Coopers' Code

While our host, Miles Cooper, has been busy preparing for trial and new episodes are in the works, we’re taking the opportunity to bring back a great conversation from the Coopers’ Code archives. Mary Alexander is one of the most accomplished and respected trial lawyers in the country, with a career built around taking on difficult cases, powerful defendants, and harms that demanded meaningful cha...

In this special “producers takeover” episode, Zach Morvant - co-producer of the show, steps into the host chair while Miles Cooper and the Coopers LLP team prepare for trial. Zach interviews Mauro "Kenji" Serra, the producer behind the polish of Coopers' Code, for a behind-the-scenes look at how the show is made, how podcasting has changed, and what it takes to build a modern multime...

In Part 2 of this two-part Coopers’ Code conversation, Miles Cooper continues his discussion with Jessica Samples, a San Francisco-based mindfulness teacher, coach, group facilitator, and founder of CoCreate Calm. If you have not watched Part 1 yet, start there first: - Youtube: https://youtu.be/RWIBvhY7fcs - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-calmness-feels-terrifying-to-hi...

In this two-part Coopers’ Code conversation, Miles Cooper sits down with Jessica Samples, a San Francisco-based mindfulness teacher, coach, group facilitator, and founder of CoCreate Calm. Jessica helps individuals, groups, and teams navigate demanding lives with greater steadiness, self-awareness, and intention. She is a certified mindfulness teacher at the professional level, and her work is gro...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper is joined by Marshall Cole and Shahrad Milanfar for a sharp, timely conversation on what happens when technology, legal ethics, and real-world lawyering collide. The discussion opens with a remote deposition sanctions story involving an attorney allegedly texting a witness during testimony, a reminder that new tools can create old ethical problems in...

In this two-part episode, Miles Cooper takes a deeper look at happiness, achievement, and the mindset of people who are wired to strive. If you have not watched Part 1 yet, start there first for the foundation behind this discussion on happiness, achievement, and the striver mindset. Stream it here: - Youtube: https://youtu.be/DSXPp6ORjMg - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why...

In this two-part episode, Miles takes a deeper look at happiness, achievement, and the mindset of people who are wired to strive. Drawing from writers and thinkers including Arthur Brooks, Oliver Burkeman, Cal Newport, Greg McKeown, and Jim Collins, Miles explores why high-achieving people can accomplish a lot and still feel like the next case, goal, win, or milestone is not enough. He breaks down...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper and Shahrad Milanfar look at how AI is creating real legal consequences across product liability, privacy, discovery, copyright, and cybersecurity. They discuss recent verdicts involving Meta, Google, and YouTube, including New Mexico’s case against Meta, and what these outcomes may signal for future claims tied to social media, addictive design, and...

In this episode of Coopers' Code, Miles Cooper sits down with Andrea Posey and Corey Jollie, Coopers LLP, to unpack the Lockhart trucking case: a catastrophic crash on Portland, Oregon’s Fremont Bridge that left 37-year-old Air Force veteran Richard Lockhart with permanent T4 paraplegia after a Freightliner driver — fatigued and operating far beyond federal hours-of-service limits — slammed in...

Apple Podcasts & Spotify listeners: this episode features visual content. For a full experience, consider watching it on YouTube at this link: https://youtu.be/NvWADc6TnGA?si=5E8vI9HeZ0yRrEoJ Since our Monday drop day lined up with May 4th we decided to celebrate a day that has come to be known as May the Fourth Be With You, a nod to Star Wars. In this episode we look at the way of the Jedi La...

In Part 1 of this conversation, Nina shared the experiences that shaped her as a lawyer, from growing up in Kyiv during the Soviet era to building a plaintiff-side trial practice in California. She and Miles discussed discipline, preparation, authenticity in the courtroom, gender dynamics in litigation, motherhood, and what her time on the bench taught her about lawyers, courts, and the justice sy...

I’m very excited for this conversation with Nina Shapirshteyn, a partner at Abramson Smith Waldsmith LLP and one of California's most decorated plaintiff's trial lawyers. Nina represents individuals and families in serious injury and wrongful death cases, with a proven trial record. Nina was named Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association after securing a $79.8 millio...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code , Miles Cooper and Shahrad Milanfar look at how artificial intelligence is starting to move from theory into real legal and institutional settings. They discuss Los Angeles Superior Court’s reported AI pilot, Contra Costa County’s beta chatbot for court users, and the broader question of what happens when legal systems begin relying on tools that can summarize, ass...

As Coopers’ Code takes a short spring break, we’re bringing back a conversation from the archives that remains as powerful and relevant as ever. Full episode here: - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsrwuaXxneEaXa6lIR8Zw5BLdH0MoCRDn - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parking-while-black-%2411m-civil-rights-verdict-after/id1679622653?i=1000715124275 - Spotify: ht...

As Coopers’ Code takes a short spring break, we’re bringing back a conversation from the archives that feels especially useful for anyone spending long hours at a desk. Full episode here: - Youtube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsrwuaXxneEbAcvmNbukp2dDx_4WqhMth⁠ - Apple Podcast:⁠ ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lawyers-burnout-mobility-tips-for-staying-healthy-with/id1679622653?...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper continues the conversation with Peter Kirk, pivoting into the higher-exposure realities of claims handling. Peter breaks down how big files get assigned and valued, what shifts the number in complex injury cases like TBI, and how reserves move as new facts and records come in. They then get tactical about mediation mechanics, what changes when trial b...

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation on Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper sits down with Peter Kirk, discussing Peter’s decades-long career as a claims representative and how claims actually get evaluated from the carrier side. They walk through what makes and breaks a claim, what information moves the number early, and where communication gaps and misunderstandings between plaintiff lawyers and carr...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code , Miles Cooper is joined by regulars Marshall Cole and Shahrad Milanfar for another installment of This Month in Legal AI . The conversation shifts from how lawyers use AI to how AI itself is becoming central to litigation. The group explores AI as a potential product liability defendant in medical device cases, including a surgical system whose malfunction rate sp...

I’m very excited for this lien reduction strategy episode with Tim Michael, Pre-Litigation Manager at Coopers and lien Jedi master. Some folks do crossword puzzles or Wordle - Tim seems to have found his happy place in finding inconsistencies between health insurance contracts and the statutes they seek to avoid when claiming an interest in our clients’ recoveries. We discuss some ways to tackle l...

In Part 2 of this conversation on Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper and Todd Schneider pivot from trial execution to leadership, culture, and the long-term business of law. If you missed Part 1, stream it here: - Youtube: https://youtu.be/ea7JMNqyyF8 - Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lawyer-with-a-programmers-mindset-with-todd-schneider/id1679622653?i=1000750142434 - Spotify:...

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation on Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper sits down with Todd Schneider for a deep dive into how elite trial lawyers think about preparation, systems, and execution. Before founding Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP, Todd supplemented his income during law school as a database programmer. That early exposure to process and systems became a defining advantage when he e...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code , Miles Cooper with Shahrad Milanfar discuss the latest developments in AI and their legal implications. The conversation spans high-profile social media addiction litigation, including the prospect of Mark Zuckerberg testifying at trial, growing concerns over AI-driven content moderation, and the consolidation of power across major technology platforms. They also...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper continues with Mike Laurenson and Mollie Burks, of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, as the discussion moves from foundations to the courtroom. The episode centers on what happens when preparation meets pressure, and how experienced trial lawyers make decisions when the stakes are real.  If you missed Part 1, stream it here: - Youtube: https://youtu...

I’m very excited for this two-part conversation with the employment defense world’s power couple, Mollie Burks and Michael Laurenson. Both have decades at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, each establishing themselves in their own ways. Mollie rose from the tiny town of Tuolumne in California’s gold country to being co-managing partner for Gordon Rees’s Northern California region, developing a reputa...

In this episode of Coopers’ Code, Miles Cooper breaks down one of Larry Kern’s most memorable voir dire tools, the Jurometer. Sparked by a listener question, the discussion revisits Kern’s courtroom technique of using a simple object, often a stapler, to help jurors safely acknowledge bias in a way that feels natural, human, and even humorous. Miles walks through how the Jurometer works in real ti...