Mary Cooper
| Mary Cooper | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of New Jersey | |
| Title: | Senior judge |
| Position: | Seat #15 |
| Station: | Tenton, NJ |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 03/02/1992 - 8/31/2011 |
| Senior: | 8/31/2011 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 104 Stat. 5089 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1946 |
| Home State: | Fond du Lac, WI |
| Bachelors: | Bryn Mawr College, A.B., 1968 |
| Law School: | Villanova U. Law, J.D., 1972 |
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Mary Cooper is a federal judge serving on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. She assumed senior status on August 31, 2011. She served until 1998 under the name Mary Little Parell.
Early life and education
Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Cooper graduated from Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania with her Bachelor's degree in 1968 and later from Villanova University School of Law in Philadephia, Pennsylvania with her Juris Doctor Degree in 1972.[1]
Professional career
Cooper was a private practice attorney in New Jersey from 1972 to 1984. In 1984, Cooper became a Commissioner in the New Jersey Department of Banking located in the State Capitol of Trenton, New Jersey from 1984 to 1990. In 1990, Cooper became Vice-president and General Counsel of The Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance in Holmdel, New Jersey from 1990 to 1992. [1]
Judicial career
District of New Jersey
Cooper was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1991 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089 which was approved by Congress. Cooper was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 27, 1992 on a Senate vote and received commission on March 2, 1992. [2] She assumed senior status on August 31, 2011.
Notable cases
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Troopergate
Judge Cooper was the presiding judge in a lawsuit involving seven members of the New Jersey State Police. One woman is suing the seven troopers over consensual sexual activity at a night club. The judge ruled on December 18, 2009, that members of the New Jersey State Police do not have the right to privacy over their sex lives. This came after a college student was alleged to have forced sexual activity with a state trooper off duty.[3]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
District of New Jersey 1992–2011 Seat #15 |
Succeeded by: Michael Shipp |
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
