About Christopher Benton
Christopher Benton Hopkins is a seasoned trial lawyer primarily based in West Palm Beach, Florida, that specialize in medical malpractice, corporate law, nursing home abuse, estate administration, appeals, arbitration, mediation, and communications and net regulation. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1997, holding. He is likewise admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia. Before the U.S. highest court. Mr. Hopkins earned his law degree from Tulane University Law School in 1994, a Master of Arts from Wesley Theological Seminary in 1992, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Richmond in 1988.
He started his professional legal career at Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., where he served as a companion from 1998 to 2008. He then joined Butzel Long as a shareholder from 2008 to 2010, observed by a tenure as a shareholder at Akerman Senterfitt from 2010 to 2015. In August 2015, he have become a member of McDonald Hopkins LLC in West Palm Beach, specializing in legal proceedings matters. Throughout his career, Mr. Hopkins has represented clients in various complicated legal areas, including commercial, structure, malpractice, and estate administration legal proceedings. He has also developed talent in rising technologies such as app development, digital currency regulation, cloud computing, drones, e-discovery, data privacy, and social media policy writing. His areas of practice encompass appeals practice, civil trial, construction, legal malpractice, legal proceedings/trial advocacy, facilitated negotiation, private damage, and probate and trust litigation.
In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Hopkins is a circuit civil mediator and a qualified arbitrator. He has been recognized in the Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite in 2010 and acquired the ADR Award from the Florida Defense Lawyers Association in 2007. He is also AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He has served on the editorial board of the Trial Advocate Quarterly and is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. Mr. Hopkins is actively involved in the network, having been a member of the Leadership West Palm Beach Class of 2018 and serving as a Trustee of the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches.
He has also taught "Law and American Society" as an adjunct professor at Florida Atlantic University. He can be reached at McDonald Hopkins LLC, 505 South Flagler Drive, 3rd Floor, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. His workplace telephone quantity is (561) 847-2346, and his email tackle is [email protected]. Mr. Hopkins' knowledge and numerous areas of practice make him a precious useful resource for clients seeking legal advocacy in complex litigation things.
