Jessie A. Cook
Jessie Cook
Terre Haute
Indiana (IN)
Criminal Defense
Profile
Jessie A. Cook represents individuals accused of major felonies and capital offenses. She graduated from IU - Bloomington (1979, cum laude), the National College of Criminal Defense and the Darrow College of Capital Defense. She teaches trial advocacy at the Maurer School of Law- Bloomington, and continuing legal education programs for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the Indiana Public Defender Council and ICLEF’s Trial Advocacy Skills College. Jessie serves as a Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Access to Justice, Indiana State Committees); Board of Governors, Indiana State Bar Association; Governing Council and past chair, ISBA Criminal Justice Section; Master Fellow and former Board member, Indiana Bar Foundation; member, Indiana Supreme Court Rules Committee; member, NACDL, NLG, ACLU. Jessie was the 2008 recipient of the IPDC’s Gideon Award.
Years of Selection
• Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2010, 2012 - 2013
Top Lists
About Jessie Cook
Admitted: 1979, Indiana
Professional Webpage: www.manta.com/c/mm3m8kx/jessie-a-cook-law-offices
Honors and Awards:
- Cook was awarded the Gideon Award by the Indiana Public Defender Council in 2008 for outstanding service to the cause of indigent defense.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Cook is a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Rules Committee.She is a long-time member of the Indiana State Bar Association, formerly Chair of the ISBA's Criminal Justice Section; currently on the governing Council of the Section. She is a Master Fellow of the Indiana Bar Foundation and serves on its governing Board.
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