Kimberly B. Cook Email & Phone Number

Tampa, FL, US

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Associate attorney representing mortgage lenders and servicers in foreclosure actions.

St. Petersburg, FL

• Litigated lien foreclosure, covenant enforcement and first party property insurance cases for community associations as well as breach of contract, quiet title and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act actions.
• Performed legal research and analysis.
• Argued motions in court; prepared for and attended court hearings, mediations and arbitrations.
• Drafted pleadings, motions, affidavits in support of summary judgment, correspondence, litigation and discovery plans, discovery requests and responses, deposition outlines and memoranda of law.
• Defended mortgage foreclosure cases to ensure my community association clients received appropriate safe harbor payments.
• Composed board resolutions, rules and amendments to community association declarations, bylaws and articles of incorporation.

Bradenton, FL

Performed legal research and analysis for a wide range of commercial and individual civil litigation matters; drafted memoranda and correspondence to clients; drafted and prepared responses to discovery; prepared for and assisted with mediations; and drafted legal opinion letters.

Tampa, FL

Drafted responses to discovery requests and pleadings; prepared deed in lieu of foreclosure packages; drafted showings of good cause for lack of prosecution; summarized the status of cases in preparation for case management conferences; expedited movement of cases through the foreclosure process; and assisted with hearing preparation.

Tampa, FL

Performed legal research and analysis in construction and surety litigation; drafted memoranda; prepared for trial including document review and organization; summarized recent opinions; and researched legislative history.

Washington, DC

Supported five week arbitration resulting in a favorable settlement of over $100 million. Instrumental in both pre- and post-arbitration activities, including deposition preparation, motions filings, background check and research on expert witnesses, organizing exhibits, maintaining electronic document database (75,000 documents), coordination of logistics.

Baltimore, MD

Executed several aspects of large-scale pharmaceutical litigation discovery, including collection, review, and production of over a million pages of documents. Accomplished several large projects working with a team of paralegals such as privilege log and review as well as many independent projects including research and deposition preparation.

Washington, DC

Provided litigation support and analysis to attorneys at the US Department of Justice, Civil Division, which resulted in settlement of a large-scale whistleblower medicare and medicaid fraud action.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL's) member. Pro bono service for the National Clearinghouse of.

B.A, Sociology, Political Science; Minor In Environmental Studies

Activities and Societies: Participated in the SINOSUMMER program, sponsored by Bemidji State University, in the People’s Republic of China.