Ross D Cooper

Mr. Cooper joined Beacon in July 2006. From 1990-1992, Mr. Cooper was with the Washington, D.C. office of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, after which he became a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, where he received the Attorney General's Outstanding Achievement Award from 1993-1995. Mr. Cooper returned to private practice in 1995 with the Washington, D.C. office of Kaye, Scholer, LLP, and in 1999 became a shareholder at Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., where he was the Chairman of the Business Dispute Practice Group from 2003 until joining Beacon. From 1996-2006, Mr. Cooper served as outside general counsel to Building Suppliers Corporation, LLC, an organization of roofing and construction materials wholesale distributors. Mr. Cooper received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University and a J.D., with high honors from George Washington University Law School, where he earned the Order of the Coif and was a member of the George Washington Law Review.