Christopher D Hopkins

Specialties

The Law Office of Christopher D. Hopkins, LLC is a boutique law firm located in Scotch Plains, New Jersey committed to providing the highest quality of legal services in the select areas of real estate, land use and environmental law. The firm is committed to working collaboratively with clients to achieve practical, cost effective results– whether it be in complex litigation, transactions, cleanups and/​or development projects. The firm provides transactional and litigation counsel to a broad spectrum of clients including private and public corporations, trade associations, nonprofit institutions, banks, real estate investment trusts and individuals in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

The Law Office of Christopher D. Hopkins LLC counsels clients on a broad range of environmental issues.

The Law Office of Christopher D. Hopkins, LLC counsels clients in virtually every kind of commercial real estate activity, including real estate investment, acquisition, development, etc.

Meet the Business Owner

Christopher H.

Business Owner

The firm’s principal, Christopher Hopkins, has substantial experience navigating the always fluid and often political regulatory climate facing clients today. Mr. Hopkins honed his legal and business acumen while practicing at two nationally prominent large law firms and as in-​house counsel to a national homebuilder. Notably, Mr. Hopkins’ experience includes: redevelopment, green-​building, affordable housing development, transit-​oriented development, condominium association formation and representation and returning contaminated properties, or «Brownfields,» to beneficial use. Mr. Hopkins negotiates complex contractual arrangements associated with major development projects, such as purchase agreements, design and construction documents, risk allocation documents, and remediation contracts, with an eye towards «out of the box» transaction planning. He regularly appears before planning boards on land use applications.