Harriet E. Cooperman

Harriet E. Cooperman
Primary Office
Outside the Firm

Public Service

  • Maryland Public Employee Relations Board Member, 2023 to present, appointed to a 6-year term by Governor Wes Moore
  • Maryland State Higher Education Labor Relations Board, appointed to consecutive terms by Governors Glendening, Ehrlich, O’Malley, and Hogan
    • Chair, 2020-2023
    • Vice Chair, 2002-2020
    • Member, 2001 – 2023

Professional Involvement    

  • American College of Trial Lawyers
    • Fellow
    • Maryland State Committee, 2013, 2018, 2025 to present
    • Co-Chair, Anatomy of a Trial: Teaching Trial Training Boot Camp, a one-day program, 2021 to present
  • The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
    • Fellow
    • Chair, Fourth Circuit Credentials Committee
  • Leadership Maryland
    • Member, Class of 2003
    • Former member, Selection Committee
  • Executive Alliance, formerly Network 2000
    • Treasurer and Executive Committee Member, 2010 to 2011
    • Co-Chair, Women of Excellence Committee, 2006 to 2009
    • Director, Board of Directors, 2006 to 2011
  • Maryland State Bar Association
    • Former Chairperson, Labor and Employment Law Section
    • Former Chairperson, Continuing Legal Education Committee,
  • Former Chairperson, Employer-Employee Relations Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association
  • Former Chairperson, Judicial Administration Committee, Baltimore City Bar Association
  • First President, Baltimore Women's Bar Association
  • American Bar Foundation
  • Maryland Bar Foundation
  • Baltimore Bar Foundation

Community Connections

  • Board of Directors, University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), 2015-2025
  • Director, Board of Directors, University System of Maryland Foundation
  • Member, Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of Law
  • Co-Chair, Authors Committee, Annapolis Book Festival
  • Former Member, Executive Committee, United Way of Central Maryland Women's Leadership Council
  • Trustee, Board of Trustees, Living Classrooms Foundation, 2002-2008
  • Director, Board of Directors, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, 2008-2009
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Daily Record, 1999-2005