Allison Cooper, Estate Planning Attorney
About Allison

A fourth-generation Kentucky attorney with your full financial picture in view.

My great-grandfather was a Louisville attorney — a graduate of the Jefferson School of Law, which later merged with the University of Louisville to become what is now the Brandeis School of Law. Generations later, I graduated from that same school. I was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 2015, Ohio in 2016, and Indiana in 2017 — because estate planning doesn’t stop at state lines and neither should your attorney.

Before law school, I graduated summa cum laude from Western Kentucky University in 2012 with a degree in communications and a minor in psychology — in two years, because I am a compulsive planner. I mapped every course requirement against every semester’s schedule until graduation turned into a logic puzzle I could solve early. That same instinct is how I approach estate planning now: methodical, thorough, and always thinking three steps ahead.

After law school, I practiced in contract litigation and creditors’ rights — representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, handling proofs of claim, plan objections, and reaffirmation agreements. I saw firsthand what happens when families don’t have a plan — the cost, the conflict, the things that could have been prevented. That experience changed the direction of my career.

I went back to school for accounting so I could sit for the CPA exams. I did a tax season and learned I don’t actually like doing taxes — but I loved working in wealth management, where law, finance, tax, and insurance all converge around one goal: protecting the people you love. I earned my CFP® because I wanted to understand the full financial picture, not just the legal one.

I would still be in wealth management if not for one thing: I will always feel like a protector. To me, that is what being a lawyer means. It is the greatest privilege to be able to hold someone’s hand who is scared and say — you are not alone. I am going to help you.

That’s why I built Cooper Law. Not to be the biggest firm or the most expensive. To be the attorney who sees your whole picture — legal, tax, financial — and builds a plan that actually protects the people you love.

— Allison

J.D. CPA CFP® Licensed KY · IN · OH
What sets Cooper Law apart

The whole picture — not just the legal one.

Most estate planning attorneys draft a trust and hand it back. I understand how your life insurance, retirement accounts, beneficiary designations, and tax situation interact with your estate plan — because I’ve worked on that side of the table too.

Estate planning is never just about documents. It is about people — their children, their businesses, their homes, their relationships, their fears, and their hopes for the future. The legal plan only works if it fits the real-life picture around it. That is why I take a comprehensive approach to planning — one that considers not just the legal structure, but the financial and practical realities too.

I’m also deeply aware of one uncomfortable truth: almost everyone waits too long.

People avoid estate planning because thinking about incapacity, illness, or death is hard. Sometimes it takes a medical diagnosis, an upcoming surgery, or a family crisis before the planning suddenly becomes urgent. When that happens, families don’t need judgment. They need clarity, guidance, and someone who can move quickly. I have seen this firsthand — a client given two weeks to live with no documents in place. That is not an unusual situation in my practice, and it is exactly why I built Cooper Law to handle those moments.

I built Cooper Law to be operationally efficient without sacrificing quality — because when families are facing difficult moments, timing matters. My goal is to create thoughtful, comprehensive plans in a way that feels approachable, organized, and responsive rather than overwhelming.

Transparency

You deserve to know the cost before you commit.

Estate planning is an important investment, and I believe people should be able to understand the cost of working with an attorney before they ever schedule a consultation. That is why I openly share pricing information and offer payment options. Protecting the people you love should not feel inaccessible or confusing.

Choosing to create a plan is an act of love. My job is simply to help people carry it through.

The difference it makes

Three credentials. One plan that actually works.

Most people work with a separate attorney, CPA, and financial advisor — and hope those three people are talking to each other. At Cooper Law, all three perspectives are already in the room.

Your attorney sees the legal picture

Who gets what. How assets transfer. Whether your documents hold up in court. What happens to your minor children. The formal legal structure of your plan.

Your CPA sees the tax picture

How assets are titled. Estate tax implications. Income tax considerations at death. Whether the structure of your plan creates unintended tax consequences.

Your CFP® sees the financial picture

How your retirement accounts fit in. Whether beneficiary designations align with your plan. How wealth transfers to the next generation efficiently.

When one person holds all three lenses, the gaps disappear. You get a plan where the legal structure, the tax strategy, and the financial picture all speak the same language — because they were designed together.

Who we serve

Estate planning is for everyone who loves someone.

Cooper Law serves all kinds of families — traditional, blended, single-parent, LGBTQ+, multi-generational, multi-faith, multi-cultural, chosen family. Every family looks a little different, and a good estate plan reflects yours. If you love someone — a partner, a child, a sibling, a friend, a parent — this work is for you.

Allison is also the founder of Redhead Wealth, a financial education platform focused on helping people build financial confidence through books and educational content.

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