About Christopher Benton
Christopher Benton Hopkins is a seasoned litigator based in West Palm Beach, Florida, specializing in medical malpractice, business law, nursing home abuse, probate, appeals, arbitration, mediation, and communications and internet law. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1997, holding. He is also admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia. Before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Hopkins earned his Juris Doctor 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 began his legal career at Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., where he served as a partner from 1998 to 2008. He then joined Butzel Long as a shareholder from 2008 to 2010, followed by a tenure as a shareholder at Akerman Senterfitt from 2010 to 2015. In August 2015, he became a member of McDonald Hopkins LLC in West Palm Beach, focusing on litigation matters. Throughout his career, Mr. Hopkins has represented clients in various complex legal areas, including commercial, construction, malpractice, and probate litigation. He has also developed expertise in emerging technologies such as app development, virtual currency regulation, cloud computing, drones, e-discovery, data privacy, and social media policy writing. His practice areas encompass appellate practice, civil trial, construction, legal malpractice, litigation/trial advocacy, mediation, personal injury, 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 received 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 community, 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 office phone number is (561) 847-2346, and his email address is [email protected]. Mr. Hopkins' experience and diverse practice areas make him a valuable resource for clients seeking legal representation in complex litigation matters.
