REBECCA Y. COOPER
Associate
rcooper@lpwsl.com
Phone (504) 834-6500
Fax (504) 834-6565
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Main Practice Areas:
Insurance
Admiralty and Maritime
Energy
Environmental and Toxic Torts
Class Action / Complex Litigation

Education:
Louisiana State University
(B.A., 1990)
Tulane University Law School
(J.D., 1994)

Rebecca Cooper began practicing law in 1994 and joined the firm in 2011.  Her practice is concentrated in the areas of insurance coverage and coverage litigation involving both first-party and third-party insurance, including marine insurance.  She has significant experience in the areas of maritime law, energy matters, and environmental and toxic torts.

Ms. Cooper has handled many insurance coverage cases involving oilfield remediation and other pollution matters, including large scale environmental contamination.  She has also handled numerous third-party cases involving auto insurance, hunting club risks, directors and officers issues, health hazard claims, bad faith allegations, and builder's risk coverage, as well as first-party cases involving property and business interruption losses of both large and small businesses.  She has significant experience advising clients on claim handling issues.

Ms. Cooper graduated from Louisiana State University in 1990.  In 1994, she graduated cum laude from Tulane University Law School.  At Tulane, she earned a Certificate of Specialization in Admiralty and Maritime Law and received the American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence in the Study of Louisiana Torts.

Admitted Courts:
Louisiana State Courts - 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit - 1994
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts
of Louisiana - 1994

Bar Admissions:
Louisiana - 1994

Organizations:
Louisiana State Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association