John T. Cooper

John T. Cooper is the executive vice president and general counsel for Endeavor’s Events, Experiences & Rights and Sports Data & Technology divisions, including IMG Media and Events, IMG Arena, Professional Bull Riders, IMG Global Licensing, the 160X90 agency, Endeavor Streaming, and Endeavor Experiences (including On Location). He leads a group of over 60 legal professionals located in the United States and in global offices, and partners with Endeavor executives in negotiating programming, content, talent and digital rights transactions. He also works closely with TKO Holdings, supporting commercial legal work for the WWE professional wrestling organization and the UFC MMA promotion. 

Previously, he was senior vice president and associate general counsel at Turner Broadcasting, where he handled legal matters for TBS, TNT, truTV, Turner Classic Movies and Turner Sports, including all of Turner’s television sports programming (e.g., NBA on TNT, MLB on TBS) and sports digital properties like NBA Digital and Bleacher Report. In addition, Cooper was the team counsel for the Atlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers and was the sole attorney for the 1998, 2000 and 2001 Goodwill Games. Prior to his work with Turner, he was as an associate attorney for Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) in Atlanta.

Cooper earned his law degree magna cum laude from Indiana University (Bloomington) in 1992 and his undergraduate degree in industrial management with a minor in industrial engineering from Purdue University in 1989.