Lawrence A. Cooper

A legal practitioner with well over four and a half decades of experience, Lawrence A. Cooper is one of the founding partners of the Atlanta-based legal firm Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, in Georgia. Primarily focusing his practice on family law, he diligently represents the people of Atlanta and counsels them on issues involving the following legal niches:

Family law: Divorce, child support, custody, alimony, prenuptial agreements, alimony/child support modification, contempt and collaborative and amicable divorces. Mr. Cooper was President of the Family Law Section Cobb County Bar Association 2015-2016.

Trying family law cases in courtrooms since 1977, Mr. Cooper always strives to provide cost-effective and quality legal assistance to all clients. He understands divorce is one of the most stressful situations a person has to go through and always approaches all his clients with the utmost empathy and compassion. He knows how mentally excruciating it can be for someone to fight for their child’s custody. He listens keenly and earnestly to his client’s needs and objectives to develop a solution with their best interests in mind. He also has extensive experience in drawing up prenuptial agreements.

Personal injury: Medical malpractice, Dental malpractice,  injuries resulting from automobile, truck and boating accidents, premises liability and wrongful death.

Mr. Cooper’s passion for representing people hurt by someone's negligent or wrongful actions motivates him to thoroughly investigate and accept meritorious personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice including dental malpractice cases. Devoted to representing victims who are suffering from serious physical injuries, spinal cord injuries, brain injuries, nerve injuries and burn injuries, he aggressively fights to protect their rights and help them recover maximum compensation for the traumatic events they had to endure.

Known for his legal competency and professional ethics, Mr. Cooper is peer-review rated AV Preeminent* through Martindale-Hubbell. He is included in The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 list and is also rated 10/10 on Avvo.

Mr. Cooper has enjoyed teaching for many years at the Emory Law School Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program and teaches at the Emory Law School Professionalism Program.  He also volunteers his services as an arbitrator for the Georgia Bar Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Program.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.