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Cooper Shattuck created Cooper Shattuck, LLC, in January 2017, after over 27 years in virtually every facet of the practice of law. Cooper now utilizies his diverse practice experience to serve his clients as a strategist, advocate, and problem-solver in the areas of alternative dispute resolution, higher educaiton, government relations and ethics, environmental law, litigation, and corporate counsel. Prior to creating Cooper Shattuck, LLC, Cooper served as General Counsel for The University of Alabama System, where he coordinated, managed, and administered legal strategies and services for the entire University of Alabama System including three campuses, its health system (including a hospital and insurer), and over 50 affiliated entities, with an operating budget of $5.5 billion, over 38,000 employees, and a $1.2 billion pooled investment endowment.  Cooper also served as Chief Legal Advisor to the Governor of the state of Alabama where he worked with and in all areas of state government. Working extensively on the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill, he led the state’s efforts to assess damages done both economically and environmentally. Cooper continued to serve as Special Counsel to the Governor for all spill-related matters when he became General Counsel of The University of Alabama System. As Special Counsel, he led the Governor’s team in settlement negotiations resulting in a $1 billion economic settlement for the state and over $1 billion dollars in Natural Resource Damage Assessment funds, Clean Water Act (RESTORE) funds, and criminal fines and penalties.  Prior to serving the state of Alabama for the Office of the Governor and Alabama’s largest higher education enterprise, Cooper spent 20 years in private practice in Tuscaloosa, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, which included work not only throughout the state, but later throughout the nation and in Puerto Rico. His firm grew to be the largest in West Alabama with Cooper as one of its managing shareholders. Cooper has served his community as a member of many local non-profit boards, including FOCUS on Senior Citizens and the Black Warrior Council of Boy Scouts of America.  He is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics for CLE credits and on leadership and strengths, and currently serves as Leadership Tuscaloosa Chair. Disclaimers: No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. 

Practices Areas

Litigation

Education Law

Language

English

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