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Kate S. Cook
Columbus, Georgia

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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

$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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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.