Lance A. Cooper

Lance Cooper is the founding partner of The Cooper Firm and represents clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He specializes in product liability cases involving automobile design and manufacturing defects. Lance has been lead counsel for plaintiffs in a large number of jury trials including trials against General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Kia, Chrysler, Honda, as well as other motor vehicle manufacturers and large corporations.

He has successfully prosecuted hundreds of cases and has received numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements. His 2011 wrongful death case against General Motors (Melton v. GM, 2011-A-2652) exposed the cover-up of faulty ignition switches resulting in millions of recalled vehicles.

Lance received his law degree from Emory University in 1989 where he was a G. Joseph Tauro Scholar and Editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1985.

Lance served as the 2002-2003 President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and is a past President of the Cobb County Trial Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the American Association of Justice and was honored to receive the Steven J. Sharpe Public Service Award in 2014. Lance was also a 2014 nominee for the Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year award.

In addition to his law practice, Lance is actively engaged in numerous community and charitable activities. He and his wife, Sonja, are the proud parents of five children, Rachel, Rebekah, Michelle, Asa, and Aaron.

State Bar of Georgia, Member, 1990 - Present
State Bar of California, Member, 1989 - Present
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 1990 - Present
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, President, 2002 - 2003
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Vice-President, 2000 - 2002
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Vice-President, 1996 - 2000
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, LawPac, Chairperson, 1998 - 2000
Cobb County Bar Association, Member, 1990 - Present
Cobb County Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 1993 - Present
Cobb County Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1996 - 1998
American Board of Trial Advocates, Member, 2004 - 2005