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| | Address | | Missouri Commons, Suite 185, 1440 East Missouri | | Phoenix, Arizona 85014 | | (Maricopa Co.) | | | |
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| Robert McConnell Cook, Sr. practices in the following areas of law:
Agricultural Law, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy, Labor and Employment Law, Trials. | | Year Established: 1980 | Firm Profile:
Robert M. Cook is a nationally recognized livestock attorney. Mr. Cook practices in Phoenix, Arizona, one of the leading agricultural areas, particularly in produce. He has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1970 and is a member of the Missouri Bar and the State Bar of Nebraska. Mr. Cook attended the State University of Iowa, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1964, and he obtained a Juris Doctorate in 1970 from Arizona State University. He commenced his practice in 1970 as an associate with Brown and Bain of Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Cook has rather often participated as a presenter in Agricultural Law, Bankruptcy, Taxation, Employment Law, and Ethics CLE Seminars. He has also made presentations before Congress. He served as an original presenter on agricultural law on Martindale-Hubbell's web site (http://www.lawyers.com "Ask A Lawyer"). Before he became an attorney, Mr. Cook owned and operated the Valentine Livestock Market in Valentine, Nebraska, and was a Market Agency and Livestock Dealer. He is an auctioneer. Throughout his career, Mr. Cook has represented livestock markets, cattle feeders, packers, produce companies, farmers, ranchers and livestock dealers. He has tried in excess of 100 agricultural law matters and has filed over 350 Chapter 11, and Chapter 12, Cases, Family Farmers bankruptcies. His daily practice involves agricultural litigation, general farming issues and substantial Chapter 11 cases. Mr. Cook was named to the Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the State Bar of Arizona for the period 1997 through 2003, as well as appointed as a member of the Ethical Rules Rewrite Group for 2001. Mr. Cook was appointed a disciplinary hearing/settlement officer for the State Bar, and he has served as an ad hoc member of the Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Arizona. The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Pre-Eminent Attorneys and has achieved the highest rating for legal ability in Martindale-Hubbell. | | Firm Size: 2 | Representative Clients:
Four Seasons Produce, LLC, Salinas, CA and Yuma, AZ; Shay Oil Co., Yuma, AZ; Dulin Dates, Yuma, AZ; Griffin Ranches, Yuma, AZ; Benedict Feedlot, Casa Grande, AZ; Numerous Bankruptcies - Chapters 7, 11, 12, and 13. | | Robert McConnell Cook, Sr. (Member) born York, Nebraska, May 14, 1941; admitted to bar, 1970, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1973, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court; 1977, Missouri; 1978, U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit; 1980, Nebraska; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska. Education: State University of Iowa (B.A., 1964); Arizona State University (J.D., 1970). Chairman, Moot Court Board, Arizona State University College of Law. President, Student Bar Association, Arizona State University College of Law. Recipient, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Distinguished Achievement Award, Arizona State University, 2006. Honored for Contribution to Arizona's Attorney Discipline System, Arizona Supreme Court, 1999-2002. Recognized by the Arizona Bar Association: Outstanding Contributions as a Member of the Ethical Rules Review Group; Years of Dedicated Service As a Member of the Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct. Permanent Member, Who's Who Among Outstanding Americans. Graduate, Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, 1990. Publications/Presentations: "Tax Considerations in Real Estate Transactions," Sterling Education Services, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, 2007; "Fundamentals of Real Estate Development," Sterling Education Services, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, 2007; "Fundamentals of Employment Law," Sterling Education Services, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, 2005 and 2006; "The Law of Real Estate Financing," Sterling Education Services, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, 2005; "Fundamentals of Employment Law," Sterling Education Services, Inc., Yuma, Arizona, 2005; "New Ethical Rules of Professional Conduct," State Bar of Arizona, Yuma, Phoenix and Kingman, Arizona, 2003; "Professional Conduct Concerning CPAs In the New Millennium," Yuma Society of CPAs, 2003; "E.R. 1.6 The Secrets Lawyers Keep," State Bar of Arizona, 2003; "Ethics and Professionalism Inside and Outside the Courtroom," Yuma County Bar Association, State Bar of Arizona and Yuma County Superior Court, Yuma, Arizona, 2001; "State Bar Second Annual Ethics Game Show," Arizona State Bar Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001; "Zealous Advocacy," Hearing Officer Training, Supreme Court of Arizona, 2001; "Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims," ANLIR, 1999; "What To Do When the Lawyer on the Other Side Is An Accountant," Multi-Disciplinary Practice, Arizona State Bar Convention, 1999; "Bankruptcy for Non Bankruptcy Lawyers," Yuma Co. Bar Assn., Yuma, Arizona, 1999; "Preventing Legal Malpractice Claims & Ethical Complaints," State Bar of Arizona, Yuma, Arizona, 1998; "Behold A Horse Named Debtor," Fundamentals in Bankruptcy, State Bar of Arizona, Yuma School District No. 1, 1997 and 1998; "The Ethics of Profit, Collecting the Fees," Arizona State Bar Convention, Tucson, Arizona, 1998; "Fee Arbitration Seminar: Ethics of Fees," State Bar of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, 1998; "Current Developments in Bankruptcy," Society of CPAs, Yuma, Arizona, 1998; "The Tax Man Cometh," Bankruptcy, Sixth Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Institute, 1990; "Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Practice, Taxation and Financing Considerations," Chapter 12 Workshop, Creighton Law School, 1989; "NCLE Ag Law Seminar," Chapter 12, Kearney, Nebraska, 1987; "Oversight of Livestock Market Competitiveness Needs to be Enhanced," United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry. CLE International: "e-Commerce: The Law of e-Business Conference," Considerations for the e-Commerce Practitioner", 2001, Scottsdale, Arizona; "Eminent Domain," Scottsdale, Arizona, 2001; "Resolving Land Use Disputes, Phoenix, Arizona, 2001. Panelist, "Jeopardy Ethics," Plenary Session, Arizona State Bar Convention, 2000. Internet Publications: "What is Agricultural Law and How Does It Affect You?," 1998; "Fertilizer or $?," 1998; "Sam and His Lambs," 1998; "To Estray or Not To Estray," 1998; "Behold A Horse Named Debtor," 1998; "Yes, You Can Patent A Plant"; "The Bold and the Timorous," 1998; "Aerial Chemical Crop Spraying: Taking Precaution or Taking a Bath!," 1998; "Hedge-to Arrive-(Gamble to Survive)?," 1998; "Cash Rent or Crop Share (Money or Maybe)?," 1998; "Who In The (Event Of) Hail, Can You Sue?," 1998; "Can You Afford to Stay In the Garden?," 1998; "Good Credit, Collateral, and Character - and the Greatest of These Shall Be...," 1998; "Posturing Your Pasture For Profit," 1998; "Checkoff or Ripoff," 1998; "FAIR or Fowl?," 1998; "The Case of the Trespassing Pond!," 1998; "Tax or Tile!," 1998; "The Holdover Horses!," 1998; "Dairy FAIR?," 1998; "Farrow to Finish!," 1998; "Farming By The Inch," 1999; "Revisiting Crop Share (Maybe)!," 1999; "What Is Mastitis?," 1999; "Quiet Title-No; Prescriptive Easement-Yes!," 1999; "The Infertile Daily Bovine Quadruped!," 1999; "Don't Go Near The Water!," 1999; "Yes, Oliver, There is A 'Stock Market' For Agricultural Commodities!," 1999; "Hush! Listen To the Meadow," 1999; "Fundamentals of Employment Law," 2005. Expert Witness in Packers and Stockyard Act Matters, Livestock Law Matters, Bankruptcy Cases and Ethics disputes. Martindale-Hubbell: Original Presenter of Agricultural Law Matters, Ask a Lawyer, http://www.lawyers.com; Achieved the highest rating for legal ability, 1988—; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (Member, 1994—). Executive Counsel and Lobbyist, Livestock Marketing Association, Washington, D.C. 1976 - 1980. Member: Nebraska Ninth Judicial District Nominating Commission, 1987-1989; Nebraska Fees Advisory Committee; United States Trustee, 1989. Member: Yuma County and Nebraska State Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona (Member: Bankruptcy Section; Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, 1997-2003); The Missouri Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute; American Agricultural Law Association; Senatorial Committee Presidential Commission. Fellow, Arizona Bar Foundation. Special Agencies: Packers & Stockyards Administration-USDA. Reported Cases: Gottsch v. Espy (District Court, Nebraska, 1992); IBP v. Cook, No. 95-3646 NE, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 8TH CIRCUIT, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 11665, May 13, 1996, 86 F.3d 1159, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 42068 (8th Cir. Neb.); Cook v. Hartford Acci. & Indemnity Co., Civil No. 85-0-847, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA, 657 F.Supp. 762, 1987 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3923, January 23, 1987, Decided, January 23, 1987, Filed; Frerichs v. Nebraska Harvestore Systems, Inc., 226 Neb. 220, 410 N.W.2d 487, 4 UCC Rep.Serv. 2d 763 (Neb., Aug. 14, 1987) (NO. 85-727); REPORTED BANKRUPTCY CASES AND SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER 11 FEEDLOT REORGANIZATIONS: In Re Circle S Feedyard, Dodge, NE (Ch. 11 BK- NE); In Re Benedict Feeding Company, Casa Grande, AZ, 98-01924 TUC JMM (Ch 11, BK- AZ); In Re Smith, Holdrege, NE (Ch. 11, BK-NE); In Re Carter Feeders, Inc., Holdrege, NE (Ch. 11, BK-NE); In Re CFF, Inc., Holdrege, NE (Ch. 11, BK-NE); In Re Vasques, Eloy, AZ (Ch. 11, BK-AZ); In re George L. Young, (Ch. 11 BK-MO); In re Benedict Feeding Company (Ch. 11, BK-AZ); In re Blackfoot Livestock Comm. Co. v. Department of Agriculture, Packers & Stockyards Admin., No. 86-7198 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, 810 F.2d 916; 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 2357, January 8, 1987; (Ch. 11 BK-ID); Slominski v. Glickman, USDA; In re Carter Feeders, Inc., 99-42506 (NE); In re CFF, Inc., 99-42538; In re Mimick Motor Company, 02-40430 (NE); In re Peter P. and Charlotte Mimick, 02-40432 (NE); In re Peter P. Mimick, III, 02-40436 (NE) (Ch. 11 BK-NE); Rowse v. Platte Valley Livestock, Inc., No. CV84-L-227, UNITED STATE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA, 604 F.Supp. 1463, 1985 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21773, March 14, 1985; First General Resources Co. v. Page, No. J-C-88-242, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS, JONESBORO DIVISION, 135 F.R.D. 185; 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4328, March 28, 1991, Decided March 29, 1991, Filed; Legal Econometrics v. Chama Land & Cattle Co. (In re Legal Econometrics), Case No. 393-35603-HCA-11, Adv. No. 393-3585 (Administratively consolidated with Adv. No. 394-3007, UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, DALLAS DIVISION, 169 B.R. 876; 1994 Bankr. LEXIS 1088, July 26, 1994, Decided July 26, 1994, Entered, As Revised. Practice Areas: Agricultural Law; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Commercial Law; Trial Practice; Family Law; Labor Law; Criminal Law; Immigration Law; International Law; Property Law; Tax Law; Livestock Law; Genetics; Water Law; Indian Law. | | —————————— | | Kip M. Micuda (Associate) born Flagstaff, Arizona, February 20, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Arizona; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; United States Court of Federal Claims; United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Education: University of Arizona (B.S.P.A., 1984; B.A., Public Administration Criminal Justice, with emphasis in economics, political science, and sociology, 1984; J.D., 1987). Honorary Mention, First Year Moot Court Brief; College scholarship. Elected, Member, Board of Governors, Student Body Association; Vice-President of Minority Law Students Association; Chairman of Financial Aid Committee of Minority Law Students Association; Student tutor, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration; Scholarships from the Tucson Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police Officers; Dean's List; Public Administration Students Association; Army ROTC Pistol Team, Captain. LEGAL EXPERIENCE: LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT M. COOK, PLLC, Robert M. Cook, Phoenix, Arizona, Associate Attorney, 2006— Teresa Schmid, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000-2006; The Chicanos Por La Causa; The Better Business Bureau; The Mexican Consulate; JEROME, GIBSON, STEWART, FRIEDMAN, STEVENSON & ENGLE, P.C. Jim Stevenson, Partner; Associate Attorney, 1999-2000; OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, STATE OF ARIZONA Cliff Vanell, Director, 1996-1999; THE CENTER FOR LEGAL STUDIES, Golden, Colorado, Instructor, 1996 — ARIZONA PARALEGAL TRAINING PROGRAM, Instructor, 1996—; Taught several semester courses within this UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA; The Honorable Robert C. Broomfield U.S. District Judge, Phoenix, Arizona, Death Penalty Law Clerk, 1995-1996; UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, The Honorable Thomas Tang U.S. Circuit Judge (now deceased), Phoenix, Arizona, Law Clerk, 1993—; UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS The Honorable Wilkes C. Robinson Judge (now retired), Washington, D.C., Law Clerk, 1992-1993; U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA, The Honorable Michael Mignella Jr., U.S. Magistrate Judge, (now retired), Phoenix, Arizona, Law Clerk, 1989-1992; PLATT & WESTBY, P.C. Peter Westby, Esq., Phoenix, Arizona, Associate Attorney, 1988-1989; ROWLAND & DURAZZO, P.C. Pat Durazzo, Esq. Tucson, Arizona Law Clerk, 1986-1988; WOO, KWAN, LEE & LO Wanchai, Hong Kong Summer Associate, Summer 1987; SOUTHERN ARIZONA LEGAL AID Tucson, Arizona Legal Intern; Summer 1985; APPOINTMENTS DEER VALLEY VILLAGE PLANNING COMMITTEE City of Phoenix, Arizona Public Member, 2003-2004; NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS, Executive Director Phoenix, Arizona, Public Member, 2001-2006. MARICOPA COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, Public Member, January 2001&mdash. SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA FOR MARICOPA COUNTY, Judge Pro Tem, January 1998—. PHOENIX CITY COURT, Judge Pro Tem, August 1999 —. Member: Maricopa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona. Reported Cases: Washington State Dept. of Transportation v. Washington Natural Gas Co., 59 F.3d 793 (9th Cir. 1995); Northwest Resource Info. Center v. Northwest Power Planning Council, 35 F.3d 1371 (9th Cir, 1994), cert. denied, _ U.S._, 116 S. Ct. 50 (1995); Salmon River Concerned Citizens v. Robertson, 32 F.3d 1346 (9th Cir. 1994). |
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