Hugh Cook

Hugh Cook graduated from the University of California at Riverside with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in political science. He attended law school at the San Francisco School of Law. After law school graduation, he worked in the areas of criminal law, employment, personal injury, and environmental law at the Marin County District Attorney office and for several small Bay Area law firms.

Hugh joined Brayton Purcell as an associate attorney in March 2000. His legal interests include mesothelioma, tobacco, and a variety of personal injury cases. Over the past 13 years at the firm, Hugh has traveled around the country meeting families in their homes in order to advise them of their legal rights against the corporations that disregarded the widely accepted scientific and medical literature regarding the hazards of asbestos in order to make profits.

Hugh also supervises our Investigations Department, which conducts client interviews as well as researches the different brands, manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos products and the contractors that used them. This role allows him to quickly ascertain, through use of a comprehensive jobsite database and staff of skilled investigators, how our clients were exposed to asbestos and who is responsible.  Hugh is recognized nationally for his knowledge of asbestos exposures, and is regularly asked to assist other firms around the country investigate and litigate their cases.

A member of the California bar,  Hugh is also licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He belongs to Public Justice and the Consumer Attorneys of California.  In his spare time enjoys coaching youth baseball and CYO basketball for leagues in Sonoma County as well as spending time with his family. He is married with three boys.

Mr. Cook has dedicated his career to aggressively litigating cases involving work place injuries on behalf of the men and women who helped build and defend our country.

Education

San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, California

  • J.D. – 1999

University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California

  • B.A. - 1993
  • Major: English
  • Minor: Political Science

Professional Associations

  • Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
  • Public Justice, Member
  • Marin County Bar Association, Member, Present

Bar Admission

  • California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Current Employment Position

  • Associate

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