(June 1, 2004. Manchester, NH.) - Attorney Bradford E. Cook, a director in the regional law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green, PA, was elected to the Executive Committee of the Business and Industry Association (BIA) at its annual business meeting.
Mr. Cook heads the firm's Estate Planning and Probate and Government Relations Practice Groups. He is the immediate past president of the firm and has practiced with Sheehan Phinney since 1973. His clients include: many colleges and private secondary schools, religious organizations throughout New England, and hospital, nursing home and other charitable clients. He also represents both for-profit and not-for-profit clients before the New Hampshire legislature on a regular basis.
Cook is admitted to practice law in New Hampshire and before the Federal Courts, and is a member of the New Hampshire and American Bar Associations, the Diocesan Attorneys Association of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Lawyers Association.
His list of professional and civic involvements is extensive. Mr. Cook currently serves as the secretary of the Board of Trustees of Southern New Hampshire University, as secretary of the board of the Little Sunapee Protective Association, and as chairman of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Manchester Steering Committee. He is a member of the boards of directors of Easter Seals New Hampshire and Easter Seals New York.
He is the former President of the University of New Hampshire Alumni Association and the Manchester Bar Association. He has chaired the board of Easter Seals New Hampshire, the Bishop's Charitable Assistance Fund, the Easter Seals Telethon and the UNH Fund. Other previous positions include: secretary of the Manchester Airport Authority, member of the Manchester School Board and chair of its Finance Committee, and chairman of the board of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. He has been involved in political campaigns and is a former member of the board of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. He also was elected to serve on the Manchester Charter Commissions in 1996 and 2003. In addition, he was a delegate to the National Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in 2003.
In 2001, Mr. Cook was recognized by the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce as its Citizen of the Year. That same year, he also received the Eugene M. Van Loan III Leadership Award from Easter Seals New Hampshire. In 1980, his contributions to the University of New Hampshire were acknowledged with the UNH Alumni Meritorious Service Award.
He received his B.A., from the University of New Hampshire and his J.D. from Cornell University Law School. He writes a regular column, "Cook on Concord" which appears in the New Hampshire Business Review.
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