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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 40 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.

rent Copple works as an asbestos and mesothelioma attorney for Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC. He has represented hundreds of individuals and families harmed by asbestos-related diseases through no fault of their own. Brent has recovered millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements on their behalf.. Brent started at the firm as a mesothelioma investigator in 2002, the same year he graduated from Columbia College with a degree in political science. As an investigator, Brent worked with people impacted by a mesothelioma diagnosis and helped develop their asbestos exposure work histories.. “The knowledge I gained as an investigator taught me invaluable lessons that allow me to better represent my clients as an attorney,” Brent said.. Brent earned his law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., in 2007 and returned to the firm as an asbestos attorney.  He works with clients throughout all aspects of their mesothelioma case including sign-ups, discovery, depositions and trial prep. Over the past five years, he has successfully litigated against some of the nation’s largest manufacturing companies. The people he helps include victims who were exposed to asbestos while working at foundries, refineries and chemical plants.

Paul Lesko is the head of the Simmons firm's Intellectual Property department - he is committed to helping inventors and small businesses remain competitive in the marketplace by enforcing their intellectual property rights against companies that infringe upon those rights. Paul Lesko's cases have taken on entire industries, including the financial, telecommunications and electronic voting industries.  Paul has represented clients against some of the world’s largest companies, including Google, Apple, Visa and Cisco.

Keith Short and Associates, P.C. was formed in the early part of 2011 by experienced attorney Keith Short — an attorney who began practicing law in 1992. The law firm was founded on the basis of using Mr. Short's experience to help injured people with workers' compensation, personal injury and Social Security cases, cases in which our firm has an impressive record of success.

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Craig J. Jensen, Partner, has been a trial lawyer for almost 25 years. His practice is concentrated in the areas of the Jones Act, maritime law, nursing home abuse and neglect, personal injury, medical malpractice and construction site injuries. In Craig J. Jensen’s legal career, he has tried over 150 cases to verdict or judgment and has argued numerous cases before the Illinois Appellate Court. Before entering private practice in 1996, he served eight years as a prosecutor in both Cook County and Madison County, Illinois.. During the past 15 years, his practice has been particularly successful in maritime and nursing home cases. Craig J. Jensen has obtained millions of dollars in compensation for injured deckhands, mates, cooks, engineers, pilots, and captains. He has also obtained millions of dollars of compensation for victims of nursing home neglect. Craig J. Jensen now works with MeyerJensen PC in Alton, IL.

B. Kyle Bass is an intellectual property attorney at Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC. He focuses his practice on helping small businesses, inventors and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights against infringement.. “My clients work hard for their intellectual property, and even though they may not have physical items being stolen from brick and mortar stores, they have legal rights to protect their creations,” Kyle said. “I strive to ensure those rights are enforced.”. Kyle has experience in several areas of intellectual property litigation, including false marking, copyright infringement, patent and trademark cases.. Kyle graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in recreation, sport and tourism with a concentration in sport management. He earned his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law where he was on the executive board for the Student Intellectual Property Law Association.. “I went to law school knowing that I wanted to be an Intellectual Property attorney,” Kyle said. “I am always looking for ways our firm can be on the front edge of this rapidly evolving litigation. To borrow from Wayne Gretzky, “We skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”

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