Cook, Philip E.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Phil Cook is a trial lawyer with first-chair experience in jury trials, bench trials, and domestic and international arbitrations. His successful track record in individual, multiparty, and class action litigation runs the gamut of commercial litigation, with a focus on financial institution, corporate governance, securities, and insurance issues. He also has experience in cases involving antitrust and trade regulation, patent infringement, product liability and toxic torts, governmental liabilities, real estate, First Amendment, and environmental issues.

As an adjunct law professor, Phil has taught clinical courses in trial practice. He regularly participates in seminars and workshops teaching deposition, advocacy, and trial techniques and has appeared on the faculty at local and national continuing legal education seminars.

Phil has directed the pro bono activities of the Los Angeles Office since 2000, including significant and ongoing representation of Public Counsel and Bet Tzedek clients. He is an approved voluntary settlement officer for the California Court of Appeal and has been appointed as an early neutral evaluator by the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Prior to attending law school, Phil spent 12 years in the computer and consumer electronics fields. His business experience ranges from marketing and management positions with national Fortune 500 companies to a number of his own entrepreneurial ventures.

Phil serves on the board of directors of Public Counsel. He also is on the board of governors and is secretary of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, serving as program chair for the ABTL Annual Seminar in September 2008.

Areas of Practice

• Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Trial Practice
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Insurance Coverage

Representative Cases

• 3D Systems achieves favorable settlement of infringement suit asserted by licensee against acquired corporation over stereolithography , (2009)
• 3D Systems obtains favorable settlement in contractual and trade secret dispute between joint developers of specialty chemicals used in rapid prototyping systems , (2009)
• 3D Systems resolves patent infringement action over solid free-form fabrication with favorable royalty-bearing settlement , (2009)
• Actions Semiconductor defends claims by former employees alleging entitlement to stock options as part of compensation agreement , (2009)
• Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority prevails in week-long trial against City of Vernon attempt to enjoin construction of Alameda Corridor Project , (2009)
• Altegra Credit Company resolves claims of wrongful foreclosure in mediation
• Altegra Credit resolves claims involving privacy invasion and credit reporting violations after mediation
• Amway Asia Pacific obtains dismissal of securities fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty class actions
• Chevron and Unocal successfully resolve antitrust class actions regarding reformulated gasoline
• Chevron Corporation defends toxic tort charges involving cancer contraction , (2009)
• Chevron Corporation intervenes in shareholder litigation challenging Unocal merger
• Chevron Corporation obtains dismissal in shareholder derivative action
• County of Los Angeles successfully defends against class action involving independent contractors
• Domestic violence victims get help with obtaining restraining orders , (2009)
• Echelon Group LLC prevails in million dollar corporate governance jury trial involving breach of fiduciary duty
• Family day care is saved from eviction , (2010)
• Financial company executives obtain dismissal of arbitration claims relating to investments in auction-rate securities , (2010)
• GigaMedia successfully defends against Microsoft's claim of entitlement to $20 million "anti-dilution fee"
• Homeless receive counseling at Samoshel Legal Clinic , (2002)
• Indigents working to regain self-sufficiency receive help at the Community Action Network Skid Row legal clinic
• IRICO Group Electronics defends third-party complaint seeking indemnity
• Kaiser Cement and Gypsum seeks coverage for defense of asbestos bodily injury litigation , (2009)
• L.A. County wins summary judgment in architect's litigation involving design-build project for new County courthouse
• LA County prevails in appeal for indemnification for claims related to accidental oil pipeline puncture , (2009)
• Lehman Brothers resolves securities fraud action brought by late-stage Enron institutional investors
• National City defends against claims in foreclosure action that borrower's signatures on documents were forged
• Northern Indiana Public Services Company prosecutes environmental coverage claims related to former manufactured gas plant sites
• Partnership Placements obtains jury verdict against insurer that failed to pay cost of defending underlying litigation
• Spanish-speaking clients obtain relief in class-action settlement with calling card company
• TAP Pharmaceutical defends against product liability and failure to warn claims involving Lupron®
• Tenant celebrates complete dismissal of an unlawful detainer action , (2009)
• Tenet Healthcare Systems achieves favorable settlement in arbitration for unpaid reimbursement
• Textron successfully defends respirator product liability claims
• West Basin Municipal Water District resolves action seeking rescission of an interest rate derivative swap transaction , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Copyrights, Deceptive Trade Practices, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Foreign Investment, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Antitrust, International Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Patents, Pharmaceutical Products, Private Placements, Products Liability Law, Public Offerings, Recreational Products, RICO Act, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Technology Licensing, Tobacco, Trade Dress, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Competition, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Pacific Christian College
• U of California - Los Angeles

Address

555 South Flower Street
Fiftieth Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2300

Phones

1.213.243.2846 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.213.243.2539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com