
Glenn Cooper
Principal (He/Him)
301-657-0732
gcooper@paleyrothman.com
It has been a pleasure working with you over the years.
I will be transitioning to Lerch, Early & Brewer effective May 1, 2023.
For new and existing clients, you can contact me using the updated information above.
Thanks again and I look forward to continuing our work together.
Maryland
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
J.D., With Honors, University of Maryland School of Law, 1973
- Law Review
- Order of the Coif
- Simon E. Sobeloff Prize for distinction in Constitutional LawB.A., University of Maryland, 1970
“Top Lawyers Hall of Fame,” Washingtonian magazine (2022)
Best Lawyers in America - Best Lawyers (2006-2023)
- Family Law- Family Law Arbitration
- Commercial Litigation
Best Law Firms – U.S. News & Best Lawyers
- Tier 1 Metropolitan (D.C. area) Ranking for Commercial Litigation
- Tier 1 Metropolitan (D.C. area) Ranking for Family LawMaryland Super Lawyers (2007-2023)
- "Ranked Number One," Maryland Super Lawyers (2019-2021, 2023)
- “Maryland Top 10,” Maryland Super Lawyers (2012-2023)
- “Maryland Top 100,” Maryland Super Lawyers (2012-2023)
- “Maryland Top 50,” Maryland Super Lawyers (2009-2023)Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2007-2020)
- “D.C. Top 10,” Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2017-2020)
- “D.C. Top 100,” Washington D.C. Super Lawyers (2008-2020)"Top Lawyers" - Washingtonian magazine (2018, 2020, 2022)
"Top Attorneys," Bethesda Magazine (2019, 2021)
- Family/Divorce“Washington’s Best Lawyers,” Divorce and Family Law, Washingtonian magazine (2017)
“DC Family Law Lawyer of the Year,” Best Lawyers in America (2014)
“Top Family Law Attorneys” - Washingtonian magazine
“Top Divorce Attorneys” - Washingtonian magazine
"Top Divorce Attorneys" - Bethesda Magazine (2010, 2013, 2017)
Who’s Who in American Law
- Eight Paley Rothman Attorneys Named in the Washingtonian’s 2022 Top Lawyers List
- 14 Paley Rothman Attorneys Named to the 2023 Maryland Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Paley Rothman Earns National and Local Honors in U.S. News “Best Law Firms” 2023 Rankings
- 19 Paley Rothman Attorneys Selected 2023 Best Lawyers ® in America
- Paley Rothman Earns National and Local Honors in U.S. News “Best Law Firms” 2022 Rankings
- Paula Calimafde Named 2022 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Washington, D.C. Area and 21 Paley Rothman Attorneys Selected Best Lawyers in America
- Glenn Cooper No. 1, 13 Paley Rothman Attorneys Named to the 2021 Maryland Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Six Attorneys Named “Top Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine - December 2020 Issue
- Twenty Paley Rothman Attorneys Selected to 2021 Best Lawyers in America
- Glenn Cooper Top 10, 14 Paley Rothman Attorneys Named to the 2020 Washington D.C. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists
- Seventeen Paley Rothman Attorneys Selected to 2020 Best Lawyers in America
- 6 Paley Rothman Attorneys Named “Top Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine
- 3 Paley Rothman Attorneys Named to “Best Lawyers” List by Washingtonian
- Glenn Cooper Addresses Judges at Maryland Judicial Institute on Business Entities
- Glenn Cooper and Art House Present at MSBA Business Law Institute
- Glenn Cooper and Howard Soypher Named “Best Lawyers” by Washingtonian
- Glenn Cooper and Howard Soypher Named “Top Divorce Attorneys” in Washingtonian Magazine
- Glenn Cooper and Howard Soypher Receive Honors from Washingtonian Magazine
- Glenn Cooper Named Family Law “DC Lawyer of the Year,” Eight Attorneys Selected for Best Lawyers
- Glenn Cooper Named Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Glenn Cooper Listed in the Washingtonian Top Lawyers Hall of Fame
- Glenn Cooper Presents at BAMC Family Law Section Meeting
- Glenn Cooper Produces “Standards & Methods of Corporate and LLC Control in Maryland”
- Glenn Cooper Speaks at the Maryland Bar “Advanced Business Law Institute”
- Glenn Cooper and Howard Soypher Chosen in Washingtonian Magazine’s “Best Lawyers”
“Standards and Methods of Corporate (and LLC) Control – Maryland,” (prepared as primary resource material for and distributed by the courts to all judges throughout Maryland assigned to Maryland’s Business and Technology Case Management Program), March 2014; February 2013; October 2008; April 2006; March 2003
“A Brief History of ‘Internal Affairs’ in Maryland” 2012 MSBA Business Law Institute, 2012
“Derivative Claims: Maryland” 2012 MSBA Business Law Institute, 2012
"Embedded Taxes in the Asset Based Method of Valuation," Bar Association of Montgomery County, 2008
“The Financial End of the Affair: Today’s Divorce Lawyer needs as much Business Savvy as Legal Expertise,” Legal Times, 2004
"Employee Stock Options, Equivalents and Deferred Compensation," Judicial Institute, 2004
“Advising the Business Client, Shareholder Planning and Problems – Evolving Legal Standards and Methods in the Dynamics of Corporate Control,” MICPEL, 1998, 1990, 1986
“Opinions on Ethics and Professional Responsibility” (Co-Editor), Maryland State Bar Association, 2nd Ed., 1989
“Trade Secrets in Maryland for High Technology” (Co-Author), MICPEL, High Technology Law Institute, 1987
Bar Association of Montgomery County
- Past President
- Member, Executive Committee
- Past Treasurer
- Bar LeaderMontgomery County Bar Foundation
- Past President
- Member, Executive Committee
- Past TreasurerMaryland State Bar Association
- Member
- Fellow
- Past Chair, Committee on EthicsAmerican Bar Association
- Member
- Fellow
- Past Delegate from Montgomery CountyAmerican College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
Pro Bono Committee for Montgomery County - Past Chair
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law - Board of Visitors
Andrews v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland, 931 F.Supp, 1255 (D. Md. 1996), aff’d 114 F. 3rd 1175 (4th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 118 S. Ct. 600 (1997) – represented former elected and appointed officials of Anne Arundel County in constitutional challenge to recover lost benefits and for injunctive relief against enforcement of County’s retroactive reduction of pension benefits to affect cost-saving.
Bregman, Berbert & Schwartz, LLC v. United States , 145 F.3rd (4th Cir.1998) – represented law firm and lawyer (who was then President of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland) in wrongful levy action against the United States (IRS) to recover sums seized by U.S. from a second law firm with which client firm had a fee sharing agreement.
Chantel Associates v. Mt. Vernon Fire Insurance Company, 338 Md. 131, 365 A.2d 779 (1995) – established that insurer had a duty to defend lead-related personal injury claims based upon cellular injury, and that such duty can be determined in a declaratory judgment action before the underlying personal injury case is resolved.
Dominigues v. Johnson, 323 Md. 476, 593 A.2d 1133 (1991) – represented local lawyer; revised standards for review of child custody determination so that identifiable harm need not occur before change can be made; relocation alone of parent having joint or primary physical custody may justify a change of custody; established standards for use and review of Master’s findings by a Chancellor.
Goldberg v. Miller, 371 Md. 591, 810 A.2d 947 (2002) – represented local lawyer; determined that a trial court does not have authority to treat guardian ad litem fees as child support to allow garnishment of federal retirement benefits.
Grant v. Zich, 300 Md. 256, 477 A.2d 1163 (1994) – established standard that when the Court is characterizing property as non-marital or marital, the appropriate analysis is source of funds theory; no presumption of gift is applicable in making such characterization.
Hashem v. Taheri, 82 Md. App. 269, 571 A.2d 839 (1990) – Court determined that when shareholder derivative action is plead together with legal claims, claimant is entitled to jury determination of common questions of fact.
Holy Cross Hospital of Silver Spring, Inc. v. Health Services Cost Review Commission, 283 Md. 677, 393 A.2d 181 (1978) – Court set scope of authority of Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission over fees of hospital-based physicians.
Hurt v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 806 F. Supp. 515 (E.D. Pa. 1992) – represented paint manufacturer in suit by low income housing tenants against multiple alleged manufacturers and sellers of lead-based paint and established that theories of enterprise liability and market share liability could not be used.
Jacobs, Trustee v. Mones, 169 Bkry. Rptr. 246 (D.C. 1994) – represented local lawyer in adversary proceeding against investment advisor, established that measure of securities fraud damages is the loss to the investor rather than the gain to the advisor; standards for claim of non-dischargability for securities fraud by investment advisor.
Lenkin-N Limited Partnership v. Nace, 568 A.2d 474 (D.C. App. 1990) – prevailed for landlord by establishing that law firm-tenant’s failure to adduce any evidence by experts in commercial construction to the effect that landlord’s delay in furnishing new office space was unreasonable, precluded tenant recovery.
Maryland National Bank v. United Jewish Appeal Federation of Greater Washington, Inc., 286 Md. 274, 407 A.2d 1130 (1979) – enforceability of charitable pledges.
Mendelson v. Brown, 371 Md. 154, 807 A.2d 632 (2002) – substantial compliance with notice provisions of local Government Tort Claim Act is sufficient (overruling prior case law).
Naedel v. Naedel, 115 Md. App. 347, 693 A.2d 60 (1997) – argued for and established that exception to limitation of garnishment under the Federal Consumer Protection Act is not applicable to non-modifiable alimony set forth in Agreement incorporated but not merged into Court Order.
Post v. Bregman, 349 Md. 142, 707 A.2d 806 (1998) – represented law firm and lawyer (then President of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland) in dispute with another law firm over fee sharing agreement and the role of the Maryland Rules of Professional Conduct in interpretation and enforcement of fee sharing arrangements.
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company v. Virginia Central Railway Company, 222 Va. 167, 279 S.E. 2d 146 (1981) – established that railroad freight car-hire funds in the hands of a short-line railroad were trust funds held for intervenor-railroad car owners and were not subject to attachment by interline carrier; federal regulations did not prohibit car owners and short-line from determining by agreement to whom car hire funds were to be paid.
Swartzbauer v. Lead Industries Association, Inc., 794 F. Supp. 142 (E.D. Pa. 1992) – represented paint manufacturer in putative class action by painters in which court rejected enterprise, market share and alternative liability as bases for suit.
St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Smith, 318 Md. 337, 568 A.2d 35, 58 U.S.L.W. 2427 (1990) – punitive damages jury award in defamation action against Church and Pastor; in calculating punitive damages a jury may consider attorneys fees in the underlying case.
William H. Metcalfe & Sons, Inc. v. Canyon Defined Benefit Trust, 318 Md. 565, 569 A.2d 669 (1990) – established priorities for distribution of surplus arising upon bulk foreclosure of first trust between mortgagee of a portion of the property and later lien holder on all parcels.
Speaker, "Selected Tax Issues in Divorce: Joint CLE presented by the Family and Tax Law Sections," Bar Association of Montgomery County, November 2020
Panelist, “Unique and Advanced Tax Issues in Divorce Cases,” Bar Association of Montgomery County Annual Law Day, April 2016
Faculty, “Uses and Abuses of Derivative Actions in Corporations, LLCs and Other Limited Liability Entities in Maryland” 2012 MSBA Business Law Institute, April 12, 2012
Faculty, “Business Control Issues,” Judicial Institute of Maryland, October 2010
Speaker, “Embedded Taxes in the Asset Based Method of Valuation,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, Family Law Section, December 2008
Speaker, “Business Control Issues and Minority Rights in Maryland, New Developments,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, combined program of the Business Law and Business Litigation Sections, April 2006
Faculty, “Division of Retirement assets in Divorce Cases,” Judicial Institute of Maryland, March 2004
Speaker, “Model Cross-Examination of a Mental Health Expert,” Eighth Annual Symposium on Family Law, An Advanced Seminar on Domestic Relations Practice and Procedure, November 11, 2003
Speaker and Panelist, “Winning Your Divorce Case Through Effective Use of Business Valuations and Expert Witnesses,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, Family Law Section, Continuing Legal Education Program, May 2003
Speaker and Panelist, “Traps for the Unwary Litigator,” Bar Association of Montgomery County, Federal Practice Section, Continuing Legal Education Program, April 2003