Christopher R. Cooper
| Christopher Reid Cooper | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia | |
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Assumed office March 28, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Royce C. Lamberth |
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| Born |
Christopher Reid Cooper 1966 (age 50–51) Mobile, Alabama |
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Yale University B.A. Stanford Law School J.D. |
Christopher "Casey" Reid Cooper (born 1966) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Cooper received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, in 1988 from Yale University, where he was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received a Juris Doctor with distinction in 1993 from Stanford Law School, where he was president of the Stanford Law Review.
He served as a law clerk for Judge Abner J. Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 1996, he served as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice. He served as an associate at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin LLC from 1996 until its merger with Baker Botts LLP in 2001, serving as a partner at the latter firm until 2012, when he joined Covington & Burling LLP as a partner. Cooper remained at Covington & Burling until his appointment to the federal bench. While in private practice, Cooper "represented diverse sets of clients in both criminal and civil investigations, with a focus on white-collar and anti-corruption matters." Cooper served on the Obama/Biden transition team in 2008 as an advisor on Justice Department issues.
On August 1, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Cooper to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, to the seat vacated by Judge Royce C. Lamberth, who took senior status on July 15, 2013. On January 16, 2014 his nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On March 13, 2014, Senator Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On March 26, 2014, cloture was invoked in a 56-43 vote. He was confirmed later that same day by a vote of 100-0. He received his commission two days later.
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