Kate S. Cook

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Gainesville, Georgia

Cook Law Group, LLC
Kate S. Cook
Cook Law Group, LLC

Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Appellate, Business Litigation; view more

Licensed in Georgia since: 2002

Education: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2025 Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2016

Cook Law Group, LLC

800 Jesse Jewell Parkway SW
Suite 100
Gainesville, GA 30501 Visit website

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Partner at Cook Law Group LLC, Kate S. Cook represents clients in the state of Georgia who have sustained injuries at the hands of another individual or entity. Her personal injury practice focuses on brain injuries, wrongful death, trucking accidents and car accidents. She has almost two decades of experience writing, researching, preparing and managing cases with several different firms, and she was an adjunct professor for the Mercer University School of Law.

Ms. Cook attended The University of the South, where she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Russian. At Mercer University School of Law, she earned her Juris Doctor when she again graduated magna cum laude as a Woodruff Scholar and member of the Brainerd F. Currie Honors Society. She is now admitted to practice in the state of Georgia and is passionate about providing high-quality legal representation to the injured.

A current member and former associate director of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Cook has been involved in many professional organizations throughout her career. These include the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, the Mercer University School of Law Board of Visitors, the Ohio Association for Justice, the Columbus Bar Association and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.

 

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Appellate, Business Litigation, Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff, Professional Liability: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Appeals, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Medical Devices, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Professional Malpractice - Other, Trade Secret, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 40% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
  • 20% Appellate
  • 10% Business Litigation
  • 10% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
  • 10% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
  • 10% Professional Liability: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 2002, Georgia

Professional Webpage: https://www.cook-lawgroup.com/kate-cook.html

Bar/Professional Activity:
  •  Middle District of Georgia Magistrate Judge Review and Selection Panel, Member, 2004
  • Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Committee, 2005-08
  • Middle District of Georgia Attorney Discipline and Grievance Committee, Member, 2010
  • Columbus Bar Association, Law Day Essay Committee, 2009
  • Columbus Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary, 2005-08
  • Columbus Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary/Treasurer, 2008-11
  • State Bar of Georgia, Bench & Bar Committee, 2010-12
  • Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Columbus Chapter, Secretary, 2004-05
  • Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Columbus Chapter, Vice-President, 2005-06
  • Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Columbus Chapter, President, 2006-07
  • State Bar of Georgia, Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 2016-present
  • Columbus Inn of Court, Founding Member and Administrator, 2010-2011
  • 11th Circuit Liaison to The American Inns of Court, 2013-15
  • E. Wycliffe Orr Inn of Court, Member, 2012 - present
  • E. Wycliffe Orr Inn of Court, Membership Chair, 2015 - Present
  • 2016 Class, Leadership Hall County
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  •  $6 milllion verdict for construction wrongful death case in Forsyth County Superior Court, North Carolina (Connell v. Lyndon Steel Company LLC)., 2019
  • $4.75 million county record verdict in personal injury tractor-trailer case in Mitchell County State Court, Georgia (Murphy v. Emery Farm & Transportation, et al.), 2015
  • $2.515 million verdict in Superior Court, Gwinnett County, for wrongful death (Marrero v. Polo, Civil Action No. 10A07862-4), 2014
  • $2.7 million verdict in low speed rear impact case in Cobb County State Court, Georgia (Smith v. White Oak Landscape Co., Inc. et al.), 2018
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, State Parliamentarian, 2014-2018, State Recording Secretary 2018-20
  • Rotary Club of Gainesville, Member 2014-present
  • Junior League of Hall County, 2011-2012
  • Junior League of Columbus, Member, 2005-2011
  • Girl Scouts of America, Member, 2004-08
  • Board of Directors of the Concharty Council
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, Member, 2005-present
  • Hall County Chamber of Commerce, Member, 2014-present
  • Hall County Chamber of Commerce, Associate Director, 2016-present
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, State Officer, Hon. Chapter Regent, 2012-2016, Former National Vice-Chair, 2013-16
  • Rotary Club of Gainesville, Membership Committee, 2014-Present
Honors/Awards:
  • Certificate of Commendation from Committee on Professionalism, Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Leadership Hall County Class of 2016
  • Outstanding Junior Member for the State of Georgia, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2011
  • Recognition for Exceptional Contribution to the Columbus Inn of Court, 2011
  • Walter F. George School of Law, Board of Visitors, 2015-present
  • Mercer University National Board of Alumni, 2011-2013
  • Walter F. George School of Law Board of Alumni, Vice-President, 2010-11
  • Walter F. George School of Law Board of Alumni, Secretary, 2009-10
  • Research Assistant to Professor Linda Edwards (Legal Writing), Walter F. George School of Law
  • Walter F. George School of Law Board of Alumni, President, 2011-2013
  • CALI/Book Awards: Civil Procedure, Legal Writing II, Property, Contracts, Commercial Payment Systems, Walter F. George School of Law
  • Woodruff Scholar, Walter F. George School of Law
  • Brainerd F. Currie Honors Society, Walter F. George School of Law
Educational Background:
  • University of the South, Sewanee, TN, B.A. (Russian), Minor in Political Science, Honors: Order of the Gown, Biehl Grant for International Research, Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honors Fraternity, magna cum laude, 1998
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 61 Mercer L. Rev. 363 (2009)
  • GTLA Annual Conference and CLEs, Speaker and Writer
  • Case Note: 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)
  • Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 59 Mercer L. Rev. 423 (2007)
  • Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 60 Mercer L. Rev. 397 (2008)
  • Law Review: Eleventh Circuit Survey Editor, Walter F. George School of Law
  • Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 62 Mercer L. Rev. 339 (2010)
  • Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 63 Mercer L. Rev. 359 (2011)
  • Trial Practice & Procedure (Co-Author), 64 Mercer L. Rev. 305 (2012)
  • Adjunct Professor, Advanced Contracts Drafting, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, GA, 2013 - 2016

Office location for Kate S. Cook

800 Jesse Jewell Parkway SW
Suite 100
Gainesville, GA 30501

Phone: 678-940-9454

Selections

9 Years Super Lawyers
3 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2017 - 2025
  • Rising Stars: 2014 - 2016

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