Jump To Navigation
Reputation. Experience. Success

Attorneys

Kate S. Cook 
Columbus, Georgia
Associate
phone 706-322-1990
800-233-4086 (Toll Free)
fax 706-323-2962
email Email Me

KATE S. COOK.  B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1998, University of the South; J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2002, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University; Woodruff Scholar.  Eleventh Circuit Survey Editor, Mercer Law Review, 2001-02.  Member, Mercer Law Review, 2000-02.  Brainerd Currie Honor Society.  Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence: Property, Contracts, Legal Writing II, Commercial Payment Systems and Civil Procedure.  Pupil, William A. Bootle American Inn of Court, Macon, Georgia, 2001-02.  Author, Why You Should Always Ask Your Urologist If He Is a Cocaine Addict: Albany Urology Clinic, P.C. v. Cleveland, 52 Mercer L. Rev. 1159 (2001).  Law Clerk to the Honorable Clay D. Land, Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division, 2002-04.  Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Committee, 2005; State Bar of Georgia Younger Lawyers; Columbus Bar; Columbus Chapter of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Secretary, 2004-05. Girl Scouts of Concharty Council, Inc., Board of Directors (2005- present).  Admitted to practice in Georgia.
Bar Admissions:
Georgia, 2002
Education:
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 2002
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Woodruff Scholar
Honors: Brainerd Currie Honor Society
Honors: Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence: Property, Contracts, Legal Writing II
Honors: CALI Award for Excellence: Commercial Payment Systems & Civil Procedure
Honors: Pupil, William A. Bottle American Inn of Court, Macon, Georgia
Law Review: Mercer Law Review, Eleventh Circuit Survey Editor, 2001 - 2002
Law Review: Mercer Law Review, Member, 2000 - 2002


University of the South, 1998
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major:  Russian


Published Works:
Why You Should Always Ask Your Urologist If He Is a Cocaine Addict: Albany Urology Clinic, P.C. v. Cleveland, 52 Mercer L. Rev. 1159, 2001


Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 56 Mercer L. Rev. 433, 2004


Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 57 Mercer L. Rev. 381, 2005


Honors and Awards:
Board of Directors for The Girl Scouts of Concharty Council, Inc., 2004 - Present


Amicus Committee for Georgia Trial Layers Association, 2005 - Present


Corporate Sponsorship Chair, Muscogee County American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, 2006 - Present


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association
Member


State Bar of Georgia
Member


Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Member


State Bar of Georgia Younger Lawyers
Member


Columbus Bar
Member


Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Columbus Chapter, 2006 - Present
President


Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Columbus Chapter, 2005 - 2006
Vice-President


Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Columbus Chapter, 2004 - 2005
Secretary


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Clay D. Land, Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division, Law Clerk, 2002 - 2004
Success Stories

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

More Verdicts

Columbus
105 13th Street
P.O. Box 2766
Columbus, GA 31902
FAX 706.323.2962
706.322.1990
1.800.233.4086

Atlanta
2719 Buford Highway
Atlanta, GA 30324
FAX 404.321.1713
404.321.1700
1.800.242.2962


FirmSite® by FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business.

With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.