Ann M. Cooper

Ann Cooper graduated from Michigan State University, Byrn Mawr College, and the University of Michigan Law School. She was a Fulbright Scholar in France. She is a member of local, state and federal bar associations and the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan. She has practiced in Michigan courts and in the eastern and western districts of Michigan's federal courts. Ms. Cooper served on the United States 6th Circuit Judicial Merit Selection Panel in 1998. Ms. Cooper was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts, the State Bar's Open Justice Commission, and the Equal Access Initiative of the State Bar. She was a member of the Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission and a Trustee and Board Chair of the Grand Rapids Foundation. Ms. Cooper continues to work in civics education programs for Grand Rapids high school students and on diversity and inclusion issues in the Grand Rapids Bar Association. Awards and Honors Honors Fulbright Scholar, France Michigan State Bar's Champion of Justice Award, 2002 Civil Rights Award, Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission, 1998 President’s Award, Grand Rapids Bar Association, May 2015

• Of Counsel

• Grand Rapids Foundation, Board Chair

• Michigan, 1984
• U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1984
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1984

• United States 6th Circuit Judicial Merit Selection Panel, 1998
• Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission, 1977 - 1981 (Member)
• Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts, 1987 - 1989 (Member)
• Grand Rapids Foundation, 1989 - 1996 (Trustee)
• Grand Rapids Bar Association, 2000 (Trustee)
• Federal Bar Association (Member, West Michigan Chapter)
• State Bar of Michigan, 1991 - 1994 (Member, Board of Commissioners)
• State Bar of Michigan, Labor Law Section (Member)
• State Bar of Michigan, 1998 (Member, Open Justice Commission)
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, 1986 - 1987 (Secretary)
• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, 1986 - 1991 (Board Member)
• Grand Rapids Community Relations Commission (Member)