Background
Cooper, John Weeks was born on February 5, 1930 in Newark. Son of Ralph Emerson and Ann Elizabeth (Weeks) Cooper.
Cooper, John Weeks was born on February 5, 1930 in Newark. Son of Ralph Emerson and Ann Elizabeth (Weeks) Cooper.
Bowdoin College (Bachelor of Arts, 1952). Columbia Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1955). Phi Delta Phi. Treasurer, 1981, Secretary, 1982, Vice President, 1983 and President, 1984-1985, Northern New Jersey Estate Planning Council.
Member, Northwestern New Jersey Estate Planning Council, since 1979.
Member, 1975-1980 and President, 1975-1977, Advisory Committee, Union County Children’s Shelter. Member, Board of Trustees, Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, since 1980.
Member, Board of Trustees, Summit Speech School, since 1988. President, Family Service Association, 1975-1977.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1980-1988, Treasurer, 19821984 and President, 1985-1986, United Way of Summit and New Providence.
Chair, Probate Early Settlement Committee for Union County. Chair, Summit Area Public Foundation, since 1990.
Worked at Cooper Rose & English (Summit, New Jersey) specializing in Estate Planning Law, Estate and Gift Taxation Law, Will Contests Law. Admitted to the bar, 1955, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
President, Northern New Jersey Estate Planning Council, 1984-1985.
Member, Northwestern New Jersey Estate Planning Council, 1979. Member and Vice Chairman, 1990, Board of Trustees, Oak Knoll School, 1980.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1995 and Vice President, 1991-1995, Summit Speech School. Member, Board of Trustees, 1980-1988, President, 1985-1986, United Way.
Chair, Probate Early Settlement Committee for Union County, 1990.
Chair, Summit Area Public Foundation, 1990. Member: Union County, (Member, Probate Practice and Procedure Committee, 1974) and New Jersey State (Member: Committee on Law of Protected Persons of Probate Committee, 1981-1985. Board of Consultors of Real Property and Probate Section, 1986-1993.
Probate Rules Committee, 1990.
Transfer Inheritance Tax Committee, 1990) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Member, Northwestern New Jersey Estate Planning Council, 1979. Member and Vice Chairman, 1990, Board of Trustees, Oak Knoll School, 1980. Member, Board of Trustees, 1988-1995 and Vice President, 1991-1995, Summit Speech School.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1980-1988, President, 1985-1986, United Way.
Chair, Probate Early Settlement Committee for Union County, 1990. Chair, Summit Area Public Foundation, 1990.
Member: Union County, (Member, Probate Practice and Procedure Committee, 1974) and New Jersey State (Member: Committee on Law of Protected Persons of Probate Committee, 1981-1985. Board of Consultors of Real Property and Probate Section, 1986-1993.
Probate Rules Committee, 1990.
Transfer Inheritance Tax Committee, 1990) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Married Mary Kathryn Niles, November 4, 1961. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Edward Niles.