Ed Cooper

Ed Cooper is a founding partner of Torgan Cooper + Aaron who has spent his career representing people injured by large corporations, including construction workers hurt on dangerous job sites, patients harmed by substandard medical care, and individuals mistreated by insurance companies. He handles construction accidents, medical malpractice, products liability, highway design and motor vehicle accident cases, and his work has produced numerous verdicts and settlements above a million dollars. In February 2024 he served as lead trial counsel in Beauchamp v. NYC Transit Authority, winning a $72.5 million jury verdict for a pedestrian dragged by an MTA bus, believed to be the largest pedestrian knockdown verdict against the MTA.

Best Lawyers named him 2021 Lawyer of the Year for Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation in New York City, and he has been recognized among the top 100 trial lawyers in New York State by the National Trial Lawyers. A 1993 graduate of Hofstra University School of Law, he has authored and argued successful appeals before the Appellate Divisions of the State of New York and lectures on trial practice for the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and Hofstra University School of Law. Outside the office he races Ironman triathlons.