Room 214-B
Post Office Box 1018
Jackson, MS 39215
1201 Cherry Street
Vicksburg, MS 39183
Full Name:
W. Briggs Hopson III
Gender:
Male
Family:
Spouse: Alison; 3 Children: Liam, Walt, Jane
Birth Date:
10/10/1965
Birth Place:
Memphis, TN
Home City:
Vicksburg, MS
Religion:
United Methodist
JD, University of Mississippi, 1990
BBA, Banking/Finance, University of Mississippi, 1987
Senator, Mississippi State Senate, District 23, 2008-present
Candidate, Mississippi State Senate, District 23, 2023
Member, Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee
Chair, Appropriations Committee
Member, Congressional Redistricting Committee
Member, Education Committee
Member, Highways and Transportation Committee
Member, Judiciary, Division A Committee
Member, Legislative Budget Committee
Member, Legislative Budget Committee
Former Chair, Energy Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Environment Protection, Conservation and Water Resources Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Executive Contingent Fund Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Chair, Judiciary, Division A Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Judiciary, Division B Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Tourism Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Former Member, Universities and Colleges Committee, Mississippi State Senate
Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law, present
Member, Mississippi Tort Claims Board, present
Attorney, Teller, Hassell, & Hopson Limited Liability Partnership, present
Member, Board of Directors, Mississippi River Trail, present
Member, Board of Directors, Trustmark Bank Advisory, present
Co-Chair of Law, Criminal Justice Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures, present
Member, Long Range Planning Committee, Vicksburg-Warren Chamber of Commerce,, present
Member, Louisiana State Bar Association, present
Member, Mission Mississippi, present
Member, Mississippi Bar Association, present
Member, Red Carpet Bowl, present
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, present
Member, Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, present
Member/Board of Directors, Southern Heritage Air Foundation, present
Member, The Lamar Order, present
Member/Former Chair, The United Way, present
Former Fund Raising Chair, American Cancer Society
Sunday School Teacher/Former Administrative Board Chair, Crawford Street United Methodist Church
Former Chair, Good Shepherd Community Center
Former Commissioner, Mississippi Veteran Memorial Stadium
Former President, Young Lawyers Division, Mississippi Bar Association