Franklin Hopkins

Principal

Overview

Board Certified in Administrative Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Franklin represents physicians before the Texas Medical Board, where he previously worked as a Staff Attorney. That experience gives Franklin insight into the…

Practice Areas

Professional Background

  • Joined Germer Beaman & Brown PLLC in 2015
  • Riggs & Ray, P.C.
  • Texas Medical Board
  • Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
  • United States Army JAG Corps – 2008
    • Defense Counsel, Austin, Texas
    • Chief of Military Justice, Fort Sam Houston, TX
    • Senior Prosecutor, Baghdad, Iraq
    • Trial Counsel, Fort Hood, TX

Bar Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas – 2007
  • Admitted to practice before the following courts:
    • Texas State Courts
    • United States Military Courts

Education

  • St. Mary’s University School of Law
    • Juris Doctor – 2007
    • Contributed to Military Criminal Justice & Procedures & Military Evidentiary Foundations
    • Board of Advocates
  • The University of Texas at Austin
    • Bachelor of Arts – Government and History – 2003
    • Normandy Scholars Program

Recognitions and Honors

  • Awarded Defense Meritorious Service Medal for trying the most cases in Iraq in 2010
  • Awarded Army Commendation Medal – Recognized as top prosecutor at Fort Hood
  • Successfully Prosecuted first and only emergency hearing in TDLR history and obtained a Final Order shutting down all the elevators in a downtown Dallas, Texas hotel
  • Prosecuted first military rape case for drugging by tetrahydrozoline (found in Visine), successfully litigatedDaubert challenges involving forensic toxicology and raw lab data
  • Prosecuted over 30 Soldiers in Courts-Martial, including 9 jury trials and 5 bench trials
  • Lead Prosecutor for 2 Conspiracy cases involving the destruction of evidence into a medical incinerator, overcame Bourjaily challenges to statements by co-conspirators
  • Published Articles
    • Texas Medical Liability Trust; License Renewal Dos and Don’ts of Renewing your Texas Medical License, Part 1:
      • http://www.tmlt.org/blog/Featured-Articles/license-renewal-dos-and-donts-part-1.html
    • Texas Medical Liability Trust; License Renewal Dos and Don’ts of Renewing your Texas Medical License, Part 2:
      • http://www.tmlt.org/blog/Featured-Articles/license-renewal-dos-and-donts-part-2.html
    • CME Activity: Following TMB guidelines when providing pain management care:
      • Volume 4, 2015
  • Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star, a Thompson Reuters publication (2018, 2020-2021)

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • Board Certified, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
    • Administrative Law
  • Director at Large, Austin Young Lawyers Association
  • Associate, Robert W. Calvert Inn of Court
  • Officer, Administrative Law Section of the Austin Bar Association
  • 2013 AYLA Leadership Academy

Representative Experience

  • Representative Clients Include:
    • Physicians
    • Healthcare Licenses
    • Professional Licenses
    • U.S. Service Members Before Their Respective Branch
    • Contractors with the State of Texas

Civic Involvement

  • Young Texans Against Cancer
  • Longhorn Foundation
  • Texas Exes Life Member

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