Pena, Nicholas

Scott B. Cooper is the founding and managing partner of The Cooper Law Firm. He began his law practice as a litigation associate with the international law firm of Latham & Watkins in its Orange County, California office, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of cases in state and federal court. His practice was focused primarily on complex commercial disputes and employment litigation.

After over three years at Latham & Watkins, Mr. Cooper began representing plaintiffs and has done so exclusively since then. He has devoted his career to litigation and has served as lead counsel and co-counsel on numerous jury trials, including cases against Wal-Mart, Ford, Continental General Tire, Toyota, the Department of Transportation, and major insurance companies. He has also negotiated many multi-million dollar settlements on behalf of his clients.

For the past three years, Mr. Cooper has been voted by his peers as a "Rising Star" in the Southern California Super Lawyers list published by Los Angeles Magazine. This honor is limited to the top 2.5% of all lawyers in Southern California. He was also recently named a member of the Lawdragon 3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Mr. Cooper is frequently asked to speak to attorney organizations and has done so on numerous topics relating to the litigation of tort cases. He has also co-authored a number of articles on topics such as maximizing damages, proving up product liability claims, and obtaining punitive damages.

Mr. Cooper is actively involved in bar associations and activities. He was recently elected to the Executive Committee of the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, where he has served on the Board of Directors since 2004. He is also the Co-Chair of the Orange County Bar Association's Community Outreach Committee, where helps to plan that organization's charitable activities. As a member of that Committee, he has organized and led groups of lawyers in visits to Orangewood Children's Home, a facility for abused and neglected children. Mr. Cooper also serves on the Professionalism and Ethics Committee of the Orange County Bar Association.

Mr. Cooper received his law degree with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1994. He received his bachelor's degree in rhetoric with highest distinction from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991.

Between graduating from law school and beginning his private practice, Mr. Cooper was a law clerk for United States District Court Judge Alicemarie H. Stotler in the Central District of California.

Mr. Cooper is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Central District of California and Northern District of Georgia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the Consumer Attorneys of California, and the Orange County Trial Lawyers' Association.

Mr. Cooper lives in Irvine, California with his wife Marlo and their three children.