John J. Cope
John J. Cope, licensed in 1993, is a graduate of The University of Texas School of Law where he received a Dean's Achievement Award in Insurance Law. He is a former senior real estate lending officer who specialized in residential interim construction. A seven-year felony prosecutor with the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office, Mr. Cope has extensive trial experience that includes non-death penalty capital murder. He currently concentrates his practice in the areas of title defense, mortgage lending transactions, debtor-creditor disputes, residential construction litigation, and commercial liability.
Admitted: 1993, Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
J.D., 1993
The University of Texas, Austin Texas
B.B.A., 1984
Activities:
2007 Birdville Independent School District Facility Design Committee
2006 Birdville Independent School District Bond Study Committee Sub-Committee Chairman
2004-2006 Artisan Theatre Center Board of Directors – Vice President, Finance
2004-2005 Birdville Independent School District Health Education Advisory Council
1996 Instructor, D.E.A. Drug Diversion Investigation Seminar
1996 Instructor, Texas D.P.S. Specialized Diversion Investigator’s School
1989 Adopt-A-School Company Chairman
- Outstanding Adoption, Fort Worth Independent School District
- Instructor, National Symposium on Partnership in Education
1988-1990 Neighborhood Housing Services of Fort Worth, Inc. Director and Loan Committee Member
Dean’s Achievement Award in Insurance Law, University of Texas School of Law
- Ralph W. Yarborough Native American Indian Scholarship
- President, Lawyer’s Christian Fellowship, University of Texas School of Law
Organizations:
State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; Texas Residential Construction Commission Arbitration Task Force