John Mark Cooper

John Cooper has been practicing personal injury law in Virginia for over 25 years. His long and in-depth knowledge of personal injury and wrongful death cases means other lawyers often refer him injury cases.

Since he set up Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers in Norfolk with Jim Hurley in 2011, John Cooper has won many multi-million dollar cases for clients who suffered terrible injuries on the highways of Virginia or families who lost loved ones.

John Cooper has forged a reputation for battling hard against the insurance companies to secure clients the compensation they deserve.

He is licensed to practice law in Virginia, North Carolina, and West Virginia. He has represented injured people in federal and state courts, including the Virginia Supreme Court.  John Cooper is admitted to practice in U.S. District Courts in the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

John Cooper was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and raised in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.  Both of his parents were lawyers.  His father was a tax attorney and he followed in his footsteps by going to the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1988. His mother went back to law school at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, when she was raising three children after an earlier career as an English professor at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.  John Cooper said it was clear from early that he would be a lawyer. “I truly love what I do,” he said.

John and his wife Monica have three children. Their son Matthew is following in John’s footsteps and is studying law at UVA.

John Cooper holds a 10 out of 10 rating with Avvo, and the highest rating (AV) granted to attorneys by Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Rating Service. He is recognized by Virginia Super Lawyers, an accolade only 5 percent of attorneys in the state attain.

John Cooper is a Governor At Large of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA). He works tirelessly to bring continuing legal education (CLE) events to attorneys across the state.

Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers is based in Norfolk with client meeting locations in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Suffolk, Portsmouth and on Virginia's Eastern Shore. We also help clients in northeastern North Carolina. John Cooper has represented injured railroad workers across the country.

One thing that sets our firm apart from the competition is the fact that our sole focus is on personal injury law. Law partners John Cooper, Jim Hurley, Bill O’Mara and Griffin O'Hanlon do not split their attention between several very different practice areas. They devote their 50+ years of combined experience entirely to Virginia personal injury law. This specialization enables us to stay on top of all changes in the Virginia Code and Supreme Court cases, using our knowledge and up-to-date familiarity with Virginia law to our clients’ advantage.

Cooper Hurley Injury Lawyers is not a factory firm where clients are seen as a way to increase our own profits. Instead, we view each client as a member of our own family and pride ourselves on supporting them the same way we would one of our own family members during a difficult time in their life. Please see our Cooper Hurley client reviews to find out more about our firm.