Shannon L. Hopkins manages the Firm’s Connecticut office. She was selected in 2013 as a New York “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters. For more than two decades Ms. Hopkins has been prosecuting a wide range of complex class action matters in securities fraud, mergers and acquisitions, and consumer fraud litigation on behalf of individuals and large institutional clients. Ms. Hopkins has played a lead role innumerous shareholder securities fraud and merger and acquisition matters and has been involved in recovering multimillion-dollar settlements on behalf of shareholders, including:
- Lokman v. Azure Power Global Ltd., et. al., No. 1:22-cv-7432-GHW (S.D.N.Y. 2025), $23 million recovery for the shareholder class
- In Re Grab Holdings Limited Sec. Litig., No. 1:22-cv-02189-JLR (S.D.N.Y.), $80 million recovery for shareholder class
- E-Trade Financial Corp. S’holder Litig., No. 07-CV-8538 (S. D.N.Y. 2007), $79 million recovery for the shareholder class
- In re U.S. Steel Consolidated Cases, Case No. 17-559-CB (W.D. Pa.), $40 million recovery for shareholder class
- In re Nutanix, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 3:19-cv-01651-WHO (the “Stock Case”). $71 million for shareholder class
- Rougier v. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., Case No. 17-CV-2399 (S.D. Tex.), $15.5 million recovery for shareholder class
- In Stein v. U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., et al., Case No. 1:19-CV-98-TRM-CHS (E.D. Tenn.), $14.3 million shareholder recover
The quality of Ms. Hopkins’ work has been noted by courts. For example, in Rougier v. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., No. 4:17-CV-02399, in which Ms. Hopkins was significantly involved, The Honorable Christina Bryan ‘applauded’ class counsel, stating, “Plaintiffs’ selected Class Counsel, the law firm of Levi & Korsinsky, LLP, has demonstrated the zeal and competence required to adequately represent the interests of the Class. The attorneys at Levi & Korsinsky have experience in securities and class action issues and have been appointed lead counsel in a significant number of securities class actions across the country.”
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Hopkins is a Certified Public Accountant (1998 Massachusetts). Prior to becoming an attorney. Ms. Hopkins was a senior auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she led audit engagements for large publicly held companies in a variety of industries.