Top Litigation Lawyers in Alton | 3 available

Firm: John J. Hopkins & Associates, P.C.

500 East 6th Street , Alton , Illinois 62002

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Litigation

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.

Firm: Simmons Hanly Conroy, LLC

1 Court Street , Alton , Illinois 62002

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC

1 Court St , Alton , Illinois 62002

Practice Areas: Litigation

Attorney Ted Gianaris is a shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC. His practice is 100 percent representing victims with personal injuries and insidious diseases, including mesothelioma, caused by corporate and big business wrongdoing. The majority of his practice is spent prosecuting toxic torts caused by chemical and asbestos exposure.. Ted leads a team of a half-dozen lawyers and many paralegals dedicated to discovering and exposing what big businesses knew about, and did about, the dangers of chemicals and asbestos. Ted has presented this information at trial on behalf of mesothelioma victims and their families. In 2002, he won a $5.1 million jury verdict for a mesothelioma victim who was exposed as a child through her father’s work clothes.. Ted serves on the board of directors for the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation. He recently received an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. An AV rating, which identifies a lawyer with a very high to preeminent legal ability, is a prestigious peer-reviewed analysis of Ted’s expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence.