Mr. Cooper is an M&A Lawyer, Founder & Investor who achieved his success out of the mud of poverty.~ As a Founder he has raised more than $10M in venture across 2 software companies resulting in a pair of exits to the Fortune 300. ~ As an M&A lawyer, he did over a quarter of a billion dollars of transactions at firms like DLA Piper and as In-House Counsel at State Farm. ~ As a Founding General Partner of Latimer Ventures, he partners with exceptional founders to drive unicorn exits to the Fortune 500. Mr. Cooper is a JD/MBA from Syracuse University and Babson College and he resides in Baltimore with his family.