The Bopp Law Firm
The Bopp Law Firm of Terre Haute, Indiana represents conservative political interest groups and Political Action Committees (PACs). The Bopp Law Firm is run by senior partner James Bopp, Jr. Associates include Richard E. Colson, Randy Elf, and Jeffrey P. Gallant. They represented the Leaders for Families Super Pac Inc. that helped Rick Santorum in his 2012 presidential campaign bid leapfrog to the top of the pack in the 2012 Iowa Caucuses. They are a conservative-leaning law firm representing conservative special interests.
Principals
- James Bopp, Jr. holds a B.A. from Indiana University (1970), and received a J.D. from the University of Florida in 1973. He has been a part of Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was Of Counsel for Webster, Chamberlain & Bean of Washington D.C.. He was the General Counsel for the James Madison Center for Free Speech, an organization that generally opposes campaign finance reform. He has been the Chairman of the Free Speech and Election Law Practice Group and he has been a member of the conservative Federalist Society.
- Richard E. Coleson received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1973. M.A.R. from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1975. He received his J.D. from Indiana University Law School - Indianapolis in 1987.
Political Groups Represented
LEADERS FOR FAMILIES SUPER PAC INC
Authored Works
Bopp and Colson are the authors of "The First Amendment Needs No Reform: Protecting Liberty from Campaign Finance 'Reformers' which appears in the Catholic University Law Review of 2001-2002. [1]
