An acknowledged innovator in the legal services industry, Leah Cooper is both a highly skilled lawyer as well as an expert in legal services management and business development. Since 2012, Leah has worked with global corporate legal teams to create sustainable cost reduction initiatives and efficiency improvement protocols. She also works with law firms to develop client-focused strategies to drive stronger relationships and increase profitability. For both in-house teams and firms, Leah provides training to lawyers to help them become better business partners and offers executive coaching to senior legal leaders.
Leah’s experience offers clients a unique perspective as it covers all angles of legal practice. From Global Managing Attorney and General Counsel at multinational Rio Tinto to Managing Director of CPA Global’s legal services outsourcing business, back to her early roots in private practice at US based Foley & Lardner, Leah has worked in every aspect of the legal profession.
Leah received the British Legal Award for Innovation in 2009 and was named in The Lawyer magazine’s ‘Hot 100’ for 2010. She was also short-listed by the Financial Times for the Innovative Lawyer Awards, Innovative Individual in 2009. She was also recognized as a Legal Rebel by the ABA.
Leah received her Juris Doctor from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida and concurrently obtained a Master of Arts in Communications Law from the University of Florida. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia. Leah is a member of the Florida Bar. Leah is a dual citizen of the US and UK and spends her free time with her two sons and Spanish Water dog, Georgie.