Philip M. Cooper

Partner Litigation

Chicago +1 312 862 3840

Philip M. Cooper

Overview

Philip Cooper is a litigation partner in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Phil provides critical briefing and strategy in complex cases at every stage of litigation, from pre-suit analysis through appeal. He joined Kirkland after clerking on the U.S. Supreme Court and two Federal Courts of Appeals. Phil’s practice spans federal and state courts of every level and covers a broad array of subjects ranging from the False Claims Act to insurance to the First Amendment.

In recent years, Phil has:

  • Represented a pharmaceutical company at the D.C. Circuit against the FTC.
  • Represented a software provider at the Second Circuit against indemnification claims by an insurance company.
  • Represented former corporate officers at the Fifth Circuit against securities-fraud claims.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company at the Ninth Circuit against a putative RICO class action.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company at the Michigan Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and trial court against a putative state investigation.
  • Represented an oilfield equipment company at the Texas Court of Appeals against a breach-of-contract claim.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company at the Illinois Court of Appeals against securities claims.
  • Represented a social-media service against claims brought under the First Amendment and state social-media law.
  • Represented a manufacturing company in bringing federal and state-law claims against an insurer and a benefit management company.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company in a licensing dispute.
  • Represented a pharmaceutical company in numerous consumer-protection suits brought by private and public plaintiffs.
  • Represented a medical device company against False Claims Act allegations.

Law ClerkHonorable Clarence ThomasSupreme Court of the United States2020–2021

Law ClerkHonorable David R. StrasUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit2018–2019

Law ClerkHonorable William H. Pryor Jr.United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit2017–2018

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Thought Leadership

Publications

"Changed Countries, Changed Circumstances: Reopening Removal Proceedings Under 8 U.S.C. § 1229a," 83 U. Chi. L. Rev. 2071, 2016

Recognition

Highest Score on the July 2017 Texas Bar Examination

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2019Illinois
  • 2017Texas

Courts

  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

  • University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D.with High Honors2017

    Kirkland & Ellis Scholar

    Order of the Coif

    Topic Access and Recruitment Editor, The University of Chicago Law Review

  • University of MinnesotaB.A., History & Englishsumma cum laude2014