FIGHTING FOR WHAT’S RIGHT TO PROTECT NORTHWEST BUSINESSES IN CASUALTY LITIGATION
Megan Cook’s Oregon and Washington litigation practice focuses on defending personal and catastrophic injury claims. She has defended a wide variety of businesses and individuals in personal injury, construction defect, asbestos and professional liability cases. In addition, she has experience in environmental, insurance, business, real estate, and land use law.
PRACTICE AREAS
ADMISSIONS
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2009
- Washington, 2013
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
EDUCATION
- Lewis & Clark Law School – J.D., 2009
- Whitman College – B.A., Economics-Environmental Studies, 2005
- American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (Vice Chair 2022-2023 Business Litigation Committee, Products Liability General Committee, Women Trial Lawyers, Litigation and Trial Practice General Committee)
- Eagle International Associates
- Defense Research Institute (former Member, Young Lawyers Committee)
- Lewis & Clark Law School (Mentor, First Year Student Mentorship Program, 2009-2015)
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (Member; Board Member, 2021-present; Chair, New Lawyers Practice Group, 2016-2021; Vice Chair, New Lawyers Practice Group, 2015-2016; Publications Representative, 2013-2015)
- St. Andrew Legal Clinic (Volunteer Attorney, 2013-Present)
- Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (Member, 2014-Present; Co-Chair, Asbestos/Toxic Torts Practice Section Committee, 2014-2018)
- Moderator, “Miller v. Agripac – Apportioning Damages in Actions Involving Reckless Conduct”, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, General Liability Practice Group Webinar ( December 2022)
- Co-Chair, Defense Practice Academy, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (September 2022)
- Co-Speaker, “How We Think Wrong: Bias and Ethics Related to Evaluating Cases,” Eagle International Associates Meeting (2022)
- Moderator, Coverage Practice Group Virtual Meeting, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (February 2022)
- Co-Chair, Virtual Fall Seminar, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (November 2021)
- Co-speaker, “Parenting, Practicing, and the Pandemic,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC) Women in Law Practice Group Meeting (December 2020)
- Co-speaker, “Oregon v. Washington – Navigating the Other Side of the River,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC) New Lawyers Practice Group Meeting (2020)
- Panelist, Women’s Lunch, Perrin Conferences’ National Asbestos Litigation Conference (September 2019)
- Panelist, “Hot and Emerging Jurisdictions: Illinois, New York, Oregon & Washington,” Perrin Conferences’ Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Conference (March 2019)
- Co-speaker, “Comparison of Oregon and Washington Court Procedures for Asbestos Litigation,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Asbestos Law CLE Friday (June 2018)
- Panelist, “Take Home Exposure: Evaluating the Consequences of Bringing Asbestos from the Workplace to the Home,” American Conference Institute’s 23rd National Forum on Asbestos Claims & Litigation (2018)
- Co-Speaker, “There is No Such Thing as a Stupid Question,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC) New Lawyers Practice Group Meeting (2018)
- Co-Speaker, “Associate 101 – What I Wish I’d Known When I Was an Associate,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC) Annual Convention (2017)
- Author, “Electronic Resources for Oregon Attorneys,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC), The Verdict (2014)
- Speaker, “Discovery – Do I Really Have to Specify Which Documents Are Responsive to Individual RFP’s,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC) Annual Convention (2014)
- Co-Speaker, “Primer on Oregon Civil Procedure,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (2014)
- Panelist, “Asbestos Litigation: Recent Trial Updates,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) (2013)
- Author, “Limitations Period for Battery Claim Under Oregon Tort Claims Act Does Not Begin to Run until Plaintiff Discovers the Conduct Was Tortious,” Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC), The Verdict (2013)
- Associate Editor, Environmental Law Journal, Lewis & Clark Law School (2007-2009)
- Named as a “Rising Star” in Oregon Super Lawyers (2015-2022 — Personal Injury Defense: General)
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© (2022-2023 — Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)