Bruce R. Hopkins is a senior partner with the firm Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC. He is also the author of more than 20 books on nonprofit tax and law issues, including The Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, 9th ed., Planning Guide for the Law of Tax-Exempt Organizations, Nonprofit Law Made Easy, Charitable Giving Law Made Easy, 650 Essential Nonprofit Law Questions Answered, The Law of Fundraising, 3rd ed., Private Foundations: Tax Law and Compliance, 2nd., The Tax Law of Charitable Giving, 3rd ed., The Law of Intermediate Sanctions, and The Law of Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations, 2nd ed., as well as the monthly newsletter Bruce R. Hopkins' Nonprofit Counsel, all published by Wiley.

Mr. Hopkins received the 2007 Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Award (Vanguard Lifetime Achievement Award) from the American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Committee on Nonprofit Corporations. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Nonprofit Organizations/Charities Law, 2007-2008.