Cary Cooper is a proficient arbitrator and mediator concentrating on business, commercial, and healthcare disputes. Cary's ADR skills are strengthened by his experience as a trial and appellate lawyer in a wide spectrum of cases, including contract disputes, commercial issues in product failures, supply-chain matters, indemnity agreements, director and shareholder issues in closely-held corporations, partnership disputes, and general business torts across numerous industries including automotive, banking, construction, education, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and real estate. 

Cary began his legal career as a judicial law clerk for judges in state and federal courts, and then served two years as a public defender representing indigent criminal defendents in trials and appeals, including seven murder trials. 

• J.D., 1969, summa cum laude, University of Toledo College of Law
• B.S. Zoology , 1964, Ohio University

• American Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar Association
• State Bar of Michigan
• Toledo Bar Association
• American Health Law Association
• Member, Board Chair, Ohio University Board of Trustees
• Member, Advisory Council, Advocates of Basic Legal Equality and Legal Aid of Western Ohio
• Member, Advisory Board, George F. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service, Ohio University
• Member, Ohio University Foundation Board of Trustees

ADR PANELS

• American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel of Neutrals;
• American Health Lawyers Association Neutrals;
• ADR Federal Court panel, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio.

$350