John Cooper - Norfolk, VA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1988
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • California, University of Berkeley, CA, 1985
    B.A.
    Honors: Anthropology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Handling a Personal Injury Case: Phone Call to Verdict, Virginia Beach Bar Association, 2009
  
• Handling the Auto Injury Claim, National Business Institute, 2009
  
• AAJ Railroad Law Section: Education Program Planner and Moderator, American Association of Justice Annual Convention, 2009
  
• Motions In Limine and Jury Voir Dire in Injury Cases, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2006
  
• Effectively Using Medical Evidence in Court, National Business Institute, 2006

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1988
• North Carolina, 2001
• West Virginia, 2002

Other Affiliations

• American Association of Justice, 2008 - 2009 (Chair of the Railroad Law Section)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - Present (Co-Chair of the Litigation Support Committee)
• Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - Present (District Governor for the Second District)
• Transportation Communications International Union (Legal Counsel)
• Primerus International Society of Law Firms, 2009 - Present (Member)
• Law & Politics Magazine, 2010 - Present (Virginia )
• Virginia Beach Bar Association
• Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association