Roy Cooper

Roy Cooper serves as North Carolina's Attorney General to fight crime and protect consumers. He was first elected in 2000 and will begin his third term in 2009. Roy Cooper was born in Nash County, NC in 1957, attended public schools and worked summers on the farm. His mother, Beverly Cooper, worked as a school teacher and his father, Roy Cooper Jr., farmed and practiced law. He attended UNC Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar and later received his law degree. Before becoming Attorney General, Roy Cooper practiced law and served in the legislature as House Judiciary Chair and later Senate Judiciary Chair and Majority Leader. Roy Cooper is a Sunday School teacher and has served as an elder and deacon. He tutors children at a local middle school and has led fundraising for the March of Dimes, Barium Springs Home for Children and the United Way. He and his wife, Kristin, who is also an attorney, have three children, Hilary, 23, Natalie, 15, and Claire, 14.