Jeffery P. Hopkins, '85, named candidate for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio by President Biden

Jeffery P. Hopkins, '85, was recently named a candidate for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio by President Joe Biden. 

Hopkins is a judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio, where he has served since 1996. Judge Hopkins previously was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio from 1990 to 1993. Judge Hopkins was also an associate at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP (now Squire Patton Boggs LLP) from 1987 to 1990. He served as a law clerk for Judge Alan Norris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1986 to 1987 and the Ohio Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1986. Judge Hopkins received his JD from The Ohio State University in 1985 and his AB from Bowdoin College in 1982.