PRESS RELEASE
May 26, 2026
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James Bopp, Jr. of The Bopp Law Firm, PC Receives the 2026 Leadership in Law, Lifetime Achievement Award, from the Indiana Lawyer

The Indiana Lawyer has announced that James Bopp, Jr., the Principal Attorney at The Bopp Law Firm, PC, has been selected for the 2026 Leadership in Law, Lifetime Achievement Award, to be presented on May 26th in Indianapolis.

The Leadership in Law “recognizes practitioners who have shown a commitment to their profession and the clients and communities they serve,” according to the Indiana Lawyer. The Lifetime Achievement Award “recognizes attorneys with at least 25 years of experience in the profession and who have made contributions beyond the practice of law” and “whose exemplary life's work merits singular recognition.” 

The criteria for the Lifetime Achievement Award includes:

(1) Achievement in the legal profession and involvement in professional legal
organizations

(2) Community contributions supporting social and civic community-based organizations
and programs

(3) Facilitation of mentoring relationships with young lawyers

In announcing the Lifetime Achievement Award, the Indiana Lawyer said:  Bopp is a noted conservative voice whose practice areas include campaign finance and election law and constitutional law litigation, primarily regarding the First Amendment.  He has been involved with more than a dozen cases that have been heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, including the landmark 2010 Citizens United v. FEC ruling, which held that companies and unions could contribute to political committees during active campaigns. 

As general counsel for the National Right to Life Committee, Bopp was responsible for developing and implementing the legal strategy that eventually led to the overturning of Roe V. Wade in 2022. He was a member of the 2025 Leadership in Law class of Distinguished Barristers.

Bopp is joined this year as a recipient of the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award by Kenneth J. Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana. Prior recipients include former Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, Randall T. Shepard, Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

“I am thrilled and humbled by this honor from the highly respected Indiana Lawyer and from my legal peers,” said Bopp. “It is a testament to the fine associate lawyers who have joined me in our mission to advance the conservative cause and the wonderful support I have received from my wife, Tina, and my family. I have been incredibly blessed in my life, my law practice and my community and political endeavors.

The Indiana Lawyer article presenting Bopp's Lifetime Achievement Award can be found here.

More about Bopp can be found at The Bopp Law Firm, PC.

SUMMARY OF RESUME OF JAMES BOPP, JR.

James Bopp, Jr. is an attorney with The Bopp Law Firm, PC in Terre Haute, Indiana. His law practice concentrates on not-for-profit corporate and tax law, on campaign finance and election law, on biomedical legal issues, and on constitutional litigation, particularly regarding the First Amendment. He represents numerous not-for-profit organizations, political action committees, candidates, and political parties.

Bopp has achieved national recognition for his legal work. In 2013, the National Law Journal named Bopp one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America and, in 2009, Bopp was named the Republican Lawyer of the Year by the Republican National Lawyers Association. In 2025, Bopp was named by the Indiana Business Journal as one of the 250 Most Influential Business Leaders in Indiana and by the Indiana Lawyer's Leadership in the Law as a Distinguished Barrister, and, in 2026, he received the Indiana Lawyer's Leadership in the Law Lifetime Achievement Award.

Bopp's successful campaign finance and election law practice includes over 190 campaign finance cases against federal and state laws in over 45 states. As a result, the ABA Journal called Bopp: “The most prominent lawyer in the country in campaign finance and election law.” Furthermore, as a result of his extensive U.S. Supreme Court practice, which includes winning nine of his 14 cases decided on the merits by the Court, the National Law Journal identified Bopp as one of “The Top Supreme Court Advocates of the Twenty-First Century.”

Bopp currently serves as General Counsel for the National Right to Life Committee, General Counsel for The James Madison Center for Free Speech , a Commissioner of the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, and a Trustee of Indiana University. He served as General Counsel for Mike Braun for Indiana, Governor Braun's 2024 campaign committee, and as Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 2008-12.

Bopp received his BA from Indiana University in 1970 and JD from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1973.