About
Chris Cooke has been an authorized lawyer inside the State of Michigan for 33 years. He commenced his career as an Assistant Prosecutor in Kalamazoo, Michigan in which he tried over 100 misdemeanor jury trials and more than 60 prison jury trials. He later entered the private practice of law in which he labored inside the coverage protection subject engaging in severa arson and fraud investigations. He additionally developed a sturdy subrogation exercise and improved his protection knowledge into the legal responsibility field.
In 1995, Mr. Cooke assisted in organising the primary Michigan litigation workplace for Citizens Insurance. He organized the assets protection and subrogation departments on the company in Michigan and educated lawyers for the Company on a national level.
In 2000, Mr. Cooke came north to lead the Traverse City office of a large, Livonia based firm specializing in municipal defense. In this ability, he represented municipal and governmental employees in complex kingdom and Federal court cases. Mr. Cooke additionally negotiated complex contracts, reviewed and pursued land use allowing, advanced employment rules and protocols and consulted on the translation of complex nation and Federal codes.
Mr. Cooke’s practice in Traverse City improved to include the illustration of personal customers in property planning, business formation, employment matters, own family law, trademark and exchange get dressed, crook defense, negligence, slip and fall, vehicle injuries and negligence law. Mr. Cooke was appointed by using Governor Snyder to represent Northern Michigan on the Mental Health Diversion Council in which he assists in studying coverage and formulating new law on the diversion of the mentally ill from the conventional jail gadget.
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Graduation year: 1982
Graduation year: 1977
