Bennett Evan "Ben" Cooper - Lawyer in Phoenix, AZ

Ben Cooper advocates for clients in high-stakes appeals and writ proceedings in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal circuit courts, and state supreme and intermediate appellate courts from coast to coast. Bens practice also emphasizes both trial-court and appellate representation in such fields as intellectual-property protection and e-commerce disputes, federal, state, and local taxation, insurance coverage and bad-faith defense, and public pension plans.

In the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which includes nine western states, Ben is the author of Thomson Reuterss 1200-page treatise Federal Appellate Practice: Ninth Circuit, and served as the court-appointed chair of the Appellate Lawyer Representatives to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. He previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alex Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit. Ben is a past Chair of the American Bar Associations Council of Appellate Lawyers and of the State Bar of Arizonas Appellate Practice Section, Intellectual Property Section, and E-Commerce Technology Section.

In addition to appellate advocacy, Ben works closely with trial counsel, taking the lead on or assisting with preservation of error, dispositive motions, class-action certification, motions in limine, jury instructions, and post-trial motions. He is the lead author of Thomson Reuterss Arizona Trial Handbook and the longest-serving member of the State Bar of Arizonas Civil Jury Instructions Committee.