Sirhan's more recent counsel has accused Cooper of deliberately throwing the Sirhan case as the result of a then-pending indictment against Cooper for possessing stolen transcripts of the grand jury proceedings in the Beverly Hills Friar's Club card cheating case.
Cooper, who faced the possibility of jail time, was eventually fined $1000.
[3] He also represented mob boss Johnny Roselli in the Friar's Club case.
Cooper has represented several Hollywood actors, including Joan Bennett and Shirley Temple in her divorce from John Agar.
[citation needed] From 1962 to 1963, Cooper was the president of the American College of Trial Lawyers.