Metro preast release - Mayor John Cooper today announced the appointment of former
Tennessee Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr. as Director of the
Metro Department of Law effective Monday, November 4, 2019.
As law director, Cooper will supervise Metro Government’s legal work
and advise the Office of the Mayor and Metro Council on issues facing
the city.
Cooper served as Attorney General from 2006 to 2014. As Tennessee’s
chief legal officer, he represented the state in areas such as
environmental enforcement, antitrust violations, Medicaid fraud, and
consumer protection. He successfully protected the interests of the
state’s taxpayers in high-profile litigation and helped negotiate a
$25-billion multi-state and federal mortgage servicing settlement in
2012 that brought almost $240 million in relief for struggling Tennessee
homeowners.
“I am delighted to join the excellent team that Mayor Cooper has
assembled, and I look forward to supporting Metro Government in the
many challenges and opportunities that lie ahead,” Cooper said. “This
is a pivotal time for our community, and I’m honored to serve.”
Prior to his appointment as Attorney General, Cooper served as legal
counsel to Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen from 2002 to 2006. He is a
member of the Metropolitan Community Oversight Board and will step
down upon taking office as law director.
Cooper currently works in the Compliance & Government
Investigations Practice Group at Bass, Berry & Sims in Nashville,
applying his expertise in compliance and enforcement issues. Before
joining the law firm, he worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge
Louis F. Oberdorfer in Washington, D.C. Cooper has also taught at
Vanderbilt Law School as an adjunct professor of law. He is a Fellow of
the American Bar Foundation, Tennessee Bar Foundation, and Nashville
Bar Foundation. Cooper holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton
University and a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was managing
editor of the Yale Law Journal.
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