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Theodore M Cooperstein
also known as Ted Cooperstein
About Theodore
Biography
A former career federal prosecutor, Ted brings this depth of knowledge and experience to criminal and civil appeals, in both federal and state courts.
Practice Areas
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Practice Area
Appeals
100%
37 years
Fees and Rates
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Licensed in Mississippi for 5 years
State: Mississippi
Acquired: 2021
Licensed in New York for 37 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1988
Licensed in Florida for 13 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 2012
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2024
Licensed in District of Columbia for 36 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1990
Licensed in New Hampshire for 37 years
State: New Hampshire
Acquired: 1988
Location
Theodore Cooperstein PLLC
1888 Main Street, Suite C-203, Madison, MS, 39110
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"Ted is one of the finest legal minds I have encountered in my 35 year career as an attorney in Federal Practice. I would recommend him to my own clients for appellate work without hesitation."
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Experience
Professional misconduct
This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2024.
Public Reprimand issued in FL, 2024
updated on 12/02/2024Public reprimand means the attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. The Bar warns the lawyer in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior. Details of the infraction are made part of the public record.
Honors
2018
Lincoln Fellow, Claremont Institute for the Study of Political Philosophy and Statesmanship
1999
LLM with Distinction in Comparative and International Law, Georgetown University Law Center
1989
Distinguished Graduate, US Army Intelligence Center & School
1986
Notes Editor, Stanford Law Review
1984
Summa cum laude, Dartmouth College
1984
Phi Beta Kappa, Dartmouth College
1983
Dartmouth Senior Fellow, Dartmouth College
1980
Daniel Webster Scholar, Dartmouth College
Work Experience
2024 - Present
Appellate Counsel, Theodore Cooperstein PLLC
2022 - 2024
Principal Attorney and Counsellor, Clouthier Cooperstein PLLC
2018 - 2022
Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorneys Office, Southern District of MIssissippi
2017 - 2018
General Counsel, United States Office of Personnel Management
2016 - 2017
Adjunct Professor (Criminal Law; Legal Aspects of Policing), Indian River State College
2007 - 2017
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida
2006 - 2006
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, United States Attorneys Office, District of Maryland
2003 - 2006
Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General
2002 - 2003
Major, Military Intelligence, United States Army Active Duty
1999 - 2001
Sole Practitioner, Theodore M. Cooperstein P.C.
1998 - 1999
Associate, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, LLP
1995 - 1998
Assistant General Counsel, Federal Bureau Of Investigation
1994 - 1995
General Counsel, Atlantic Legal Foundation
1993 - 1994
Associate, Marks & Murase LLC
1991 - 1993
Associate, Davis Scott Weber & Edwards
1988 - 1991
Associate, Dewey Ballantine Bushby Palmer & Wood
1987 - 1988
Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. Morris S. Arnold, United States District Court, Western District of Arkansas
Associations
2021 - Present
Circle Lodge 638, F. & A.M.Member
2018 - Present
Claremont InstituteLincoln Fellow
1994 - Present
Special Forces AssociationAssociate Member
1988 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1985 - Present
Federalist SocietyPractice Group leadership
2014 - 2017
Justice Major B. Harding American Inn of CourtMaster
2007 - 2017
Federal Bar AssociationMember
2007 - 2017
National Association of Assistant U.S. AttorneysMember
1999 - 2001
National Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMember
1998 - 2001
International Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
Solid Waste Agency of N. Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs (US 2000)
Government Reversed
Dickerson v. United States (US 2000)
Lower court Upheld
United States v. Morrison (US 1999)
Statute struck as unconstitutional
Glavin v. Clinton, 525 U.S. 316 (US 1999)
Government Reversed
Artis v United States
Reversed and remanded to trial court
Education
2008
US Army War College
MA
1999
Georgetown University Law Center
LLM
1987
Stanford Law School
JD - Juris Doctor
1984
Dartmouth College
AB
Speaking Engagements
2023
TRT CE online on demand course
Federal Criminal Appeals
2022
Annual Conference CLE
Rule 5.5(d) in Mississippi
2018
Executive Branch Review Conference
The Role and Responsibility of the Government Employee
Publications
2009
7 Dartmouth L.J. 295
Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer
2009
40 J. Maritime L. & Commerce 221
Letters of Marque and Reprisal
2007
11 Tex. Rev. L. & Pol. #2
Article 106 of the United Nations Charter
1992
Wall Street Journal
Before He Leaves Office, Bush Should Fill Federal Judgeships
1988
7 Stan. J. Envt'l L. 49
Sensing Leave For One's Takings
Languages
German
French