Frederick F. Hopkins

Figured I’d share this here for future reference if anyone gets a ticket. I received a minor speeding ticket recently and contacted Fred Hopkins, whom I’ve used in the past. Experience: • Emailed his office 3 times over 2 weeks asking if he could help with copy of the ticket (used email on his si...te). • Never heard back. Sent ticket in requesting a “contest” hearing. • Finally called and asked about the ticket. Front desk person Christina was short, rude. • I asked about my emails, she said he’s old school, doesn’t use email. I asked if she receives those emails, she said no. • She said they would now charge me $50 (“expediting fee”) because the dispute case was in 2 weeks. • I asked if she could waive the fee based on me attempting contact 3 different times and having used him in the past, she said no. • I asked if I could speak with Fred Hopkins, she ignored me. She told me to go back to ARAG. • I told I her I wasn’t really happy with this experience and she essentially hung up on me. I looked at some online reviews and the say he essentially uses a “deferral”, which you can use yourself if available. I researched what he did for me, turns out he simply used a deferral. My advice would be to AVOID this law office. This person was the most unprofessional, unpleasant person I’ve spoken to in a long time. I see no way to actually reach Fred Hopkins directly at this point either to make him aware of his assistant’s behavior.

I have hired Fred to represent me for a dozen traffic tickets over the year, ranging from speeding to negligent. For each one, he provided a shockingly accurate prognosis as to the outcome of the case. In each one, he was able to keep my driving record clean, by either dismissing the ticket entirely ...or amending it to a non-moving violation.

Mr. Hopkins and his office were wonderful to work with. I felt that our issues were immediately handled and they were very clear on what we needed to provide to help the case move forward as quickly as possible. Mr. Hopkins also did not give us any false hopes, but was straight-forward about the po...tential legalities involved. He ultimately led us to a fair resolution of the situation. The help was greatly appreciated!