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Wm. Bailey Cook III

William Bailey Cook III PC   →  Wm. Bailey Cook III

Wm. Bailey Cook III

Peer Review

“I have been associated with Bailey Cook for approximately 20 years and worked with him on complex litigation approximately ten years. During that time I have found him knowledgeable of real property litigation, eminent domain, surface damages, water rights, right of way law and related matters.

In 1993, the US Supreme Court handed down the landmark case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993). During that time frame, I was appointed by the Oklahoma Bar Association as a member of the Evidence Committee to review and comment and propose changes to the Oklahoma law regarding evidence. Mr. Cook was the first attorney to my knowledge in Oklahoma to pursue the use of the Daubert standards to challenge expert witnesses valuations of real property and surface damages in court testimony. From his early role in pushing the use of Daubert challenges we jointly developed a legal brief on the subject that was distributed and widely used in real property litigation.

I am also aware that Mr. Cook has broad expertise in farming and ranching and related areas of law and also recommend him on such issues. Phil Chumley, Attorney at Law, J.D.,M.B.A.,M.A.

Education & Work Experience

LICENSES and ADMISSIONS:

Admitted to Practice Law in Texas – 2009
Admitted to Practice Law in Oklahoma – 1989
Admitted to Practice Law in the US 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted to Practice Law in the US District Court, Western District of Oklahoma – 1990
Admitted to Practice Law in the US District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma – 1990
Admitted to Practice Law in the US District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma – 1990
Chickasaw Tribal Court Charter Member – 2003

EDUCATION:
Graduate:
University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman Oklahoma Juris Doctorate May 6, 1989
Phi Delta Phi October 27, 1988
Dean’s Fund Scholarship October 8, 1987
East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma 1985-1986
Graduate Studies
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1984-1985
Graduate studies in biochemistry
Undergraduate:
B.S., Chemistry, Math Minor 1984
Presidential Leadership Scholarship
Beta Beta Beta, Biological Society
Bio-Med Club, Scholastic Leadership
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1982-1983 Studies in Microbiology
University of Oklahoma Biological Station, 1978
Published research paper: “Polination Ecology of Asclepias tuberosa”

LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Owner-Wm. Bailey Cook III, P.C.
General civil practice firm with an emphasis on civil litigation, Real Estate, Trusts and Guardianship, Oil & Gas, Eminent Domain and Appellate proceedings.

Municipal Judge, City of Roff 1990-2009
Numerous successful jury verdicts and settlements in favor of clients in ODOT, Ardmore Development Authority, OTA, Pontotoc County Conservation District.
Our firm has 30 years of jury trial experience, mediations, and settlement conferences, both state and federal matters in both Oklahoma and Texas. Condemnation work, both direct and inverse, since 1997, beginning with the Department of Transportation and expanding to inverse condemnations. Experienced with appellate practice and legal case law precedence in authoring pretrial motions, trial motions and objections as well as appellate authority.
Subject matters: State highways, interstates, rail roads, county roads, pipelines, transmission lines, inverse takings due to regulatory changes, oil and gas surface damages, conservation easements for flood control, Wills, Trusts, Oil & Gas, Probate, Guardianships

SKILLS:
Work well with others, courteous, respectful.

ASSOCIATIONS:
Texas Bar Association 2009-Present
Oklahoma Bar Association 1989-Present
Pontotoc County Bar Association 1989-Present
Boy Scouts of America, Scout Master Troop 9 1990-2004
National Cutting Horse Association 1995-Present
American Quarter Horse Association 1980-Present
American Angus Association 1980-Present
NRA

REFERENCES:
Honorable C. Steven Kessinger, District Judge
Pontotoc County Courthouse
Ada, OK 74820