Pell Cooper
Pell Cooper | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the 7th Judicial District Court of North Carolina | |
| Assumed office 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 Nashville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Meredith Garriss |
| Parent | Roy Asberry Cooper II (father) |
| Relatives | Roy Cooper (brother) |
| Education | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA, JD) University of Paris |
| Occupation | lawyer, judge, businessman, farmer |
Pell C. Cooper (/ˈkʊpər/ KUUP-ər; born July 1959) is an American attorney, judge, and businessman. He has served as a judge for the 7th Judicial District Court of North Carolina since 1999.
Early life and education
[edit]Cooper was born in Nashville, North Carolina to Beverly Thorne Batchelor Cooper, a teacher, and Roy Asberry Cooper II, a lawyer and Democratic Party operative who was a close advisor to Governor Jim Hunt.[1] He is the brother of former Governor Roy Cooper.[1] He descends from Marcom Cooper, who served as both Grand Juror and Petit Juror during the American Revolutionary War.[2]
He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1984.[3] Cooper also spent a year, in 1982, at the Sorbonne in Paris. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1988.[3]
Career
[edit]Cooper serves as a judge in Nash County, Edgecombe County, and Wilson County, North Carolina.[1][4] He joined the 7A and 7BC Judicial District Courts in 1999.[5] He was re-elected in 2014.[5]
In 2013, Cooper presented the Nashville Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Citizen Award to Eddie McKoy.[6] In 2019, he was the guest speaker at the Nashville Chamber of Commerce's Distinguished Citizen and Junior Achievement Awards reception.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Cooper is married to Meredith Garriss. They live in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.[8]
In 1996, Cooper and his brother purchased land from their father where they established Will Clark Properties LLC, a real estate investment company.[9] The 40-acre farm in Nash County was leased to Strata Solar, a solar energy company based in Durham, North Carolina.[10] The management of the farm was later handed over to his wife.[10]
On August 12, 2018, a house owned by Cooper and his brother, located at 111 S Lumber Street in Nashville, caught fire.[11]
Cooper became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution in 2018.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cooper, Roy (December 18, 2024). "A North Carolina Where People Are Better Educated, Healthier, With More Money In Their Pockets". Medium. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ a b Sigmon, Robert (April 17, 2018). "NC Governor Roy Cooper Inducted into the SAR". North Carolina Society Sons of the American Revolution. National Society Sons of the American Revolution. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "Judge Profile: Judge Pell C. Cooper". Martindale-Hubbell. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Judge drops charges against man in business dispute". The Wilson Times. Wilson, North Carolina. February 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Pell Cooper". BallotPedia.
- ^ "Distinguished Citizen". The Nashville Graphic. Nashville, North Carolina. March 12, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ Clark, Amanda (February 27, 2019). "Judge Cooper to speak at chamber's award event". The Nashville Graphic. Nashville, North Carolina. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- ^ Swanzy, Brenée Goforth (July 13, 2019). "JLF's Don van der Vaart on WBT's Pat McCrory Show with Bo Thompson". John Locke Foundation. Raleigh, North Carolina. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Follow the Money: Cooper's Green Agenda". Carolina Journal. Raleigh, North Carolina: John Locke Foundation. February 27, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ a b Carrington, Don (July 8, 2019). "Judge Cooper's wife now listed as manager of family's solar property". Carolina Journal. Raleigh, North Carolina: John Locke Foundation. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ Clark, Amanda (August 15, 2018). "Nashville House Burns". The Nashville Graphic. Nashville, North Carolina. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
- Living people
- 1959 births
- 21st-century American judges
- 20th-century American lawyers
- 20th-century North Carolina politicians
- 21st-century American lawyers
- 21st-century North Carolina politicians
- Cooper family (North Carolina)
- Members of the Sons of the American Revolution
- North Carolina Democrats
- North Carolina lawyers
- People from Nashville, North Carolina
- People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- University of North Carolina School of Law alumni