Charlie Cooper
Contacts
Charlie is a litigation attorney with significant experience resolving cases and claims through trials, arbitration hearings, motions practice, and negotiated settlements. Prior to joining WBK, Charlie was an Assistant United States Attorney at the Department of Justice where he was assigned as lead counsel to represent the United States, the President, Supreme Court Justices, other federal judges, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Defense as well as other federal officials and government agencies in court. Before he was an attorney, Charlie was a financial analyst at one of the nation’s largest banks. Charlie uses both his litigation and financial services background to provide informed, strategic, and effective representation to clients in both investigations and litigation of contract and other commercial disputes, False Claims Act allegations, consumer class actions, and other claims made by both government entities and individuals under the laws and regulations governing the financial services industry.
Practice Areas
- Investigation and Enforcement
- Litigation
- Federal Law Claims
- State Law Claims
- Business Matters and Disputes
- Class Action Defense
- Individual Actions
Education
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The University of Texas School of Law
J.D., with honors, 2010 -
The University of Texas
McCombs School of Business
B.B.A., Business Honors, 2005
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Representative Matters
- Defended one of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement action claiming multiple and repeat violations of law, achieving favorable settlement after filing dispositive motions
- Convinced relator to voluntarily dismiss False Claims Act case alleging fraud in Paycheck Protection Program before responding to complaint and without any settlement payment
- Defended a large consumer bank against class action lawsuits alleging breach of contract and violations of consumer protection statutes, achieving favorable settlement after filing dispositive motions
- Obtained dismissal of state-chartered bank from consumer class action alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act after filing motion to dismiss on multiple grounds
- Negotiated the favorable settlement of a consumer class action alleging violations of the Federal Credit Repair Organization Act for a residential landlord with over 20,000 tenants throughout multiple states before discovery began
- Negotiated the favorable settlement of a False Claims Act case with the Department of Justice for a mortgage lender facing a whistleblower claim
- Defended multiple financial services companies against indemnification claims made by the FDIC in relation to losses associated with mortgage loans underwritten by Washington Mutual.
- Defended a mortgage lender against allegations of TILA, RESPA, and FDCPA violations made by a borrower to the CFPB and state regulators