Grant Cook

The Faubus Firm

1001 Texas Avenue
Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77002

713-222-6400

Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Complex Civil, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Oil and Gas, Partnership Disputes, Professional Malpractice, Trade Secrets

Grant Cook represents clients in general civil and complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate level. He focuses his practice on lender liability claims, securities fraud, energy contract disputes, professional liability, shareholder derivative actions, hostile takeovers, general contract disputes, common law fraud, business torts, libel and slander, intellectual property disputes, trade secrets, construction litigation, and partnership disputes. He has served in arbitrations conducted by the AAA in the role of both neutral and party arbitrator. He has also conducted mediations after completing the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center Mediation Course at the University of Houston in 2003
Distinctions/Honors
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (since 1983)
  • Associate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly; 2003-2004, 2006-2016
  • Houston's Top Lawyers, H Texas; 2004, 2006
  • Who's Who in Colleges and Universities; 1961
  • Who's Who in the South and Southwest; 1975-1976
  • Who's Who in America; 1976-1977
  • International Who's Who of Intellectuals; 1978
  • Who's Who in American Law; 1985-1986
  • The Wall Street Journal, Best Lawyers in Texas, 2017
Activities
  • Member, Houston Bar Association
  • Member, Bar Association of Fifth Circuit
  • Member, State Bar of Texas; Founding Member and Chairman, School Law Section of State Bar of Texas, 1970
  • Member, The Bar Association of New York
Appointments
  • Texas Judicial Council, appointment by Gov. Dolph Briscoe, 1978-1982
  • Texas Film Commission, appointment by Gov. Mark White, 1986
Education
  • 2003 -A.A. White Mediation Institute - University of Houston School of Law;
  • LL.B., 1961, Baylor Law School, Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1960-1961
  • 1958, Tulane University
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, 1961
  • New York, 2007
  • U.S. Supreme Ct., 1970
  • U.S. Ct. of App., Eleventh Circuit, 1963
  • U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth Circuit, 1963
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. Texas, 1963
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. Texas, 1963
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. Texas, 1963
  • U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. Texas, 1963
1001 Texas Avenue, Suite 1100
Houston, TX 77002

P: 713-222-6400
E: [email protected]