LANGDON M. COOPER

Mr. Cooper practices primarily in the areas of bankruptcy litigation and reorganization, creditors’ rights, corporate and banking law. Mr. Cooper has been awarded the highest professional rating of "a-v" by Martindale-Hubbell. He has appeared in the federal and bankruptcy courts in NC, NY, PA, SC, TN, VA and in the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Cooper graduated from Duke University (B.A. 1964) and the University of North Carolina Law School at Chapel Hill (J.D. 1969). He has been employed by the firm since 1969, and is currently its Managing Director, Chairman and Treasurer. He is a member of the Gaston County, North Carolina and American Bar Associations, and the North Carolina State Bar, and was a member of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Bar Association from 1985 to 1988. Mr. Cooper is a member of the Panel of Trustees for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, the North Carolina Bar Association Bankruptcy Section, the American Bankruptcy Institute and has served as a commercial and bankruptcy law lecturer in the continuing legal education programs of the North Carolina Bar Association and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. His publications include Workout Strategies for the Financially Troubled Small Business, N.C. Bar Association C.L.E. 1988. He co-authored "Bankruptcy and Taxes," Thirteenth Annual J. Nelson Young Tax Institute, 1994; "Bankruptcy and Taxes," 10 Tax Management Real Estate Law Journal (October 5, 1994); "Using Bankruptcy to Resolve Tax Liabilities Successfully," Mecklenburg County Bar Continuing Education (October 28, 1994); "Crossing the Mine Field: Managing the Bankruptcy Case with Tax Liabilities," N.C. Bar Foundation 17th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (1994); "Help is Available for the Insolvent Taxpayer," South Carolina Lawyer (March/April 1995); "Property of the Estate - Selected Consumer Issues," N.C. Bar Foundation 19th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (1996); "Refinancing Businesses and Investments with Bankruptcy," Management Accounting (February 1997); "Bankruptcy: A 'Refinancing' Alternative for Tax Troubled Businesses and Investments", Business North Carolina 1997 Law Journal; "Dealing With Debtors," National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, Charleston (April 1998); "Hot Chapter 7 Trustee Issues," N.C. Bar Foundation, 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Institute (1999); and "Selected Chapter 7 Issues," N.C. Bar Foundation, 24th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (2001); "Update of the Interrelationship of Domestic and Bankruptcy Law", Mecklenburg County Bar Continuing Education (January, 2003, Park City, Utah); and "Financing Alternatives for Chapter 11 Debtors and the Implications of Each Alternative," NC Bar Foundation, 26th Annual Bankruptcy Institute (November 2003). Mr. Cooper is certified by the North Carolina State Board of Legal Specialization and by the American Bankruptcy Board of Certification as a Board Certified Specialist in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law.

Mr. Cooper has two daughters.

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Langdon M. Cooper
Attorney at Law

301 South York St • P.O. Box 488
Gastonia, North Carolina 28053-0488
(704) 864-6751 • Fax: (704) 861-8394

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