Daniel Cook
Daniel Cook is an Associate at Wilkinson Stekloff. Before joining the firm, Daniel was a law clerk to Judge Royce C. Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Daniel attended New York University School of Law, where he graduated Order of the Coif and served as a Competitions Advocacy Editor for the Moot Court Board.
During law school, Daniel was a member of the Federal Appellate Clinic and briefed a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. As a member of the Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic, Daniel successfully briefed and argued a case before New York State’s intermediate appellate court for New York County and the Bronx, securing reversal of his client’s felony conviction.
Before law school, Daniel was a Vice President at BlackRock. He received his B.A. with honors in philosophy from Cornell University.
Education
- Undergraduate: Cornell University, B.A., cum laude (2014)
- Law: New York University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude (2023); Order of the Coif; Butler Scholar; Pomeroy Scholar; Competitions Advocacy Editor, Moot Court Board
Clerkship
- Judge Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2023-2024)
Notable Matters
- Member of the team representing Altria in putative class action antitrust lawsuits in the Northern District of California related to its minority investment in JUUL Labs, Inc.
- Won reversal of district court order denying client in forma pauperis privileges by written opinion after briefing the appeal to Eleventh Circuit.