BOPP, COLESON & BOSTROM
1 South Sixth Street
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807-3510
Telephone:812/232-2434
Facsimile: 812/235-3685
E-mail: bcb@bopplaw.com
Civil Trial Litigation in all State and Federal Courts, Civil Rights,
Constitutional Law, Election Law, Appeals, Non-Profit Corporate Law, and Health
Care.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRM
JAMES BOPP, JR., born Terre Haute, Indiana, February 8, 1948; admitted to
bar, 1973, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1974,
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, Education: Indiana University
(B.A., 1970); University of Florida (J.D., 1973). Editor: Restoring the
Right to Life: The Human Life Amendment, Brigham Young University Press, 1984.
Editor: Human Life and Health Care Ethics, University Publications of
America, 1985. Editor-in-Chief: Issues in Law and Medicine,
Refereed Journal Published by the National Legal Center for the Medically
Dependent & Disabled Inc., and The Horatio R. Storer Foundation Inc.,
1985-present. Instructor, Commercial Law, Indiana University, 1977-1978. Deputy
Attorney General, 1973-1975. Professional affiliations: General Counsel,
National Right to Life Committee, 1978-present. Special Counsel, Focus on the
Family, 2004-present. General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech,
1997-present. Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform
State Laws, 2005-present. Member, Republican National Committee, 2006-present.
President, National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, Inc.,
1984-present. Board of Governors, Republican National Lawyers Association,
2005-present. General Counsel, Indiana Republican Party, 2002-present. The
Federalist Society, former Co-Chairman, Free Speech and Election Law Practice
Group, 1996-present. Member, Congressional Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee,
1987-1989. Member, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, 1984-1987.
Member: Terre Haute and Indiana State Bar Associations; Christian Legal
Society. PRACTICE AREAS: Constitutional Law; Civil Litigation; Non-Profit
Corporations Law; Campaign Finance and Election Law; U.S. Supreme Court
Practice.
SENIOR ASSOCIATES
RICHARD E. COLESON, born February 6, 1951; admitted to bar, 1987,
Indiana, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Indiana, U.S.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Institute
of Holy Land Studies, Indiana Wesleyan University (B.A., cum laude, 1973);
Asbury Theological Seminary (M.A.R., 1975); Indiana University (J.D., 1987).
Order of Barristers (Moot Court Honor Society). General Counsel, Indiana Right
to Life, Inc., 2000 to 2004. Member: Terre Haute and Indiana State Bar
Associations; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Constitutional Law; Civil
Litigation; Adoptions; Election and Campaign Finance Law; Civil Appeals. E-mail:
rcoleson@bopplaw.com
BARRY A. BOSTROM, born Detroit, Michigan, August 27, 1951; admitted to
bar, 1987, Indiana and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana; 1991,
U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Western Michigan University (B.A., cum
laude, 1973); Reformed Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1979); O.W. Coburn School
of Law (1984-86); University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 1987). Executive
Editor, Issues in Law and Medicine, refereed journal published by the
National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, Inc., and The
Storer Foundation, 1988. Awards: Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society,
Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Significant Legal Scholarship, Second Place
Award in the National Legal Foundation Legal Essay Contest, National Moot Court
Team. Member: American Bar Association; Indiana State Bar Association;
and Christian Legal Society. PRACTICE AREAS: Federal and State Election
and Campaign Finance Law and Nonprofit Organizations. E-mail:
bbostrom@bopplaw.com
ASSOCIATES
RAEANNA S. MOORE, born February 14, 1966; admitted to the bar, l997, Indiana. U. S. District Court, Northern & Southern Districts of Indiana, District of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh, Ninth and D.C. Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Blinn Junior College (A.A., 1987); Lindenwood College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., 1997). Member: Terre Haute, and Indiana State Bar Associations; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Election Law; Constitutional Law; Appellate Practice; Civil Litigation. E-mail: rmoore@bopplaw.com
JEFFREY P. GALLANT, born Bennington, Vermont, November 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 2001, Virginia. Education: Southern Vermont College (B.A., summa cum laude, Valedictorian, 1996) Regent University School of Law ( J.D. cum laude, 2001); Regent University, Robertson School of Government (M.A., cum laude 2001). National Dean's List, 1993. Deans Scholar 1997 - 1998 Academic Merit Scholarship, 1998 - 2001. James Kent Inns of Court, 2000 - 2001. Who's Who, 1994 - 1996. Practice Areas: Election Law; Constitutional Law; Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals. E-mail: jgallant@bopplaw.com
ANITA Y. WOUDENBERG, born Willmar, Minnesota, March 24, 1980; admitted to the bar, 2004, Indiana, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, U. S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. Education: Calvin College (B.A., with honors, 2001); Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Christian Legal Society, Blackstone Fellowship (Class of 2002), Phi Delta Phi. Practice Areas: Election Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation; Civil Appeals. E-mail: awoudenberg@bopplaw.com
JOSIAH NEELEY, born Austin, Texas, March 19, 1978; admitted to the bar, 2004, Texas, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Tenth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida . Education: University of Texas - Austin (B.A., 2001); Notre Dame Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Law Clerk to the Honorable Roger Vinson, District Judge for the Northern District of Florida, 2004 to 2006. Member: State Bar of Texas, Blackstone Fellowship (Class of 2002). Practice Areas: Election Law, Constitutional Law, Civil Litigation, Civil Appeals. E-mail: jneeley@bopplaw.com
BRIAN L. BUCHANAN, born January 7, 1981; admitted to the bar, 2006, Wisconsin. Education: University of Wisconsin - Madison (B.A., with distinction, 2003); University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Department of Veterans Affairs, Associate Counsel, 2006. Member: State Bar of Wisconsin; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Election and Campaign Finance Law; Nonprofit Organizations. E-mail: bbuchanan@bopplaw.com
THOMAS J. MARZEN, (of counsel) born Evanston, Illinois, September 18, 1946; admitted to bar, 1979, Illinois; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Tenth Circuits, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1969); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1979). Associate Editor, Issues in Law and Medicine, 1984 to present. Chief Staff Counsel, Americans United for Life Legal Defense Fund, 1980-1984; General Counsel, National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent & Disabled, Inc., 1984 to present. Member: Illinois State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Constitutional law; Election and Campaign Finance Law; Disability Discrimination Law; Disabled Access; Health Law; Civil Appeals. E-mail: tmarzen@bopplaw.com