Background
III, Roy Asberry Cooper, was born on June 13, 1957 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Roy Asberry Junior and Beverly (Batchelor) Cooper.
III, Roy Asberry Cooper, was born on June 13, 1957 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States. Son of Roy Asberry Junior and Beverly (Batchelor) Cooper.
Bachelor, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979. Juris Doctor, University North Carolina School Law, 1982.
Partner Fields and Cooper, Rocky Mount, 1982—2001. Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1987—1991, chairman judicial committee, 1989—1991. Member North Carolina Senate, 1991—2001, Democratic majority leader, 1997—2001.
Attorney general State of North Carolina, since 2001.
Republican North Carolina House of Representatives, 1987-1991, chairman judicial committee, 1989-1991. Senator North Carolina Senate, since 1991, chairman judicial committee, since 1991.
Married Kristin Bernhardt, March 28, 1992. Children: Hilary Godette, Natalie Rose, Claire Kristin.