Clarence Cooper (born May 5, 1942) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 6/year
Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1990–1994Georgia Northern District Court · 1994–2009
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- African American
Prior employment
- Court of Appeals of GeorgiaJudge · 1990–1994
- Fulton County [Georgia] Superior CourtJudge · 1980–1990
- Atlanta [Georgia] Municipal CourtJudge · 1975–1980
- Fulton County, GeorgiaAssistant district attorney · 1968, 1970–1975
U.S. Army1968–1970- Atlanta [Georgia] Legal Aid SocietyAttorney · 1967
Appointments
1994–2009 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- Clark Collegeba
- Emory Universityjd
- Harvard University, Kennedy School of GovernmentM.P.A. · 1978
J.D. · 1967- Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University)B.A. · 1964