court, Arkansas Court of Appeals, and all local courts in the State of Arkansas
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
United States Tax Court United States Supreme Court

EDUCATION

University of Arkansas School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1981)

Arkansas State University (Bachelor of Science, Real Estate and Insurance, with Highest Honors, 1978)

R. E. Lee Wilson Outstanding Male Graduate Award, 1978
Outstanding Real Estate and Insurance Major, 1978
Distinguished Service Award, 1978
Dean’s List
Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity (Local President, 1977-1978; State President, 1977-1998)
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Union Board

AWARDS AND HONORS

Best Business Lawyer in Arkansas, Winner, Arkansas Times, 2000
Little Rock’s Best Lawyers, Recognition, Soiree® Magazine, 2014 - present
“Top Attorneys,” Arkansas Life® Magazine, March 2017
Best Bankruptcy Lawyer in Arkansas, Runner-up, Arkansas Times, 2000
“The Best Lawyers in Arkansas,” Arkansas Business®, 1995
“Top Attorneys in the Mid-South,” Memphis Magazine®, 2011 – present
“Top Attorneys in the Mid-South,” Super Lawyers® Business Edition 2012 – present
“Super Lawyers of the Mid-South,” Thompson-Rueters & Memphis Magazine®, 2007 – present
“The Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Lawyers,” Martindale-Hubbell, 1999 – present
Elite Lawyers of the South, National Law Journal, 2019 - present
R. E. Lee Wilson Outstanding Male Graduate Award, Arkansas State University, 1978
Outstanding Real Estate and Insurance Major, Arkansas State University, 1978
Distinguished Service Award, Arkansas State University, 1978
State President, Phi Beta Lambda Business Organization, 1978
Student Court, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Chief Justice, 1981, Associate Justice, 1979
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, President, 1981, Outstanding Member, 1981
Wilson Fellow, Arkansas State University Alumni Association
Arkansas State University Student Honors Selection Committee, 2002 – 2012
Arkansas State University Foundation Board of Directors, 2004-2006

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS

American Bar Association
Arkansas Bar Association
Licensed Real Estate Broker, Arkansas, 1979
Co-Author and Presenter: “Foreclosure and Repossession in Arkansas,” Lorman Business Institute, 1990
Author and Presenter: “EXPERT TESTIMONY: THE DIRT ON DAUBERT (Do you Dare to Daubert?),” Arkansas Bar Association Annual Convention, 2008
Author and Presenter: “CLOSING OPINIONS,” American Bar Association National Business Law Section Meeting, Spring 2014
Author, GARNISHMENT 101 FOR BANKERS: When Worlds Collide: The Intersection of Banks and Garnishments, The Arkansas Banker, Spring 2020
Little Rock Club, President (2013 – 2016), Board Member (2011 – 2017)