About Fred Bopp
Fred Bopp III trained first as a historian before turning to law. He earned his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1984 and completed his J.D. at Vanderbilt University Law School in 1989. Those years shaped an approach to legal problems that pairs attention to record and respect for procedure. He has practiced in New England courts for decades and often appears in regional bankruptcy proceedings.
Soon after law school Mr. Bopp joined Perkins Thompson, P.A. in 1989. He became a long-standing member of the firm’s Bankruptcy/Creditor and Debtor Rights and Litigation Practice Groups. That work placed him in the center of contested insolvency matters, contested creditor claims, and adversary proceedings. Over time he handled both corporate and individual bankruptcy matters, taking testimony, briefed appeals, and argued motions in the trial courts that oversee bankruptcy cases.
He is admitted to practice in Maine and Massachusetts, and also holds admission in New Hampshire and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Those credentials allow him to take cases that range from local consumer bankruptcies to multi-party business reorganizations and appellate contests in the First Circuit.
Mr. Bopp is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. His memberships and long tenure in bankruptcy practice groups reflect steady engagement with the procedural and substantive shifts that affect insolvency practice. He has worked on contested creditor-creditor disputes, preference and fraudulent transfer litigation, plan confirmation battles, and creditor workouts. His court work includes contested hearings on relief from stay, cramdown disputes, and the complex valuation questions that frequently accompany reorganizations.
Today he maintains an office at Bopp & Guecia. He handles matters for creditors, debtors and trustees in bankruptcy courts across New England and participates in appeals when cases rise to the First Circuit. He takes fact and expert testimony, drafts substantive briefs and presents oral argument in contested matters. He continues to practice in bankruptcy, creditor and debtor rights and related litigation.
