Ian P. Cooper

Ian P. Cooper


Tueth Keeney Cooper Mohan & Jackstadt P.C.

Recognized since 2015

St. Louis, Missouri

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Employment Law - Management

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
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Ian Cooper serves clients in employment, higher education, commercial, and tort matters. Ian regularly serves as lead counsel in significant cases, including class actions and other complex litigation and has tried numerous jury and bench trials in Missouri and Illinois. He has argued cases before the Missouri Supreme Court, the Illinois Supreme Court, the Missouri and Illinois Courts of Appeal, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits and has briefed important employment issues before the Supreme Court of the United States. Ian also frequently counsels clients on a wide range of employment and higher education issues, including compliance, training, and litigation avoidance. Ian is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences in the areas of employment law, higher education, and litigation.

Ian is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers — a “fellowship of the most accomplished members of the labor and employment law community” in the United States. Ian is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an organization of leading trial and appellate counsel throughout the United States. Ian has been elected a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an invitation-only organization comprised of trial advocates of high personal character and honorable reputation practicing throughout the United States.

Prior to founding the Firm, Ian was a partner at what is now Husch Blackwell, LLP. Before entering private practice, Ian served as Law Clerk to the Hon. James F. Warren of the Texas Court of Appeals, First Supreme Judicial District, in Houston, Texas.

Contact & Links
Location
  • 34 North Meramec Avenue, Suite 600
    St. Louis, MO 63105
Education
  • Washington University in St. Louis, J.D., graduated 1984
Bar Admissions
  • Missouri, The Missouri Bar
  • Illinois, Illinois State Bar Association

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2022 - Litigation - Labor and Employment
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, St. Louis (2022)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Education Law

Publications

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