Cooper joined Fisher Patterson in 1996 after serving two years as research attorney to the Honorable Robert J. Lewis, Jr., of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Cooper’s practice focuses on litigation of governmental liability, civil and constitutional rights, and employment matters. Cooper has also presented widely on issues ranging from Kansas laws on open records and open meetings, governmental liability and immunities, civil rights litigation and employment litigation. Cooper currently serves as an officer of the Kansas Association of Defense Counsel and serves as adjunct faculty for the Washburn University School of Law Trial Advocacy Program.

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• Garden City Community College, A.S. (Criminal Justice) (1987)
• Washburn University of Topeka, B.A., (Political Science and Criminal Justice) (1991), Magna Cum Laude
• Washburn University, J.D. (1994), Magna Cum Laude
  • Order of Barristers
  • Washburn Law Journal

• Kansas (1994)
• United States District Court for the District of Kansas (1994)
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (1997)
• United States Supreme Court (2002)

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America
• Listed in 2011 Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers®
• Kansas Bar Association
• Topeka Bar Association
• Kansas Association of Defense Counsel
• Hon. Sam A. Crow Topeka American Inn of Court (Master)
• Defense Research Institute