John Cooper has been a personal injury lawyer, specializing in car, truck and motorcycle accident cases as well as wrongful death, brain injuries, slip and fall, product liability and FELA railroad employee injuries for over 30 years. He is a founding partner of Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers. The firm has offices in Norfolk and client meeting locations in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Newport News, Suffolk, the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Hampton, VA. His law partners are Jim Hurley, Bill O’Mara and Griff O'Hanlon.
John Cooper handles cases in Virginia, North Carolina and, West Virginia. He has taken on railroad worker injury and truck accident litigation across the United States.
John Cooper handled a truck accident/wrongful death lawsuit which resulted in the largest settlement of a motor vehicle-related case in all of Virginia in 2010, according to Virginia Lawyers Weekly. In 2012, John Cooper and Jim Hurley handled a case in which a woman from Hampton was badly injured in a truck crash, which led to a $5 million settlement. John Cooper handled a $3.5 million trucking accident death case in Norfolk, securing $3.5 million for a child who lost a parent.
John Cooper holds numerous honors. He chaired the FELA Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice. He is a Governor at Large of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. He has led efforts to bring Continuing Legal Education (CLE) to attorneys across Virginia. John Cooper has been listed in Virginia Super Lawyers for personal injury law since 2010 (only 5% of lawyers get this listing). He holds a top AV rating since 2004 from Martindale-Hubbell, showing the highest level of skill and ethics. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Roundtable and is ranked 10 of 10 by Avvo attorney ratings. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.
- University of Virginia School of Law
- J.D. (1988) | Law
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A. (1985) | Anthropology
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- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa (academic honor society)
- Managing Partner
- Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers
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- Managing Partner in charge of injury and accident litigation, specializing in catastrophic cases such as wrongful death, traumatic brain injuries and railroad disasters. Focuses in FELA (railroad worker injuries), tractor trailer wrecks, and motorcycle crashes.
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- Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, P.C.
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- Partner handling exclusively plaintiff's personal injury work in firm concentrating in F.E.L.A. cases; emphasis in railroad injury law, as well as automobile, products liability, and medical malpractice injury practice; strong trial experience, particularly multi-state litigation.
- Personal Injury Attorney
- Kalfus & Nachman, P.C.
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- Personal injury attorney in high volume plaintiff practice; responsible for large set of automobile, premises liability and medical malpractice cases.
- Senior Litigation Associate
- Croshaw, Beale, Hauser & Lewis, P.C.
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- emphasizing plaintiff's personal injury practice with substantial courtroom experience in medical malpractice, personal injury, commercial litigation, and criminal law.
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- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Divsion
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- Law clerk to the Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith (currently senior federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division), drafting memoranda, opinions, and orders in civil and criminal cases
- Top Twenty Tips for Car, Truck or Motorcycle Accidents
- Personal Injury Practice From the Plaintiff’s and Defense’s Perspective , Virginia Beach, VA
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- Advocacy in Thought, Word and Deed , 2019 Adovacy Seminar , Norfolk, VA
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Handling a Personal Injury Case: Phone Call to Verdict
- Virginia Beach Bar Association
- Tort Law , Tort Law Seminar , Norfolk, VA
- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
- Client Champion - Silver
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Top Lawyers of Coastal Virginia
- CoVa Biz Magazine
- CoVa BIZ’s Top Lawyers peer-to-peer survey conducts polls in the legal field to identify the attorneys who exemplify excellence in their various fields. Cova Biz lists the top rated legal professionals in the Coastal Virginia area.
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010 - 2013, 2015 - 2020 Listed among VA Super Lawyers for personal injury law since 2010 (only 5% of lawyers get this listing)
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Top AV rating since 2004 by the Martindale-Hubbell attorney reputation assessment system, showing the highest level of skill and ethics
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Leaders Forum
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- Virginia Beach Bar Association
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- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
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- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
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- Activities: Board of Governors
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- American Association for Justice
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- Brain Injury Association of Virginia
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- North Carolina
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Free Consultation
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Truck Accidents
- English
- Spanish
Attorney That Specializes in TBI Cases
My name is John Cooper, and I am a personal injury attorney with an emphasis on traumatic brain injury cases.
Your Rights As an Injured Pedestrian in Virginia
If you're hurt having been hit by a car when you're crossing the road, you have a right to make a claim against that driver who hit you.
Hearing Loss Caused by 3M Ear Plugs
John Cooper and Paige Thomas talk about the 3M earplug litigation.
Meet John Cooper
Attorney John Cooper talks about his background
Railroad Worker FELA Accidents
John Cooper talks about railroad worker injuries
Virginia Injury Lawyer Talks About Traumatic Brain Injury
John Cooper of Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers talks about traumatic brain injuries
Virginia Beach Car Accident Lawyer Gives Advice on Dealing with Insurance Companies
Virginia Beach automobile accident attorney John Cooper talks about insurance
Virginia Beach Personal Injury Lawyer Talks about Ethics
Norfolk, VA injury lawyer John Cooper talks about ethics