After graduating law school in 1999, Jami served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert C. Chambers of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (Huntington Division). In June, 2001, Jami joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, where she served that firm’s litigation clients until June, 2007, when she and Dan formed Cooper Law Offices, PLLC.

Jami is admitted to practice before all West Virginia federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has served as an adjunct professor of Appellate Advocacy at the West Virginia University College of Law.

Jami is actively engaged in the legal community beyond her work as a lawyer, serving as member in the following organizations:

West Virginia State Bar
Board of Governors (2022-present)
Co-Chair, Women in the Profession Committee (2019-present)

Harrison County Bar Association
President (2022-2023)
Vice-President (2021-2022)
Secretary (2019-2020
Director (2013-2023)

National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations
Social Media Committee Chair (2021-present)
Board of Directors (2018-present)

West Virginia Women Attorneys
Secretary (2021-present)
Board of Directors (2018-present)

Jami was named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2021, and is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the American Bar Association, the Claims & Litigation Management Aliance, and the Excelsior Chapter (Bridgeport, WV) of BNI.

Jami graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from James Madison University and completed her legal education at the West Virginia University College of Law. While in law school, Jami served as a teaching assistant for the Legal Research and Writing department for two years, was a member of the Moot Court Board, received the Best Brief Award in the 1999 Rabbi Seymour Siegel Memorial Moot Court Competition at Duke University, received the Best Brief Award in the 1998 Baker Cup Moot Court Competition at West Virginia University, and was inducted into the Order of the Barristers.

In addition to her contributions to her clients and the legal community, Jami is an active member of the local community. Believing that our generation of parents faces unique and unprecedented safety concerns for their children, Jami, together with a former police officer and Internet-crime investigation trainer, volunteers her time coordinating and speaking to local middle and high-school aged children and their parents about the dangers presented by Internet-based platforms such as gaming systems and social media. These presentations include difficult topics such as how to recognize and address risky online behaviors in young people, predatory behaviors of cyber-criminals who target children, human trafficking, cyber-bullying and teen suicide.