About Douglas Cooper

Douglas S. Cooper takes a hands-on, rigorous approach to advocating for clients who have been seriously injured by the negligence of others. He draws on courtroom experience, mock-trial training, and deep preparation to pursue justice for each client he represents.

Cooper began his legal career as a law clerk at Armstrong Lee & Baker following his first year of law school at the University of Houston Law Center, where he earned Dean's List honors every year and competed nationally on the UH Law Center Mock Trial Team. During law school, he also interned for a Harris County Trial Court, gaining firsthand courtroom experience observing cases from initial filing through trial.

Before law school, Cooper graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. His practice at Armstrong Lee & Baker focuses on personal injury litigation, including auto accidents, truck accidents, maritime injuries, workplace injuries, and catastrophic injury cases.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Armstrong Lee & Baker

These results are credited to Armstrong Lee & Baker. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$4.5 millionVerdict

A Texas appeals court affirmed a $4.5 million jury award for Jerry Thomas, an East Texas man who lost his hand at a sawmill in Rusk, holding that the owner never established an employment relationship and could not invoke the workers' compensation exclusive-remedy defense.

Texas Twelfth Court of Appeals (Tyler); trial court: 2nd District Court, Cherokee County · 2026Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
Verdict

Armstrong Lee & Baker won reversal of a federal preemption dismissal, reviving negligence claims brought by the family of a Tyson Foods meatpacking worker who died of COVID-19 after a coworker with a known positive test continued coming to work.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Houston Law Center
B.A. in Political Science
Texas Tech University
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Houston Trial Lawyers Association
Houston Bar Association
Federal Bar Association

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.