Biography

Kathryn Perry Hopkins is  a general litigation associate at the firm. She practices in the areas of municipal litigation, labor and employment, commercial litigation, and education law.

Ms. Perry Hopkins joined Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona after having gained significant experience in a variety of areas. She has worked for the Illinois Attorney General in its Labor and Employment Department and its Criminal Enforcement Division, and for the City of Chicago Law Department in its Buildings and Land Use Litigation Division.

Ms. Perry Hopkins also served as a judicial extern for Judge Joan H. Lefkow in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ms. Perry Hopkins is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, where she served as Membership Editor for the Northwestern University Law Review. While in law school, she represented Northwestern as a member of its regional championship team in the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition. Ms. Perry Hopkins was also a recipient of Northwestern’s Public Service Star Award.