Professional Legal Experience
• KJC Law Firm, LLC, Boston, MA , Managing Partner, 2010- present
Civil litigation of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including motor vehicle accidents, construction site accidents, medical, legal and nursing home negligence, products and premises liability and other general liability cases; gender equality and discrimination; business and partnership disputes; consumer protection and insurance bad faith. Appeals in Massachusetts state and federal courts
• Wagner Cook Freiberger & Washienko, LLC, Boston, MA, Partner, 2008 – 2010
Civil litigation of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including motor vehicle accidents, construction site accidents, medical, legal and nursing home negligence, products and premises liability and other general liability cases; gender equality and discrimination; partnership disputes, consumer protection and insurance bad faith. Appeals in Massachusetts state and federal courts
• Keches & Mallen, P.C., Taunton, MA, Litigation Attorney, 1995 - 2008
Civil litigation of personal injury and wrongful death cases, including motor vehicle accidents, construction site accidents, medical, legal and nursing home negligence, products and premises liability and other general liability cases; partnership and business disputes; consumer protection; and insurance bad faith. Appeals in Massachusetts state and federal courts
• Lubin & Meyer, P.C., Boston, MA, Law Clerk, 1994 – 1995
Preparation of discovery, motions and pre-trial memoranda
• Office of the Attorney General, Trial Division, Boston, MA, Law Clerk, 1993 - 1994
Legal research and preparation of memoranda
• Waltham District Court, Waltham, MA, Legal Research Assistant, 1993
May 1993 - August 1993. Legal research
• The Honorable Michael A. Andrews, U.S. House of Representatives, Pasadena, TX, Intern, 1992
Responses to constituent requests for information and opinions
Other Revelant Work Experience
• John’s Inc., Texas City, TX , Vice President, 1988 - 1992
- Program oversight to ensure compliance with state and federal funding requirements
- Program development, oversight and NAACS compliance (accrediting body)
Oversight of educational program and teaching staff
• Director of Education 1987 - 1988
- Preparation of educational programs
- Oversight of teaching staff
• San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX, Instructor, 1986 - 1987
Publications
• Using Your Failures to Make a Difference, WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW, September/October 2008
• 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
• Thirty Years Later, WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW, MAY/JUNE 2008
• We’ve Come a Long Way, WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW, MARCH/APRIL 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
• The Advisor, KECHES & MALLEN, P.C., WINTER 2005, SUMMER 2006, WINTER 2006-07, SUMMER 2007, (Ed. Kathy Jo Cook, Esq.)
• Loss of Chance is Not Junk Science, Letter to the Editor, LAWYERS WEEKLY, June, 2006
• Employment Issues Committee Launches Report on the Status of Women in the Law, WOMEN’S BAR REVIEW, Vol. 2, No. 2 (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)
• 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.
Honors and Awards
• AVVO Rating 10.00
• AV Rating, MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY, 2006 - present
• Super Lawyer, LAW & POLITICS MAGAZINE (Best of Boston), 2008 - present
• Top 50 Women Attorneys in Massachusetts, LAW & POLITICS MAGAZINE (Best of Boston), 2008
• Third Inductee, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Up & Coming Lawyers Hall of Fame, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY, 2007
• 100 Largest Verdicts & Settlements, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY, 2005
• 100 Largest Verdicts & Settlements, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY, 2004
• Top Five Up and Coming Lawyers in Massachusetts, MASSACHUSETTS LAWYERS WEEKLY, AUGUST 23, 1999
Professional Activities and Presentations
• Civil Deposition Practice, Ethical Issues, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2008-present
• Civil Deposition Practice, Zealously Representing & Protecting the Deponent, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2008-present
• Speaker, Jumpstarting Your Practice, Suffolk University Law School, 2009, 2010
• Panelist, Trials facing Women Litigators & Tips for Success, Women’s Bar Association, 2009
• Speaker, Strategic Networking for Leaders Breakfast Series, Leading Women Central MA, 2008
• Moderator, Massachusetts Conference for Women, 2008
• Presenter, MCLE, Depositions, 2008
• Speaker, Women’s Bar Association Annual GALA, 2008
• Speaker, Boston Bar Association, Mediation and Arbitration Section, 2008
• Panelist, Massachusetts Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference, 2007
• Coach, National Trial Team, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, 1996-2000
• Guest Instructor, Trial Advocacy, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, 1996-2004
• Guest Instructor, Southern New England School of Law, Dartmouth, MA, 1998
• Guest Speaker, MEDICAL MALPRACTICE , Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1999
• Guest Instructor, TORT REFORM AND ITS EFFECTS, Massachusetts Bay Community College, Wellesley, MA, 2004
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member Since: 2004
• Member, Labor & Employment Section Council, 2012-2014
• Co-Chair, Plain English Jury Instruction Project, 2009-2013
• Standing Court Management Advisory Committee, 2008-2010
• Strategic Planning Committee, 2008 - 2010
• Member, House of Delegates, 2006 - 2008
• Chair, Judicial Administration Section Council, 2006 - 2008
• Member, Membership Committee, 2006 - 2008
• Council Member, Judicial Administration Council, 2004 - 2006
• Vice-Chair, Juror Communications Task Force, 2006
• Chair, Rule 3.5 Committee, 2004 - 2005
Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
• Board of Directors, 2005 - 2011
• President, 2008-09
• President-Elect, 2007-08
• Co-Chair, Employment Issues Committee, 2005 - 2008
• Co-Chair, Corporate Sponsorship, GALA Committee, 2006
• Chair, Corporate Sponsorship, GALA Committee, 2004 - 2005
Member, GALA Committee, 2003
• Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys
• Member, Board of Governors, 2008-present
• Member, Executive Management Board, 2010-2012Co-Chair, Membership Committee 2009-2012 (member 1995-1997)
• Member, Women’s Caucus, 1999 – present
Boston Bar Association
• Civil Gideon Task Force, 2008-2010
• Diversity and Inclusion Section Council, 2008-2010
• Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Section Council, 2008-2010
American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)
• Member, Women’s Caucus, 1999 - 2003
• Lobby Participant, ATLA Lobby Day, Washington D.C., 2002 - 2003
