SUZANNE S. COOK
PARTNER: LITIGATION/MEDIATION
100 Medtech Parkway
Johnson City, TN 37604
Direct Dial: (423) 283-6302
Direct Fax: (423) 283-6301
E-Mail: sscook@hsdlaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS:
- Civil Litigation
- Personal Injury Defense
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Arson Investigation and Defense
- Insurance Coverage Interpretation
- First and Third-Party Insurance Defense
- Creditors’ Rights
- Mediator
EDUCATION:
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1990, Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1992, Master of Science
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1995, Juris Doctorate
BACKGROUND:
- Tennessee Bar, 1995
- Virginia Bar, 1996
- Tennessee Supreme Court
- Virginia Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee
- U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Virginia
- Rule 31 Listed General Civil/Family Mediator
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
- American Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association House of Delegates
- Virginia State Bar
- Kingsport Bar Association
- Litigation Section of the American Bar Association
- Northeast Tennessee Young Lawyers Association Executive Board
- Junior League of Kingsport
- Various Not for Profit Boards of Directors
- Leadership Kingsport 2002
- The Defense Research Institute
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Transportation Lawyers Association
AWARDS:
- Advocates’ Prize Moot Court Competition: Best Oralist and First Place Team Awards
- Tennessee Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
- Dennis E. Parkhill Memorial Achievement Award for Excellence in Moot Court Advocacy
- American Jurisprudence Award for Trial Practice
- Highest Grade in Criminal Advocacy Clinic
- Knoxville Auxiliary to the Tennessee Bar Association Scholarship
- Inducted into the Order of Barristers
- University of Tennessee National Trial Team
- Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court
- Moot Court Board
- Chaired the University of Tennessee Student Tribunal
- Selected by the Business Journal of Tri-Cities for membership in the "40 Under Forty" Class of 2002
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