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Cooper C. Thurber

Phelps Dunbar LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation...
  • Law School:
    The University of Alabama
  • Website:
    https://www.phelps.com
  • Location:
    101 Dauphin Street, Suite 1000
    Mobile, AL 36602
Cooper Thurber practices in the area of commercial litigation. His practice concentrates in civil litigation, including product and professional liability, insurance coverage, bad faith, trucking, toxic tort, premises liability and banking law. He represents businesses and insurers in significant commercial and tort litigation. Clients have included insurers, banks, manufacturers, universities, lawyers, judges and developers. Cooper has worked with insurance carriers as both coverage and extra contractual counsel for the last 30 years. He has defended commercial carriers in bad faith, fraud and breach of contract matters in courts throughout Alabama both state and local. He has put on numerous seminars for carriers on avoiding bad faith in Alabama under the L.& S. Roofing doctrine.

Mr. Thurber was with Lyons, Pipes & Cook in Mobile before the firm joined Phelps Dunbar. He is the managing partner of the Mobile office.

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Cooper Thurber practices in the area of commercial litigation. His practice concentrates in civil litigation, including product and professional liability, insurance coverage, bad faith, trucking, toxic tort, premises liability and banking law. He represents businesses and insurers in significant commercial and tort litigation. Clients have included insurers, banks, manufacturers, universities, lawyers, judges and developers. Cooper has worked with insurance carriers as both coverage and extra contractual counsel for the last 30 years. He has defended commercial carriers in bad faith, fraud and breach of contract matters in courts throughout Alabama both state and local. He has put on numerous seminars for carriers on avoiding bad faith in Alabama under the L.& S. Roofing doctrine.

Mr. Thurber was with Lyons, Pipes & Cook in Mobile before the firm joined Phelps Dunbar. He is the managing partner of the Mobile office.

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Education:

  • The University of Alabama , J.D., graduated 1970
  • University of Mississippi , BA, graduated 1966

Bar Admissions:

  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar
  • Mississippi, Mississippi State Bar

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Mobile (2020)
  • Insurance Law, Mobile (2012)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
 

Awards:

  • AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell
  • The Best Lawyers in America
  • Alabama Super Lawyers
  • Who's Who in American Law

Areas of Expertise:

  • Civil Litigation
 

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Phelps Dunbar LLP
https://www.phelps.com
 
Headquarters
365 Canal Street, Suite 2000
New Orleans, LA 70130-6534
(504) 566.1311
11 Office Locations
in 2 Countries

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

One Lime Street, Level Seven, Suite 725

London EC3M 7DQ

United Kingdom

44 20 7929 4765

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United States

Alabama

Alabama

Mobile, AL

101 Dauphin Street, Suite 1000

Mobile, AL 36602

United States

(251) 432.4481

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Florida

Florida

Tampa, FL

100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 2000

Tampa, FL 33602-5311

United States

(813) 472.7550

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Louisiana

Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA

II City Plaza, Suite 1100

400 Convention Street

Baton Rouge, LA 70802-5618

United States

(225) 346.0285

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Mississippi

Mississippi

Gulfport, MS

2602 Thirteenth Street, Suite 300

Gulfport, MS 39501

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(228) 679.1130

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Jackson, MS

4270 I-55 North

Jackson, MS 39211-6391

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(601) 352.2300

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Tupelo, MS

One Mississippi Plaza, Seventh Floor

201 South Spring Street

Tupelo, MS 38804

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(662) 842.7907

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North Carolina

Raleigh, NC

GlenLake One, Suite 100

4140 ParkLake Avenue

Raleigh, NC 27612

United States

(919) 789.5300

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Texas

Houston, TX

One Allen Center, Suite 1300

500 Dallas Street

Houston, TX 77002

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(713) 626.1386

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Southlake, TX

115 Grand Avenue, Suite 222

Southlake, TX 76092

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(817) 488.3134

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