Cooper is an experienced litigator who has spent his entire career devoted to defending the interests of corporate clients. Cooper has experience handling an array of business disputes, and he spends a significant portion of his practice defending the collection industry in federal and state courts. Cooper is well-versed in all phases of litigation including pre-litigation, discovery, motion practice, hearings, mediation, trial, and appeal. Cooper’s work includes multiple trial and dispositive motion victories as well as being the lead drafter in a precedential opinion submitted by the Third Circuit in Conboy, et al. v. United States Small Business Administration, et al., 992 F.3d 153 (3d Cir. 2021).

While in law school, Cooper was elected the Executive Editor of what is now known as the Texas A&M Journal of Property Law. Before becoming the Journal’s Executive Editor, Cooper was elected Top Staff Editor for the Fall of 2013. Cooper was also elected by his class to be a member of the law school’s inaugural Honor Council. At graduation, Cooper was selected by his professors as one of only five graduates from the Class of 2015 to be inducted into the National Order of Scribes in recognition of his exceptional legal writing skills.

Courts of Admittance

• State of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Representative Matters

• Conboy, et al. v. United States Small Business Administration, et al., 992 F.3d 153, 163 (3d Cir. 2021)
• Persinger v. Sw. Credit Sys., L.P., 20 F.4th 1184 (7th Cir. 2021)
• Willis v. Portfolio Recovery Assocs., L.L.C., 803 F. App’x 761, 762 (5th Cir. 2020)
• Bertolino v. Sequium Asset Sols., LLC, No. 1:22-cv-11139, 2023 WL 2992646, at *1 (D. Mass. Apr. 18, 2023) – Local Representation by Peabody & Arnold LLP
• Snyder v. LVNV Funding LLC, et al, No. 7:21-cv-07794, 2023 WL 1109645 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 30, 2023) – Local Representation by Lippes Mathias LLP
• Felberbaum v. Sequium Asset Sols., LLC, No. 7:21-cv-09513 (NSR), 2023 WL 167559 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2023) – Local Representation by Lippes Mathias LLP
• Ramirez v. Sequium Asset Sols., LLC, No. 3:21-cv-00238 (S.D. Tex. November 29, 2022)
• Wilson v. AFNI, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-05967, 2022 WL 2967425 (N.D. Ill. July 27, 2022)
• Peterson v. Tenant Tracker, Inc., No. 6:20-cv-00588-JDK, 2021 WL 4956244, at *1 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 30, 2021), report and recommendation adopted, No. 6:20-cv-588-JDK, 2021 WL 4950389 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 25, 2021)
• Chisom v. Afni, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-06565, 2021 WL 4355367 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 24, 2021)

Education

• University of Dallas (B.A. Philosophy)
• Texas A&M University School of Law (J.D.)

Personal/Community Involvement

Above all else, Cooper is a proud husband and father. He is a volunteer for the Texas Lawyers Assistance Program and is active in his church. If he could, he would always have a cigar in hand.