Katherine Hopkins

Katherine R. Hopkins is a Professor at Wayne State University Law School and an Employee Benefits attorney with AsherKelly. Her practice focuses on Taft-Hartley multiemployer fringe benefit funds, ERISA/IRC compliance, fiduciary liability, and employment law issues such as workplace policies, leave laws (e.g., FMLA), wage-hour regulations, and non-compete agreements. She teaches courses like Judicial Externship: Colloquium and Workers' Compensation Law I.

• Education:
• J.D., University of Michigan Law School (2016)
• B.A. in English, Michigan State University (2008)

Her expertise spans ERISA litigation, labor disputes, and employment law compliance. Prior to her legal career, she taught English at Stoney Creek High School. She is licensed in Michigan and Indiana and active in bar associations including the Michigan State Bar's Labor & Employment Section.

Professional highlights include serving as a Michigan Supreme Court judicial clerk, an associate attorney in litigation at an international firm, and editorial roles on the Journal of Law Reform.