Writer & Speaker

As Principal of Cartography Consulting, Cooper Shattuck is a prolific writer and speaker on legal marketing and law office management topics. Cooper frequently speaks on law office management and marketing topics including, but not limited to:

• Legal Marketing 101

• Lawyer University. Marketing 201: Why, How & What to Watch Out For

• 10 Do’s & Don’ts of Crisis Communications

• Marketing & Advertising: An Ethics Perspective

• Annual Ethics & Legal Marketing Update

• ​Do's and Don'ts of Ethical Legal Marketing

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Cooper Shattuck has been a registered mediator since 1998 and has extensive negotiation and mediation experience. In addition to this 30 years' practice experience in state and federal courts handling many complex litigation matters, he served as Adjunct Professor at The University of Alabama School of Law for over 14 years, teaching classes including Alternative Dispute Resolution and Negotiations. Cooper also completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation's Executive Training Program and has served on the Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution for over ten years. He is a frequent CLE speaker. In addition to his own law practice, he co-founded Cartography Consulting in 2017, providing marketing solutions and consulting services to lawyers and law firms. 

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Cooper created Alabama Mediation Training in 2019 and serves as an Instructor for its 20-hour Civil Mediation Training, 40-hour Domestic Mediation Training, and advanced mediation and negotiation courses. As the creator and principal instructor of Alabama Mediation Training, he is also a prolific writer and speaker on mediation, arbitration, and negotiation topics including, but not limited to:

• Alabama Mediation Training

  • 20-Hour Civil Domestic Mediation Training Course

  • 40-Hour Domestic Mediation Training Course

  • Marketing Your Mediation Practice

• Top 10 Mistakes Made in Mediation

• Top 10 Mistakes Made in Auto Accident Mediations

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

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​​Throughout his over 30+ year career, Cooper has been a prolific writer with articles and white papers published in numerous publications and a popular speaker on legal topics. As principal of Cooper Shattuck, LLC, he continues to contribute to publications such as the Alabama State Bar's journal, The Alabama Lawyer. ​

Cooper Shattuck frequently writes and speaks on legal topics including, but not limited to:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Ethics

• The Disciplinary Process

• Commercial Law

• Construction Law

• Intellectual Property

• New Alabama Firearms Laws

• New Immigration Act

• Surety Law​

Cooper Shattuck frequently writes and speaks on ethics topics including, but not limited to:

• Legal Professional Responsibility

• State of Alabama Ethics

• Marketing & Advertising: An Ethics Perspective

• Annual Ethics & Legal Marketing Update

• Do's and Don'ts of Ethical Legal Marketing

Cooper Shattuck frequently writes and speaks on environmental topics including, but not limited to:

• Deepwater Horizon 10 Years Later: Lessons Learned for Restoration Planning

• The BP Oil Spill

• Think Green

• Status of the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment

• Natural Resource Damage Assessment

• Deepwater Horizon/BP Oil Spill

• Environmental Law

Cooper Shattuck frequently speaks on team building topics including, but not limited to:

• StrengthsFinder

• Strengths-Based Leadership

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

• Who Moved My Cheese?

Each month, Cooper Shattuck hosts and speaks at The Tavern, a group of Christians who, at one time or another, have felt disconnected or out-of-place at church. The Tavern-goers seek to share and experience God’s love and their called purpose, as they connect or reconnect with God and other believers.

Cooper Shattuck wasn’t a playwright, but he had stories to tell. His mother, Judy Shattuck, was also a storyteller who often used old photo albums to tell them. A photo from her wedding album sparked a story that inspired Cooper's inaugural, award-winning play,  “Love and Cheese Toast,” a play that discusses racism, discrimination, and guilt for one family, beginning in 1960s Alabama through the present day.  

Cooper turned his family story into a play with the help of the director Tina Turley at Theatre Tuscaloosa. It was showcased at the American Association of Community Theatre’s virtual AACTFest 2021, where two of its actors won awards for Acting in a Featured Role.

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Cooper is workshopping another play, "First and Kin," which is a heart-warming comedy involving family, college football, and food, from Thanksgiving to Christmas. He also has other plays in the works.

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Cooper has also completed the manuscript for a self-help book for those contemplating marriage, "M's for Marriage.  A Guide For Every Couple." He is also working on a novel (though not strenuously) and has outlined another.  Maybe someday...