Chad Cook is a lawyer in our Mass Torts Section and is currently responsible for a number of cases including Welding Rod litigation, Ortho Evra, Fosamax, Heparin, Digitek and Zithromax litigation. Chad also assists in investigating new drugs and medical devices which present a serious danger to consumers. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1998. While attending college, Chad was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and was selected to represent AUM’s first Mock Trial Team in the Southeastern Intercollegiate Mock Trial Competition at Kennesaw State University.

After graduating, Chad pursued his Juris Doctor degree at Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. Chad was placed on the Dean’s Honors List and given the Scholastic Achievement Award for Employment Law in 2001. In addition, he was a member of Sigma Kappa Delta Law Fraternity and the Christian Legal Society. While attending law school, Chad also worked for our firm as a staff assistant in the Mass Torts section. After graduating in 2002, he was hired as a staff attorney for the firm, working primarily on defective construction cases. Chad now serves as one of the lawyers in the Mass Torts Section, focusing his practice on pharmaceutical litigation, representing victims of defective prescription drugs and medical devices.

Currently, Chad is on the Plaintiff’s Discovery Committee for In re Fosamax Products Liability Litigation, MDL-1789 which is venued in the Southern District of New York Federal Court before Judge John F. Keenan. Chad is also assisting in this litigation by serving on the Fosamax Science and Administrative Committees. In addition to his work at our firm, Chad has served as an instructor in Civil Procedure and Evidence at Faulkner University and as a member of the Legal Studies Advisory Committee.

Chad and his wife, the former Sharon Broadfoot, are both from the Montgomery area and have a three-year-old son named Parker. They are members of First Baptist Church in Montgomery where Chad serves on the Board of the Nehemiah Project, a program designed to bring church leaders, businesses, civic organizations and city officials together to address the spiritual and social needs of Montgomery’s inner city. Chad is also a member of the Alabama Chapter’s Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Young Professionals Leadership Committee and serves of the Board for Montgomery Partners in Education, where community members volunteer as tutors, mentors and partners, helping students build skills and find the link between school and the future. Chad is a very diligent and dedicated lawyer who works hard for his clients. We are blessed to have him with us.

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