Fred W. Bopp III

Trusted Advisor to and Advocate for Individuals and Businesses; Complex Litigation, Restructuring, Creditors' and Debtors' Rights, Landlord-Tenant Issues, and Real Estate Disputes

Yarmouth, Maine, United States

About

My legal practice has focused on significant complex commercial civil litigation and negotiations (for plaintiffs and defendants), the pursuit and enforcement of creditors' and debtors' rights and remedies, bankruptcies, reorganizations, insolvencies, liquidations, restructurings, receiverships, workouts, collections, contract review and negotiations, sale transactions, appeals, mediations, arbitrations, and related matters in and out of state and federal court. I am a longstanding trusted legal advisor to banks, other financial institutions, lenders, businesses, asset acquirers and sellers, landlords, tenants, health care administrators, executives, and other individuals and entities. I am admitted in the state and federal courts in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, have appeared before the bankruptcy courts in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Illinois, Delaware, and New York, and have considerable experience representing clients in preference, fraudulent transfer, and director and officer litigation, creditors committee matters, trustee matters, relief from stay, claims allowance and disallowance, compensation, § 363 and receivership sales, Chapter 11 plan confirmation, and other bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters. I am AV Peer Review Rated for Legal Ability and Ethical Standards by Martindale-Hubbell and my peers have selected me for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America every year since 2005, in the fields of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law and Litigation – Bankruptcy.

Experience

  • Partner at Bopp & Guecia
    Jan 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

    As of 1/1/19, our firm name has changed to Bopp & Guecia.

  • Partner at Holman, Howard, Bopp & Guecia
    Sep 2018 - Dec 2018 · 4 mos

    Joining Holman, Howard, Bopp & Guecia will allow us to expand and complement the legal services we can provide to our clients. The firm’s current practice areas include property law, real estate closings, business law and transactions, probate law, wills and trusts, estate planning, family law, and litigation. My concentration will be in creditors’ and debtors’ rights and remedies, bankruptcies, receiverships, workouts, complex commercial civil litigation and negotiations, and related matters in and out of state and federal court. I will continue to be admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

  • Senior Member, Bankruptcy/Creditor and Debtor Rights and Member, Litigation Practice Groups at Perkins Thompson, P.A.
    Aug 1989 - Sep 2018 · 29 yrs 2 mos

    Perkins Thompson, P.A. is a law firm located in Portland, Maine.