Anthony G. Hopp

Partner

T: (312) 201-2537
F: (312) 416-4751
hopp@wildman.com

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Practice Areas:

Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Product Liability
Environmental
Class Action
Toxic Tort

Education:

University of Illinois, J.D. 1988, summa cum laude Order of the Coif, Harno Scholar, Law Review (Topics Editor), and several American Jurisprudence Awards

University of Illinois, B.A. English Literature, 1984, summa cum laude, University Honors/Bronze Tablet, Phi Beta Kappa

Anthony G. Hopp

Tony Hopp is a toxic tort, environmental, and commercial litigator. He has tried cases to verdict in Illinois and West Virginia and has argued appeals in Illinois, California, New York, and Nebraska. He has represented clients in environmental and commercial cases in 20 states. Tony has defended toxic tort claims related to coal tar, coal tar pitch, creosote, pentachlorophenol, chromated copper arsenate, trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, atrazine, lead, benzene, toluene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, vinyl chloride, polyester resins, mineral spirits, and asbestos. While Tony has handled all phases of single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class action claims, his particular area of focus is the scientific aspects of such claims. He has worked with some of the premier experts in the United States and elsewhere in the fields of toxicology, epidemiology, medicine, geology, hydrogeology, and air modeling to develop successful defenses to personal injury and property damage lawsuits. Over the course of his 19-year career, Tony has tackled a wide variety of litigation and counseling engagements. His litigation experience includes Superfund cases, private cost recovery litigation under CERCLA and various state Superfund statutes, consumer class actions, shareholder derivative claims, insurance coverage disputes, dealership termination cases, suits to enforce restrictive covenants in employment and franchise agreements, contract disputes, medical malpractice cases, forcible entry and detainer cases and zoning litigation. His counseling experience includes risk management and product stewardship issues, environmental audits, internal corporate investigations, and local siting of solid waste management facilities.

Representative Experience:

Reported Decisions:

• Sirico v. Beckerle Lumber Supply Co., 227 A.D.2d 396, 642 N.Y.S. 55 (N.Y. App. 1996)
• Farber v. Lok-N-Logs, Inc., 270 Neb. 356, 701 N.W.2d 368 (Neb. 2005)
• Louisiana Pacific Co. v. Koppers Co., 32 Cal. App. 4th 599, 38 Cal. Rptr.2d 257 (Cal. App. 1995)
• Meyer v. Lockformer, 2005 WL 1869656 (N.D. Ill. 2005)
• Pelzer v. Lockformer, 2005 WL 1651729 (N.D. Ill. 2005)

Pro Bono Activity:

Tony believes that lawyers have an obligation to use their skills to help those in need. He is active with Chicago’s Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH) where he represents tenants in eviction cases in state court. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of LCBH since 2006 and is currently a Vice President of the board. In 2005, he received the LCBH Volunteer of the Year award.

Tony has also been a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Interest Law Initiative since 2007. From 1997 to 2001, he served on the Judicial Evaluations Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and he has been an Advisory Board member for Roosevelt University’s Paralegal Studies Program since 1996.

Publications And Presentations:

• "Not So Fast: The DNA Revolution In Toxic Tort Practice Is Still A Long Way Off," Mealey's Emerging Toxic Torts, December 16, 2008.
• "An Old Whine in New Bottles? What's New – And What Isn't – About the Current Wave of BPA Litigation," BNA's Class Action Litigation, Vol. 9, No. 15, August 8, 2008.
• “DNA Evidence in Toxic Tort Cases: Still Weak Proof of Exposure, Risk and Injury,” Andrew’s Litigation Reporter, Vol. 26, Issue 11, July 2, 2008.
• “Bad Medicine: The Legal, Policy and Medical Arguments Against Medical Monitoring,” BNA’s Toxics Law Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 20, May 15, 2008.
• “The Michigan Dioxin Study: Help for Defendants in Toxic Tort Litigation,” LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy, January 2007.
• “Biomonitoring as Proof of Causation in Toxic Tort Litigation: We Aren’t There Yet,” Mealey’s Emerging Toxic Torts, November 17, 2006. 
• “Making Lone Pine Orders Work: Planning, Execution and Follow Through,” Mass Torts Litigation News Letter, ABA, Vol. 3 No. 1, Spring/Summer 2005. 
• “Case Management Techniques in Complex Tort Litigation,” Natural Resources & Environment, ABA, Vol. 17, No. 4, Spring 2003.
• “The New Statutory Privilege for Environmental Audits: Incomplete Protection from Disclosure,” Illinois Environmental Law Letter, Vol. 4, No.1, April 1995.

Bar Admissions:

Illinois Supreme Court, 1988

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar member), 1989

U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 1991

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1997

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1991

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1993

Personal Information:

Tony, his wife Kelly, and their three children live in Naperville, Illinois, where he serves as a lector at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Brookdale Racquet Club.

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