Baker Donelson has recognized Jennifer G. Cooper with the Firm's 2018 Work-Life Warrior Award.
Baker Donelson established the Work-Life Warrior Award to honor an attorney in the Firm who demonstrates an ongoing commitment to excellence in maintaining a healthy work-life balance or has advocated on behalf of work-life balance issues for the benefit of others.
"In addition to successfully balancing career and family, Jennifer has an unflagging commitment to the advancement of women at Baker Donelson and to women's issues generally," said Christy Tosh Crider, chair of Baker Donelson's Women's Initiative. "She works tirelessly to serve her clients, is a dedicated and engaged mother, and still dedicates time and energy to advocating for issues that are important to women in our Firm and in the legal profession."
A shareholder in the Firm's Atlanta office, Ms. Cooper's practice focuses on assisting companies and governments with ongoing legal issues and litigation matters, including coordination of nationwide litigation and development of in-house legal project management programs for companies. She has a strong commitment to the advancement and support of women in the legal profession and is active in the Firm's Women's Initiative, where she has served as a member of the Advisory Committee, chair of the Marketing Committee, Atlanta office liaison and parental leave advisor, and was a founding member of the Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia Chapter Women's Initiative Steering Committee. Ms. Cooper is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and has been recognized among "Georgia's Legal Elite" by Georgia Trend Magazine.