Contact Information: Dwight CookKeller, TX 76244dwight.cook@verizon.netCell: 817-542-2533Dwight R. Cook is a senior level legal professional with extensive leadership experience in talent management and legal drafting, negotiation, mediation and arbitration alternative dispute resolution. He has significant experience in recruiting and building effective teams in public and private sector environments. He has diverse and multi-industry experience in providing legal skills, such as cities, private sector small businesses, and non-profit corporations. He has also achieved success in resolving thorny disputes involving corporate and individual clients. Many of these matters were referred to him by Federal Judges. His experience has been provided pro bono to non-profit agencies, such as churches, schools, and he has served on Boards of Directors for Goodwill Industries, Tarrant County Dispute Resolution, the Forest Hill Library Committee, and other entities throughout North Central Texas. He is passionate about protecting the rights of his clients and in providing opportunities for youth to see and achieve their full potential. Throughout Dwight’s career he has had significant experience acting as a mentor to other professionals and youth. He has successfully lead re-organization of auxiliaries in the church and developed strategies to make their efforts more effective through better organization and having clear direction and lines of authority. He has taught alternative dispute resolution and championed its use to cut costs and protect the interests of his clients. Dwight holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Syracuse University and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Williams College. He is a certified in Family and Commercial Mediation, as well as Arbitration, by National Mediation Academy of Dallas, Texas.StrengthsFinder 2.0 Identifiers: 1. Strategic2. Connectedness 3. Relator4. Learner5. ResponsibilitySpecialties: • Legal Drafting• Contract Compliance • Mediation• Arbitration• Management• Mentoring • Organizational Design & Development• Cultural Diversity Training • Team Building and Development• Training and Teaching• Decision Making • Team Dynamics and Effectiveness• Computer and Internet Skills• Analysis and Interpretation of Contracts