Cook & Roos, LLP

Address:
Cook & Roos, LLP
221 Main Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, CA 94105

Phone: (415) 362-7071
Fax: (415) 362-7073
Web site: www.cookroos.com

Primary Contact:
John C. Cook
Email: jcc@cookroos.com

Attorneys Admitted to Practice In:
California
Georgia

Firm Description:

Founded in April 1995, Cook & Roos LLP is a full-service employment and labor law firm serving the entire San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. The firm combines the experience, training and talent often found only in much larger law firms with the flexibility and efficiency of a small, highly focused team.

Cook & Roos LLP represents employers in all phases of litigation and counsels them on a variety of labor and employment-related issues. The firm's areas of focus include sexual harassment, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, trade secret disputes, wage-and-hour issues, and plant closings/reductions-in force. In addition, the firm's attorneys have substantial experience handling NLRB disputes, union organizing and collective bargaining.

The founding partners, John C. Cook and Susan H. Roos, have a broad base of labor and litigation experience. Together with their partner, Michael E. Wilbur, and the firm's associates, they have achieved outstanding results for their clients. The team has extensive federal and state court litigation experience, including jury and non-jury trials.

The firm's clients include 3Com Corporation, Baker & McKenzie, Foundry Networks, The Gap Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation and its subsidiaries, Mervyn's, Shorenstein Hays Nederlander Organization, The Taubman Company, Sun Micro Systems, VISX, Inc., and URS Corporation.

Biographies:

John C. Cook, Partner

John C. Cook graduated from Carleton College and The University of Michigan Law School, where he served as an Assistant Editor of the Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. As a partner at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, he chaired the Labor and Employment Law Group, and later as a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, he led the employment law group in their San Francisco office. He has practiced labor and employment law for over 34 years. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.

Susan H. Roos, Partner

Susan H. Roos graduated from Stanford University (A.B. 1978) and the University of Southern California (J.D.1982). During law school she externed for the Honorable Mariana Pfaelzer, United States District Court. She spent 13 years as an associate, and then a partner at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, in its Los Angeles and San Francisco offices. She has substantial experience defending employers in all aspects of employment-related matters, including sexual harassment, all types of employment discrimination, ADA access issues and trade secret litigation. She also represents employers in collective bargaining and arbitrations pursuant to collective bargaining agreements. Her expertise includes advising and counseling employers regarding employment and severance agreements, wage and hour issues, labor relations, and employment law. She has jury and non-jury trial experience in both state and federal court, as well as extensive experience before federal and state administrative agencies, arbitrators and mediators.

Michael E. Wilbur, Partner

Michael E. Wilbur graduated from the University of South Carolina (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Emory University School of Law (J.D.) He is admitted to practice in Georgia and California, and has over ten years' experience representing employers in labor and employment matters before administrative agencies and in litigation in state and federal courts. He has been a partner at Cook & Roos since 1997. Before joining Cook & Roos, he was an associate at Fisher & Phillips and Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton. He frequently speaks to business groups on a variety of labor and employment law issues.

Matthew A. Goodin

Matthew A. Goodin graduated from the University of California, San Diego (B.A.) and Golden Gate University (J.D.) where he was an issue editor for the Golden Gate University Law Review. Prior to joining Cook & Roos, Mr. Goodin was an associate at Dillingham & Murphy and at Berman & Berkeley, where his practice emphasized employment litigation. He has broad experience in all types of employment litigation matters in both state and federal courts, including several jury trials. Mr. Goodin has lectured and published articles on employment issues, and has been selected for inclusion in Who's Who in America.

Roger L. Crawford

Roger L. Crawford graduated from Connecticut College (B.A.) and Villanova University School of Law, where he was a student editor of the Villanova Journal of Law and Investment Management. Before joining Cook & Roos, Mr. Crawford was an associate at Jackson Lewis LLP.