Biography
Aaron Cooper is a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) and a member of the Attorney General’s Honors Program for the Criminal Division. He has also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Cooper’s work includes investigating and prosecuting complex cyber crimes, developing criminal and cyber security policy as a member of the Criminal Division’s Cybersecurity Unit, and advising law enforcement agencies on cutting edge issues relating to electronic surveillance and electronic evidence gathering. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Cooper clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he received his J.D.,magna cum laude, in 2011. Mr. Cooper received his B.A. from Princeton University in 2005.