Lindsey W. Cooper Jr. is an experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses on tax controversy matters with the IRS, commercial litigation and criminal defense.
Before moving to Charleston, Mr. Cooper was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division. At the Justice Department, Mr. Cooper represented the interests of the IRS in federal courts. Mr. Cooper has extensive experience in tax controversies with the IRS and federal court litigation, and is commited to assisting taxpayers in resolving their tax issues wit the IRS.
In particular, Mr. Cooper litigated highly publicized tax shelter cases, including Black & Decker Corp. v. United States and Schering Plough Corp. v. United States. Mr. Cooper also litigated issues involving the tax treatment and valuations of family limited partnerships ("FLPs"), wrongful disclosure lawsuits under Sections 6103 and 7431 of the Internal Revenue Code and responsible officer cases under Section 6672. For his efforts, in 2004, Mr. Cooper received the Outstanding Attorney Award from the Department of Justice.
Upon graduating cum laude from American University’s Washington College of Law in 2000, Mr. Cooper began his legal career in the commercial litigation department of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP in Washington, D.C. While at Manatt, Mr. Cooper represented several Enron employees during the various governmental investigations that took place after the filing of Enron’s bankruptcy petition.
Mr. Cooper is admitted to practice in South Carolina, Tennessee, the District of Columbia and the federal district courts in those jurisdictions.
Prior to law school, Mr. Cooper served his country in Central Asia from 1995-1997 as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan and speaks Russian. He attended college at The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and high school at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee.