Background
Cooper, Thomas Louis was born on March 16, 1938 in Pittsburgh. Son of Louis D. and Gertrude V. (Edmonds) Cooper.
Cooper, Thomas Louis was born on March 16, 1938 in Pittsburgh. Son of Louis D. and Gertrude V. (Edmonds) Cooper.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1959). University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Laws, 1962).
Worked at Gilardi Cooper & Lomupo, P.A. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in Personal Injury Law. Admitted to the bar, 1962, Pennsylvania. Article Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1961-1962.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1987.
Member, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Civil Procedural Rules Committee. Member: Allegheny County (President, 1986) and Pennsylvania (President-Elect, 1990-1991.
President, 1991-1992) Bar Associations. American Judicature Society.
Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County (President, 1979).
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Bar Foundation (Member, House of Delegates, 1990).
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member Pennsylvania Bar Association (vice president 1989, president-elect 1990-1991, president 1991-1992, board governors, house of deals), Allegheny County Bar Association (president 1984), Allegheny County Academy Trial Lawyers (president 1982), Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (board governors), Western Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (board governors).
Married Leah Mary Meyers, August 5, 1961. Children: Marcia, Jeffrey, Daniel.