Shannon L. Hopkins

Partner

Practice: Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, Securities Fraud

About Shannon L. Hopkins

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.

Education

Suffolk University Law School, J.D. magna cum laude (2003), where she served on the Journal for High Technology and as Vice Magister of the Phi Delta Phi International Honors Fraternity
Bryant University, B.S.B.A. cum laude (1995), Accounting and Finance where she was elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Admissions

Massachusetts (2003)
United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (2004)
New York (2004)
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2004)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2004)
District of Colorado (2004)
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2008)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2010)
Connecticut (2013)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2023)
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2025)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2026)

Publications

Ms. Hopkins has published the following articles concerning cutting edge technology issues:

The Cybercrime Convention Does Not Provide Substantive Lawmaking Guidance (2005)

Cybercrime Convention: A Positive Beginning to a Long Road Ahead, 2 J. High Tech. L. 101 (2003)