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Matthew E. Cook
Columbus, Georgia

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MATTHEW E. COOK. B.A., 1996, Piedmont College; J.D., Cum Laude, 1999, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University. Member, Mercer Law Review, 1997-99; Brainerd Currie Honor Society; Recipient, CALI Award for Excellence: Criminal Law, Statutory Analysis, Constitutional Law, Legal Writing II, and Advance Legal Research. Recipient, Thomas Ryals Foundation and Mercer Law School Merit Scholarships. Author, U.S. v. Mitchell: The Fifth Amendment At Sentencing, 49 Mercer L. Rev. 865 (1998); Co-Author, Trial Practice & Procedure, 51 Mercer L. Rev. 487 (1999), Trial Practice & Procedure, 52 Mercer L. Rev. 447 (2000), Trial Practice & Procedure, 53 Mercer L. Review 475 (2001). Member, American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; American Trial Lawyers Association; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; and Columbus Younger Lawyers Club. Admitted to practice in Georgia.

Areas of Practice:: Motor Vehicle Accidents; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Slip and Fall; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice

Bar Admissions:: Georgia, 1999; U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2000

Education:: Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 1999
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Brainerd Currie Honor Society
Law Review: Mercer Law Review, Member, 1997 - 1999; Piedmont College, Demorest, Georgia, USA, 1996
B.A.

Published Works:: Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 51 Mercer L. Rev. 487, 1999; US v. Mitchell: The Fifth Amendment at Sentencing, 49 Mercer L. Rev. 865, 1998; Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 52 Mercer L. Rev. 447, 2000; Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 53 Mercer L. Rev. 475, 2001

Honors and Awards:: Recipient of CALI Awards for Excellence: Criminal Law, Statutory Analysis, Constitutional Law, Legal Writing II, & Advanced Legal Research, 1996 - 1999; Recipient of Thomas Ryals Foundation and Mercer Law School Merit Scholarships

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; State Bar of Georgia; Member; American Trial Lawyers Association; Member; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Member; Columbus Younger Lawyers Club; Member

$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

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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
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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.