Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper
Scott Cooper was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to Co-chair, and help lead, a Transition Team review of the Department of State/Commonwealth for the Administration’s first term. Scott is an active member of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ), Mr. Cooper served as its 2012-13 President. He has also served as Chairman of its Legislative Policy Committee and served on both the Executive Committee and Board of Governors. He is a Trustee for its PAC. Scott has helped prepare legislation and proposed amendments on various legislative issues. He has also testified at hearings before the Pennsylvania State House, Pennsylvania State Senate and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on various topics including ridesharing programs, venue issues in civil litigation and mandatory auto insurance coverage. He has also participated in negotiations and meetings with various stakeholders and has significant relationships with leading legislators and their staff. Scott has also been a fundraiser for many legislative leaders, including Governor Tom Wolf and Senate and House leaders. Also, he has had an active role in issues involving the Judiciary.
Mr. Cooper is a past President of the Pennsylvania Association for Justice (PAJ). Every year since 2011, Mr. Cooper has been named by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® as one of the top 100 lawyers in the Commonwealth. In 2008, Mr. Cooper was honored by PAJ and awarded its prestigious Milton D. Rosenberg Award for leadership and efforts for victims’ rights. In 2005, Mr. Cooper received the Association’s prestigious George F. Douglas Amicus Curiae Award for outstanding appellate advocacy. In addition, Mr. Cooper has been selected for inclusion as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® every year from 2006 to the present, including 2014, and in 2005 was a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars. In 2019, he was named a “power Player” by the Legal Intelligencer. He was also voted “Reader’s Choice Attorney” by Harrisburg Magazine. In 2014, he was also named a Top Lawyer by the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal. He has also been named to the Best Lawyers In America every year since 2012. In December 2014 he was named a “Select Lawyer” by Susquehanna Style Magazine. He is currently the Secretary for the Dauphin County Bar Association, where he is also active.
Mr. Cooper is an editor for the leading treatise on Pennsylvania Auto Insurance released in December 2012, the Third Edition of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Insurance: An Analysis of the Financial Responsibility Law. He is also an editor of the supplements for the Third Edition which have been released in 2013 and 2014 and was also a contributing editor on the Second Edition of the treatise. He is also the author of “The A to Z of Civil Depositions in Pennsylvania” published by PBI Press in February 2013. The text is a manual for attorneys who need assistance and ideas with handling various types of civil depositions in the Pennsylvania state and federal courts.
Mr. Cooper is also a member of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association (PTLA), American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations. A frequent lecturer and author who is also involved with the community through the Harrisburg Jewish Community Center, Mr. Cooper received his J.D. from Widener University School of Law (1993) and his B.A. from the University at Albany (1990).