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William J. Cook

William J. Cook

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Business Law, Employment, Securities, Insurance, Personal Injury
610 East Zack Street, Suite 505, Tampa, FL 33602

    About William J. Cook

    Practice Areas
    • Business Law
    • Employment
    • Securities
    • Insurance
    • Personal Injury
    Education
    • Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1993
      J.D.
      • Honors: cum laude
      • Honors: Finalist, Scribes National Note and Comment Competition, 1992-1993
      • Honors: Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Book Award in Business Associations
      • Law Review: Stetson Law Review, Notes Editor
    • Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1990
      B.A.
    Representative Cases
    • Peterson v. Morton F. Plant Hosp. Ass'n, Inc. 656 So. 2d 501 ,(Fla. 2d DCA 1995)
    • Key Club Associates, Limited Partnership v. Mayer 718 So. 2d 346 ,(Fla. 2d DCA 1998)
    • Rice v. NITV, LLC 19 So. 3d 1095 ,(Fla. 2d DCA 2009)
    • Alderman v. BCI 68 So. 3d 396 ,(Fla. 2d DCA 2011)
    • Axiom Worldwide, Inc. Excite Medical Corp. 2014 WL 6234006 (11th Cir. 2014)
    • Medco Data, LLC v. Bailey 2014 WL 6677204 ,(Fla. 2d DCA 2014)
    Classes and Seminars
    • "Insurance Law: Third Party Coverage in Florida", National Business Institute, - 1998
    • "Basic Tort Law for the Florida Paralegal", National Business Institute, - 1999
    • "Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Florida", National Business Institute, - 1999
    • "Protecting the Legal Rights of Florida Citizens in Consumer Transactions", National Business Institute, - 2003
    • "Florida Legal Ethics", Lorman Business Services, - 2001
    • "Rules and Procedures for Federal Court Success:, National Business Institute, - 2008
    • "Effective Case Presentations at Trial", National Business Institute, - 2012
    • "Building Your Civil Trial Skills", National Business Institute, - 2012

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • Florida, 1993
    • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1995
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2001
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1994
    • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2013
    • U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 2013
    Other Affiliations
    • Hillsborough County Bar Association (Member)
    • Florida Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section)
    Past Positions
    • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Hon. Elizabeth A. Kovachevich, Intern, 1993

    Articles

    Published Works
    • Note, From Insider Trading to Unfair Trading: Chestman II and Rule 14e-3, 22 Stetson L. Rev. 171, 1992
    • "Getting Slam-Dunked on Appeal", The Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer, April, 1998
    • Damages (Co-author), Alpert's Florida Practice Handbook, 1995 and current supplement
    • Florida Practice Handbook, Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law (Co-author), 1998

    Office Info

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    William J. Cook
    Phone:
    (800) 539-5728
    Website:
    https://www.barkercook.com/https://www.barkercook.com/blog
    Address:
    610 East Zack Street, Suite 505, Tampa, FL 33602
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