Hopkins Caststeel, PLC Attorneys at Law
1000 W. Second St. | Little Rock | hopkinslawfirm.com | ghopkins@hopkinslawfirm.com | rcaststeel@hopkinslawfirm.com | 501.375.1517
Hopkins Caststeel PLC practices primarily in the areas of business, commercial and financial law, including banking and health care law, transactions, debtor-creditor relations, commercial litigation and corporate and general business advice.
Gregory M. Hopkins
Business, Commercial & Financial Law
Hopkins Caststeel PLC, founded by Gregory Hopkins in 1984, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The firm has been selected as Best Law Firm in Arkansas (small firm tier) for business and transactions by Super Lawyers.
Hopkins completed his undergraduate degree at Arkansas State University in less than two years and graduated ASU with highest honors. While at ASU, Hopkins received the Robert E. Lee Wilson Award, ASU’s highest student award, and was named Outstanding Real Estate & Insurance Major. Hopkins received his law degree from the University of Arkansas, where he was chief justice of the student court and president of the Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity.
Hopkins, making his 11th straight appearance in Soirée’s list of Little Rock’s Best Lawyers, has received numerous other awards including being named Arkansas’ Best Business Lawyer (Arkansas Times), and inclusion in Arkansas’ Best Lawyers (Arkansas Business), Top Attorneys in the Mid-South (Memphis Magazine), Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Martindale-Hubbell) and Elite Lawyers of the South (National Law Journal). Super Lawyers has recognized Hopkins as a top-rated business/corporate attorney from 2007-2024.
Hopkins is also chairman of the board of directors of Bank of England, Arkansas. Hopkins has been recognized as a certified community bank director by the SMU Graduate School of Banking.
Hopkins is married to Melissa Tice Hopkins. They enjoy golf, travel, spending time with their family and friends and watching British television.
Education
Arkansas State University, B.S. Real Estate and Insurance
University of Arkansas School of Law, J.D.
Ryan J. Caststeel
Business, Commercial & Financial Law
Ryan Caststeel never thought of becoming a lawyer while growing up in Mountain Home. Instead, he wanted to earn an MBA and pursue a career in the corporate world. That career path changed when his college business law professor suggested he attend law school because he thought Caststeel would be an excellent attorney. Caststeel followed his professor’s advice and graduated from UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law with high honors in 2007. But not wanting to pass on his initial goal, Caststeel earned his MBA after law school in 2008 and was awarded the University of Central Arkansas College of Business Outstanding MBA Student.
Caststeel’s clients include financial institutions, businesses, nonprofit organizations and entrepreneurs in both litigation and transactional matters in a wide array of areas including commercial lending and finance, creditor rights, corporate governance, regulatory, compliance, real estate, employment, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and contract preparation, negotiation and review.
“My objective is to find ways to transform my clients’ challenges into opportunities and those opportunities into accomplishments,” he says.
Given his education, experience and expertise, Caststeel is uniquely equipped to provide his clients with guidance and advice using both business and legal perspectives to achieve their objectives.
This is Caststeel’s fifth consecutive appearance in Soirée’s list of Little Rock’s Best Lawyers. Caststeel’s dedication to solving his clients’ challenges has also been recognized by Super Lawyers, being named a rising star by that publication between 2012 and 2022.
When not working, Caststeel spends his time with his wife Allison and their daughter Rylann, watching St. Louis Cardinals baseball and their beloved UCA Bears football team. Also, he is an adjunct instructor for UCA and has taught the MBA business law course for the college of business since 2013.
Education
Arkansas State University Mountain Home, A.A.
University of Central Arkansas, B.B.A. Business Administration
UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, J.D.
University of Central Arkansas, M.B.A.