EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (undergraduate)

Notable personal detailsJoseph Patrick “J.P.” Cooney is an attorney and former federal prosecutor who became a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Virginia. He served for nearly two decades as a federal prosecutor, including leadership roles focused on fraud and public corruption in Washington, D.C., and later worked in Jack Smith’s Special Counsel’s Office as principal deputy. He is from Arlington, Virginia, and has operated a small law practice while campaigning.