J. David Hopkins - Atlanta, GA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • College of William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1994
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Virginia, Virginia, 1988
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founding Partner

Past Positions

• The Honorable Harold L. Murphy, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Law Clerk
• United States Senator Richard Bryan (D-Nev.), Legislative Assistant and Assistant Press Secretary
• Locke Lord, LLP, Partner
• Kilpatrick Townsend, LLP, Attorney

Representative Cases

• Kingdom Insurance Group v. United Healthcare Insurance Company, File No. 4:11-cv02103 (S.D. Tx. 2012)
• Friends of Piedmont Park v. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Fulton County Superior Court, State of Georgia (2007)
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mutual Benefits Corporation, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2005)
• arry Hyde v. The City of Concord, N.C., State Court of North Carolina, Cabarrus County General Court of Justice (2005)
• Rumble v. Waterhouse, et al. 2007 WL 2506698 (M.D. Ga. 2007)
• Curtis Investment v. Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank, et al. 2007 WL 4564133 (N.D. Ga. 2007)
• General Star v. Elan Motorsports, et al. 356 F. Supp. 2d 1333 (N.D. Ga. 2004)
• Exeter Shipping v. Kilakos, et al. 310 F. Supp. 2d 1301 (N.D. Ga. 2004)

Published Works

Articles

• American Bar Association’s RICO News – State RICO Claims Based On Federal Predicates May Be Removable To Federal Court Under Recent Eleventh Circuit Decision
  

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Georgia (Member, Committee on Judicial Procedures)
• Atlanta Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Atlanta Ballet (Board of Directors)
• The Children’s School (Board of Directors)