Matthew P. Cook
Work in Kerrick Bachert, PSC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Insurance, Employment, Medical Malpractice
1025 State Street, Bowling Green, KY 42101
About Matthew P. Cook
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Employment
- Medical Malpractice
Education
- Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1998J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994B.A.
- Major: Political Science
- Honors: With Honors
- Honors: University of North Carolina Bowling Green Area Alumni Club, Founder and President
Representative Cases
- James v. Meow Media, Inc., 300 F.3d 683 (6th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1159 (2003)
- Estill Co. Bd. of Educ. v. Zurich Ins. Co., 84 Fed. Appx. 516 (6th Cir. 2003)
- Williams v. Tyco Elec. Corp., 161 Fed. Appx. 526 (6th Cir. 2006)
- Travelers Indem. Co. v. Bowling Green Prof. Assocs., PLC, 495 F.3d 266 (6th Cir. 2007)
- Hackworth v. Guyan Heavy Equip., Inc., 613 F.Supp.2d 908 (E.D. Ky. 2009)
- Evanston Ins. Co. v. Housing Authority of Somerset, 658 Fed. Appx. 799 (6th Cir. 2016)
- Black v. Dixie Cons. Prods. LLC, 835 F.3d 579 (6th Cir. 2016), cert. denied, 137 S.Ct. 2294 (2017)
- Farmland Mut. Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 36 S.W.3d 368 (Ky. 2000)
- Western Kentucky Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. Revenue Cabinet, 80 S.W.3d 787 (Ky. App. 2001)
- Lafleur v. Shoney’s, Inc., 83 S.W.3d 474 (Ky. 2002)
- Deerfield Ins. Co. v. Warren Co. Fiscal Court ex rel. City-County Planning Comm’n, 88 S.W.3d 867 (Ky. App. 2002)
- MGA Ins. Co. v. Glass, 131 S.W.3d 775 (Ky. App. 2004)
- Olfice, Inc. v. Wilkey, 173 S.W.3d 226 (Ky. 2005)
- Warren Co. Citizens for Managed Growth, Inc. v. Board of Comm’rs of City of Bowling Green, 207 S.W.3d 7 (Ky. App. 2006)
- Emberton v. GMRI, Inc., 299 S.W.3d 565 (Ky. 2009)
- McDonald’s Corp. v. Ogborn, 309 S.W.3d 274 (Ky. App. 2009)
- Western Kentucky Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. Runyon, 410 S.W.3d 113 (Ky. 2013)
- Fraser v. Miller, 427 S.W.3d 182 (Ky. 2014)
- Carter v. Paschall Truck Lines, Inc., 388 F.Supp.3d 883 (W.D.Ky. 2019)
- Offutt v Warren County Regional Jail, 109 Fed. Appx. (6th Cir. 2004)
- Estes v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 542 F.Supp.3d 585 (E.D. Ky. 2021), aff’d by 23 F.4th 695 (6th Cir. 2022)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Kentucky, 1998
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2000
- U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1999
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2001
Other Affiliations
- Louisville Bar Association (Member)
- Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Member-Board of Directors)
- Kentucky Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Federal Bar Association (Member)
- Kentucky Bar Association, Board of Governors (Member)
- Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association, 2010 (President)
- Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Vice-President)
- Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Treasurer)
- Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Secretary)
- Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Director)
- Kentucky Bar Association, Budget and Finance Committee (Member)
- KBA Annual Convention, 2017 (CLE Program Chair)
Articles
Published Works
- Chapter, "Closing Arguments" (Co-Author), Kentucky Civil Practice at Trial, 2nd Ed., University of Kentucky Continuing Legal Education Series
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- 43 years of experiencePersonal Injury, Product Liability, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Insurance
Nearby Lawyers
- Insurance
- Employment
- Medical Malpractice
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