Jennifer G. Cooper

Ms. Cooper has a strong commitment to the advancement and support of women in the legal profession. She is the 2018 recipient of the Baker Donelson Work-Life Warrior Award in recognition of her commitment to promoting a healthy work-life balance and for advocating on behalf of work-life balance issues for others. 

• Baker Donelson Helps Client Achieve Operational Excellence - Innovation

• National coordinating counsel for a global claims servicing company.

• National coordinating counsel for U.S. warranty litigation for a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles.

• Obtained summary judgment on claims of breach of contract and negligence against a claims servicing company. Affirmed on appeal to the Ohio Second District Court of Appeals.

• In a case of first impression, successfully argued to the Iowa Supreme Court that there is no cause of action for bad faith against a third-party administrator of workers' compensation claims.

• Obtained summary judgment in a case where an insurance policyholder sought to impose a duty to warn upon a catastrophe claims administrator for a death arising out of Superstorm Sandy.

• Defense verdict at jury trial on claims of negligence, trespass, strict liability for ultra hazardous activity and nuisance, arising out of claims by several adjacent property owners that effluent ponds at waste water treatment facility in Florida were causing subsurface migration of water and contaminants to their property.

• Defense verdict in a federal jury trial on behalf of a development company for claims of alleged Clean Water Act violations, trespass, and nuisance, arising out of the development of a residential subdivision.

• Developed a legal project management program for a corporate legal department, including defensible eDiscovery practices and a budget management program.

• Defended a third-party administrator in a $1 billion breach of contract lawsuit alleging it mishandled auto liability claims on behalf of a car-sharing company. Obtained a favorable settlement.

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2020 – 2026); Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2021 – 2026); Litigation - Insurance (2026)
• Named to the Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2022 – 2025)
• Member – International Association of Defense Counsel
• Member – Atlanta Bar Association
• Member – Lawyers Club of Atlanta
• Member – State Bar of Georgia
• Member – The Florida Bar
• Member – Tennessee Bar Association
• Baker Donelson Work-Life Warrior Award (2018)
• Founding Member – Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter Women's Initiative Steering Committee (2014 – 2015)

• Co-author – "Assignability of Commercial Contracts (GA)," by Jennifer G. Cooper and Kseniya "Nicole" Kuprovska, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2023)
• "Release Agreement (TN)," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (February 2023)
• "Indemnification Clauses in Commercial Contracts (TN)," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2023)
• Co-author – "General Contract Clauses: Litigation Costs and Expenses (FL)," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (August 2022)
• Co-author – "Confidentiality Agreement: General (Short Form, Mutual) (FL)," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (May 2022)
• Co-author – "Assignability of Commercial Contracts (FL)," Thomson Reuters Practical Law (February 2022)
• "What Makes for a Successful Mentor/Mentee Relationship?," Women's Initiative Newsletter (October 2021)
• "Baker's Dozen: Honoring Moms Everywhere," Women's Initiative Newsletter (May 2021)
• Co-author – "Assignability of Commercial Contracts (GA)," by Jennifer G. Cooper and Sarah Carrier, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2019)
• Co-author – "Indemnification Clauses in Commercial Contracts (GA)," by Jennifer G. Cooper and Matthew J. Leonard, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2019)
• Co-author – "Confidentiality Agreement: General (Short Form, Mutual) (FL)," by Jennifer G. Cooper, David Levin, and Tanisha Pinkins, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (June 2019)
• Co-author – "Assignability of Commercial Contracts (FL)," by Jennifer G. Cooper, David Levin, and Spencer Leach, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (March 2018)
• Co-author – "General Contract Clauses: Litigation Costs and Expenses (FL)," by Jennifer G. Cooper and David Levin, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (February 2018)
• Co-author – "Indemnification Clauses in Commercial Contracts (TN)," by Jennifer G. Cooper and Nick Margello, Thomson Reuters Practical Law (2017)

• Speaker – "Bringing Order to the Chaos: Managing 'Unmanageable' Litigation with Litigation Project Management," Baylor Law Executive L.L.M. Litigation Management (September 2021)
• Co-presenter – "How Your Law Firm Can Continue to Prosper in Challenging Times," Lex Machina webcast (April 17, 2020)
• Panelist – "Taking Control of Your Legal Department - Practical Uses of Legal Project Management," International Association of Defense Counsel Corporate Counsel College, Chicago, Illinois (2017)
• Panelist – "View from the Bench and Bar: Best Practices for Inside and Outside Counsel Partnering to Achieve Effective Case and Trial Management," ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (2015)
• Panelist – "Changing the Conversation: Effective Partnering of In-House and Outside Counsel Using Legal Project Management," Practising Law Institute, Project Management for Lawyers 2015, New York, New York (January 2015)
• Moderator – "In-House Success!," General Counsel's Roundtable, ACC Georgia (May 2014)

• Litigation Power Play: Mastering Large Portfolio Management (December 2024)

• Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 Listing (August 21, 2025)
• Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Listing (August 15, 2024)
• Twelve Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (September 12, 2023)
• Baker Donelson Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® 2024 Listing (August 17, 2023)
• Baker Donelson Adds Shareholder Jeffrey Yeatman to Complex Torts Group in Baltimore (August 23, 2022)
• Baker Donelson Attorneys Earn Recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2023 Listing (August 18, 2022)
• Baker Donelson Attorneys Earn Recognition in The Best Lawyers in America® 2022 Listing (August 19, 2021)

• Litigation Power Play: Mastering Large Portfolio Management (December 5, 2024)