James H. (Jim) Hopkins received a Bachelors Degree in General Studies with an emphasis in Economics from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, did Graduate Studies in Economics at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma Washington.Mr. Hopkins has forty plus years of experience in the Construction Industry and in the field of Employer/Employee Relations. The employee/employer relations experience is as a Human Resource Professional and as a practicing Attorney.