Obituaries
Jul. 7, 2025
Top trial lawyer Robert Cooper built up next Gibson Dunn team
Cooper died June 27 at his home in Indian Wells. He was 85.
Robert E. Cooper
The story of Robert E. Cooper, dean and mentor of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP trial lawyers, is a metaphor for the story of Los Angeles and California law firms "going national ... at the center of the biggest cases in the world," one of his colleagues explained Thursday.
Cooper, who spent 48 years at Gibson Dunn after emerging early as one of its most talented antitrust lawyers, relished the courtroom as much as he enjoyed giving opportunities to young attorneys and...
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