Peter David Coppelman

Background

Coppelman, Peter David was born on August 1, 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard and Lillian (Hoffman) Coppelman.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Harvard University, 64; Juris Doctor, Cornell Univercity, 1968.

Career

Directing attorney, California Rural Legal Assistance, San Francisco, 1970-1974; principal, managing partner, Coppelman & Hiestand, Oakland, California, 1974-1978; trial attorney general litigation section, land and natural resources division, Department Justice, Washington, 1978-1981; general counsel, The Wilderness Society, Washington, 1981-1990; director forest wilderness programs, The Wilderness Society, Washington, 1981-1984; senior counsel resource planning and economics department, The Wilderness Society, Washington, 1984-1987; vice president, The Wilderness Society, Washington, 1987-1990; counsel federal legal affairs, Greenfield Environmental, Washington, 1990-1994; principal deputy assistant attorney general environmental and natural resources, Department Justice, Washington, since 1994. Former chairman Ashoka Environmental Group.

Achievements

• Peter David Coppelman has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman, board directors Cathedral College of Laity, Washington National Cathedral. Board directors Americans for the Environmental, Mount Vernon Unitarian Church. Vice-chairman, board directors National Consumer Law Center.

Member Harvard University Alumni Association (member career advisory service).

Connections

Married Victoria Joan DeGoff, May 2, 1971 (divorced 1978). Married Carolyn Marie Beckett, December 28, 1979. Children: Alexander Beckett, Elizabeth Beckett.

Father:

Leonard Coppelman

Mother:

Lillian (Hoffman) Coppelman

Spouse:

Carolyn Marie Beckett

Spouse:

Victoria Joan DeGoff

child:

Alexander Beckett Coppelman

child:

Elizabeth Beckett Coppelman