Charles Neilson COOPER

Background

Cooper, Charles Neilson was born on July 13, 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Dudley and Mary (Miller) Cooper.

Education

University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1962). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Delta Phi.

Commissioner, Eastern Virginia Medical Authority, 1977-1979. Chairman, City of Norfolk Greivance Panel, 1985-1987.

Career

Working as a partner of COOPER LAW OFFICES. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Virginia and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia. 1971, United States. Supreme Court.

Major clients of CHARLES COOPER: Williamsburg Soap & Candle Company. Pembroke Towers Associates. Hague Towers Associates.

Dream Homes, Inc.; Crestar Trust Department. Sachs Investing Company. Young Audiences of Virginia, Inc.

Delmar Company; Barnett Development Company. Barnett Hardware, Inc. The Maury Foundation.

Achievements

• Bar: Virginia 1962, United States District Court (eastern district) Virginia 1963, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1971.

Membership

Fundraiser, general counsel Young Audiences Virginia, Inc., Norfolk, since 1970. Commissioner Eastern Virginia Medical Authority, Norfolk, 1977-1979. Trustee Norfolk Academy, 1983-1995.

Chairman Greater Norfolk Corporation Downtown Revitalization Committee. Member Mayor's Downtown Development Committee 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1957-1965. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association, Tidewater Estate Planning Council.

Interests

• Yachting.

Connections

Married Bettie Minette Switzer, June 22, 1958. Children: C. Neilson Junior, Erik Switzer, Jefferson Switzer.

Father:

Dudley Cooper

Mother:

Mary (Miller) Cooper

Spouse:

Bettie Minette Switzer

child:

C. Neilson Junior Cooper

child:

Erik Switzer Cooper

child:

Jefferson Switzer Cooper