Practice areas: Personal Injury, Consumer Law, Employment Litigation; view more
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 1995
Education: Suffolk University Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2025 
Free Consultation Sheff & Cook, LLC
The Daniel Webster Suite10 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-227-7000 Email: Kathy Jo Cook Visit website
Kathy Jo Cook is a senior and founding partner of Sheff & Cook, LLC in Boston. She represents individuals and businesses in the trial and appeal of civil of catastophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, and she also represents individuals in legal malpractice, consumer protection and employment discrimination claims.
Kathy Jo is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, an organization which is open only to those with significant trial experience. In 1999, she was named by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly as one of the top five "up and coming" attorneys in Massachusetts, and in 2007, she became the third lawyer ever to be inducted into the Lawyers Weekly "Hall of Fame."
Kathy Jo is the 2023-2024 President of the Massachusetts Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates. Kathy Jo was the 2019 President of the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and the 2008-2009 President of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts. Kathy Jo currently serves on the boards and committees of a number of bar associations, including the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Boston Bar Association.
Kathy Jo is an honors graduate of Suffolk University Law School and the University of Houston.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Consumer Law, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Professional Liability: PlaintiffFirst Admitted: 1995, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://www.neumannlawgroup.com/kathy-jo-cooke.html
Bar / Professional Activity
- Trustee, Lawyers for Action PAC, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2010 - present
- President, Massachusetts Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, 2023-2024
- Civil Gideon Task Force, Boston Bar Association, 2008 - 2010
- Co-Chair, Plain English Jury Instruction Project, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2009 - 2014
- President, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2019-2020
- Chair, Judicial Administration Section Council, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2006 - 2008
- President, Women's Bar Association, 2008-2009
- Board of Governors, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2008 - present
- Co-Chair, Legislative Committee, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, 2010 - 2014
- Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section Council, Boston Bar Association, 2008 - 2010
- Strategic Planning Committee, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2008
- Board of Directors, Women's Bar Association, 2005 - 2012
- Executive Committee, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, 2010 - present
- Executive Committee, Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, 2010 - 2014
- Diversity & Inclusion Section Council, Boston Bar Association, 2008 - 2010
- Standing Court Management Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2008
- Co-Chair, Juror Communications Task Force, Massachusetts Bar Association, 2006
Educational Background
- Suffolk University Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1995
Honors
- 2007, Hall of Fame, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
- 1999, Top Five Up & Coming Lawyers, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
- 2008 - present, Superb, AVVO
- 2006 - present, AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell
Office location for Kathy Jo Cook
The Daniel Webster Suite
10 Tremont Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2025