Background
Cooper, Junior, Gerald F. was born on December 16, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
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Gerald F. Cooper Jr.
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Miami University (Bachelor of Arts, 1977). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Career
Worked at Kane, Doy & Harrington, Ltd. (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Workers Compensation Defense including all Levels of Appeal. Trials, all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1980, Ohio.
1981, Florida; 1984, Illinois. Member: White House Committee for Drug Free Transportation, 1987. Illinois Truck Safety Task Force, 1987-1988.
Chairman, Model Policies Sub-group, American Trucking Association, Workers' Compensation Task Force. Vice President, Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association, 1996. Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Transportation Association.
Legal Technical Advisor to Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, 1995. Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Workers Compensation Counsel), Ohio State and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar.
Kane, Doy & Harrington, Ltd. the successor to that of Henry L. Kane and Arthur O. Kane founded in 1939.
Ever since that time the firm has specialized in the defense of workers' compensation cases representing insurance companies, self insureds and trade associations. The firm's members and associates collectively possess more than 100 years of trial and appellate experience in the field of workers' compensation, primarily defense. Its members have held positions of eminence in numerous legal organizations and committees.
The firm has, by plan, been kept small so that its degree of excellence in performance could be maintained at all times. The firm is currently engaged in the defense litigation in Cook county, its collar counties and adjacent counties.
Membership
Member: White House Committee for Drug Free Transportation, 1987. Illinois Truck Safety Task Force, 1987-1988. Chairman, Model Policies Sub-group, American Trucking Association, Workers' Compensation Task Force.
Vice President, Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association, 1996. Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Transportation Association. Legal Technical Advisor to Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, 1995.
Member: Chicago, Illinois State (Workers Compensation Counsel), Ohio State and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar.
