Ann M. Cooper - a Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI) Civil Rights Lawyer

Grand Rapids Civil Rights Lawyer

Updated: 03/02/2026

Areas of Practice

Civil Rights
Employment
Police Misconduct

Attorney Information

Overview

Ann Cooper graduated from Michigan State University, Byrn Mawr College, and the University of Michigan Law School. She was a Fulbright Scholar in France. She is a member of local, state and federal bar associations and the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. She has practiced in Michigan courts and in the eastern and western districts of Michigan's federal courts. Ms. Cooper served on the United States 6th Circuit Judicial Merit Selection Panel in 1998.

Ms. Cooper was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts, the State Bar's Open Justice Commission, and the Equal Access Initiative of the State Bar. She was a member of the Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission and a Trustee and Board Chair of the Grand Rapids Foundation.

Ms. Cooper continues to work in civics education programs for Grand Rapids high school students and on diversity and inclusion issues in the Grand Rapids Bar Association.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Fulbright Scholar, France
Michigan State Bar's Champion of Justice Award, 2002
Civil Rights Award, Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission, 1998
President’s Award, Grand Rapids Bar Association, May 2015

Education

Legal Education
- The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984
  J.D.
Non Legal Education
- Bryn Mawr College, 1964
  M.A.
- Michigan State University, 1958
  B.A.
  Honors: With High Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

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Pro Bono Activities

Grand Rapids Foundation, Board Chair

Published Works

Articles

"The Plaintiff's Discrimination Action in Michigan Circuit Courts" Michigan Wrongful Discharge and Employment Discrimination Law, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Second Edition, 1994

Bar Admissions

Michigan, 1984
U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1984
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1984

Other Affiliations

United States 6th Circuit Judicial Merit Selection Panel, 1998
Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission, 1977 - 1981 (Member)
Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts, 1987 - 1989 (Member)
Grand Rapids Foundation, 1989 - 1996 (Trustee)
Grand Rapids Bar Association, 2000 (Trustee)
Federal Bar Association (Member, West Michigan Chapter)
State Bar of Michigan, 1991 - 1994 (Member, Board of Commissioners)
State Bar of Michigan, Labor Law Section (Member)
State Bar of Michigan, 1998 (Member, Open Justice Commission)
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, 1986 - 1987 (Secretary)
Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, 1986 - 1991 (Board Member)
Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission (Member)

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Grand Rapids, MI

80 Ottawa Avenue NW
Aldrich Place, Suite 200
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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