Kathy Jo Cook

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Consumer Law

Class Action, Lemon Law

Legal Malpractice

Medical Malpractice

Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors

Nursing Home Abuse

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

• Car Accidents
• Insurance Bad Faith

• Free Consultation

1st Circuit

Since 1996

Supreme Judical Court, Massachusetts

Since 1995

United States District Court, District of Massachusetts

Since 1996

Managing Member

KJC Law Firm, LLC

Current

Of Counsel

Neumann Law Group

2019 - Current

Partner

Wagner Cook Freiberger & Washienko, LLC, Boston, MA

2008 - 2010

Litigation Attorney

Keches & Mallen, P.C., Taunton, MA

1995 - 2008

Law Clerk

Lubin & Meyer, P.C., Boston, MA

1994 - 1995

Law Clerk

Office of the Attorney General, Trial Division, Boston, MA

1993 - 1994

Suffolk University Law School

J.D.

1995

Honors: Cum Laude; Trial and Advocacy Honors : National Champion, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Trial Competition, 1995; Regional Champion, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Trial Competition, 1995; Writing Honors : First Place, Judge John M. Manos Writing Competition, 1995 First Place, American Judges Association Competition, 1995; First Place, International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest, 1995; Academic Honors: American Jurisprudence Award, Evidence; Dean's List, 1993-1994; 1994-1995

University of Houston, Houston, TX

B.A. | Humanities

1992

Top 50 Women Lawyers in Massachusetts

Law & Politics Magazine (Best of Boston)

2008

Third Inductee

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers Hall of Fame, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY

2007

one of the top five "up and coming" attorneys in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

1999

Top Five Up and Coming Lawyers in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

1999

Super Lawyer

Law & Politics Magazine (Best of Boston)

2008 - present

AV Rating

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

2006 - present

100 Largest Verdicts & Settlements

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

2004, 2005

Boston Bar Association

Member

2007 - Current

Massachusetts Bar Association

Member

2004 - Current

Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts

Member

1998 - Current

Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys

Member

1995 - Current

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member

1995 - Current

TORT REFORM AND ITS EFFECTS, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley, MA

Guest Instructor

2004

Guest Instructor

Trial Advocacy, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA

1996 - 2004

National Trial Team, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA

Coach

1996 - 2000

Southern New England School of Law, Dartmouth, MA

Guest Instructor

1998

An Opinion: Federal Judges Misconstrue Rule 704 (Or Is That An Impermissible LegalConclusion)

43 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 45 (1995), reprinted in 32 CT. REV., WINTER 1995 at 33.

The Advisor

KECHES & MALLEN, P.C.

Thirty Years Later

WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW

Using Your Failures to Make a Difference

WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW

We’ve Come a Long Way

WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW

Together We Can Reach Equality

WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW

October, 2008

We Salute the Captain

WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW

August, 2008

Governor’s Councillor Manning Strikes Again

LAWYERS WEEKLY

June, 2008

Is Your Governor’s Councillor Representing You? Lessons from the Botsford Confirmation Hearing

Kathy Jo Cook, Esq. and Julia Huston, Esq. LAWYERS WEEKLY

October, 2007

Employment Issues Committee Launches Report on the Status of Women in the Law

WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW, Vol. 2, No. 2

2006

Loss of Chance is Not Junk Science

Letter to the Editor, LAWYERS WEEKLY

June, 2006

The Medical Malpractice Statute of Repose: When Should It Commence?

Barry D. Lang, M.D., Esq. and Kathy Jo Cook, Esq., MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION, SECTION REVIEW

2005

Jordan Sutter v. Pat Ohlbaum and Hensley Trucking Co., Inc., Tournament of Champions Trial Problem

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACY

1996

Reviving the Dying Spirit of Rule 704: Put the Legal Conclusion Doctrine to Rest

62 DEF COUNSEL J. 564

1995

Tort Reform and Its Effects, Wellesley, MA

Massachusetts Bay Community College

Guest Instructor 2004

Medical Malpractice, Boston, MA

Northeastern University

Guest Speaker, 1999

Trial Advocacy, Boston, MA

Suffolk University Law School

Guest Instructor, 1996-2004

Strategic Networking for Leaders Breakfast Series

Leading Women Central MA

2008

Trials facing Women Litigators & Tips for Success

Women’s Bar Association

Panelist, 2009

Jumpstarting Your Practice

Suffolk University Law School

2009, 2010

Zealously Representing & Protecting the Deponent, Civil Deposition Practice

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

2008-present

Ethical Issues, Civil Deposition Practice

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education

2008-present