James W. Cooper

James W. Cooper represents companies and individuals in white collar criminal defense and internal investigations, crisis management involving government enforcement, and complex litigation. He is regularly called upon to defend clients in high-stakes matters across a wide array of areas, including alleged violations of the antitrust cartel prohibitions, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), export control laws, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements, government contracting and procurement fraud, environmental crime prohibitions, federal food and drug laws, among others.

Peers identify James as "someone you always want on your defense team - a brilliant attorney and great trial lawyer with impeccable judgment." He draws upon his experience acting in high-level DOJ positions to represent corporate and individual clients in investigations by regulatory bodies and criminal trials.

James brings a unique perspective to his practice, having served as a senior Justice Department attorney and Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, where he was the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division and Acting Chief of the National Security Section. In those positions, he supervised all federal criminal investigations and prosecutions in the Office, including all matters involving fraud, public corruption, terrorist finance, anti-money laundering enforcement, export control violations, intellectual property theft, environmental crimes, and asset forfeiture. In addition, James has personally tried more than 40 criminal cases and has handled myriad sensitive or high-profile criminal cases.