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GRANT COOK
Practice
Trial
Energy
Arbitration
Mediation
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PRACTICE DESCRIPTION
Grant Cook represents clients in general civil and complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate level. He focuses his practice on lender liability claims, securities fraud, energy contract disputes, professional liability, shareholder derivative actions, hostile takeovers, general contract disputes, common law fraud, business torts, libel and slander, intellectual property disputes, trade secrets, construction litigation, and partnership disputes. He has served in arbitrations conducted by the American Arbitration Association in the role of both neutral and party arbitrator. He also has conducted mediations, after completing the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center Mediation Course at the University of Houston in 2003. | |
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REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIONS
Represented Fortune 500 energy company in gas supply contract litigation;
Represented NYSE company in litigation involving a defective product;
Represented attorney in professional liability litigation;
Represented investment banking organization in fee dispute;
Defense of multi-state bank holding company in shareholder litigation;
Representation of Fortune 500 energy company in complex regulatory-related litigation;
Representation of general partners in securities fraud litigation;
Representation of property owners in complex insurance litigation;
Representation of individual investors in commercial fraud litigation;
Representation of individuals in real estate contract litigation;
Representation of inventors in intellectual property litigation;
Executive contract dispute against Fortune 500 company;
Representation of attorneys in law firm fee dispute;
Representation of ASE member in intellectual property dispute;
Representation of oil and gas lease owners against Fortune 500 company in gas purchase agreement litigation.
DISTINCTIONS/HONORS
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (since 1983)
Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates (since 2010)
Best Lawyers in America - 2007
Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly; 2003-2004, 2006, 2007
Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas; 2004, 2006
Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities; 1961
Who's Who in the South and Southwest; 1975-1976
Who's Who in America; 1976-1977
International Who's Who of Intellectuals; 1978
Who's Who in American Law; 1985-1986
ACTIVITIES
Member, Houston Bar Association
Member, Bar Association of Fifth Circuit
Member, State Bar of Texas; Founding Member and Chairman, School Law Section of State Bar of Texas, 1970
Member, Bar Association of New York
APPOINTMENTS
Texas Judicial Council, appointment by Gov. Dolph Briscoe, 1978-1982
Texas Film Commission, appointment by Gov. Mark White, 1986
EDUCATION
A.A. White Mediation Institute – University of Houston School of Law, 2003
LL.B., Baylor Law School, 1961, Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1960-1961
B.A.,Tulane University, 1958
BAR ADMISSIONS
Texas, 1961
New York, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 1970
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1963
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1963
U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Texas, 1963
U.S. District Court, Northern District, Texas, 1963
U.S. District Court, Southern District, Texas, 1963
U.S. District Court, Western District, Texas, 1963
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