Bennett Evan Cooper

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. He also works with trial counsel on preservation of error, dispositive and other critical motions, jury instructions, and development of legal issues and strategy. Ben's practice emphasizes such fields as insurance coverage and bad faith defense; intellectual property protection and e-commerce disputes; federal, state, and local taxation; and complex civil and constitutional litigation.

American Bar Association (Council of Appellate Lawyers); Arizona Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts.

Author, Federal Appellate Practice: Ninth Circuit (Thomson Reuters, 2025-2026 ed.); Lead Author, Arizona Trial Handbook (Thomson Reuters, 2025-2026 ed.); Author, "The One-Sentence Oral Argument," Westlaw Today, (Thomson Reuters, February 2022); Author, "Fear and the Overwritten Appellate Brief,” Westlaw Today, (September 2021); Author, “Certification of Questions of Law to State Supreme Courts,” Westlaw Today, (June 2021); Author, Federal Appellate Practice: Ninth Circuit (Thomson Reuters 2021-2022 ed.); Lead Author, Arizona Trial Handbook (Thomson Reuters (2021-2022 ed.); Chapter Author, Arizona Appellate Handbook 2.0 (State Bar of Arizona 2020).

Harvard University, magna cum laude in Government

A.B.

1983

Harvard Law School, cum laude

J.D.

1986