Douglas A. Cooper, Esq. is a senior partner, chair of the Litigation Department and member of the Construction law practice group. He serves as counsel and trusted advisor to many of the firm’s key clients including a major credit union, a public Real Estate Investment Trust, builders and real estate developers, a global retail company and numerous Long Island based businesses.  He was named a Co-Managing Partner of the firm in 2002, a position he held until 2010 when he assumed the chair of the Litigation Department. 

A seasoned and well-regarded litigator, Mr. Cooper has significant trial experience in both State and Federal Court and has argued appeals before the New York Court of Appeals and the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  He has led several high profile matters for the firm, notably the landmark sale in 2005 of the private bus lines in New York City to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which itself spawned federal and state litigation.  He serves as an officer and director of a public REIT.  Mr. Cooper has lectured extensively on the subject of crisis management.

Mr. Cooper has a longstanding interest in conservation and environmental issues.  To that end, he serves as a trustee of the Long Island Chapter of the Nature Conservancy .

Mr. Cooper graduated from Hamilton College, studied at the School of Political Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris, and received his J.D. Degree from Fordham Law School where he served on the Urban Law Journal.  He also earned a Masters Degree in Corporate Law from NYU Law School.

Speeches and Publications

• Seeking Lack-of-Marketability Discount With Minority Discount Poses Risks, N.Y.L.J. March 15, 2011 (co-authored with associate Matthew Didora)

• Second Department Adopts New Rules on Lack-of-Marketability Discounts, N.Y.L.J. August 17, 2010 (co-authored with associate Matthew Didora)

• Closely Held Corporate Shares Require a Discount, N.Y.L.J. April 19, 2010
  (co-authored with associate Matthew Didora)

• Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Federal and State Court (July/August 2007, Nassau Lawyer.)

• "How to Reduce the Tension between Public Relations Professionals and Legal Experts handling High Profile Corporate Crises” (speech delivered at the Media Relations National Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2001.

• “CEO Must Weigh Legal and Public Relations Approaches”.  (Public Relations Journal, January 1992.)