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M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM)

Award/Recognition announcement on August 27, 2020

M. Dawes Cooke Jr. (Col ’76 CM), a lawyer with Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, was included in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers of America and was named one of the Best Lawyers of the Year in the area of mediation for the Charleston metro market. Best Lawyers has named Cooke as a Charleston Lawyer of the Year nine times since 2009 in the areas of arbitration, mediation, bet-the-company litigation, and personal injury litigation.

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M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM)

Other announcement on June 2, 2016

M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM) has been selected as the No. 1 attorney in South Carolina by South Carolina Super Lawyers for the third consecutive year. He is also listed as a “Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney.” Mr. Cooke works in the Charleston, South Carolina, office of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, where his practice focuses on complex civil litigation, professional liability defense and personal injury litigation.

M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM)

Other announcement on August 21, 2015

M. Cooke (Col ’76 CM) has been chosen the No. 1 attorney in South Carolina for the 2015 edition of South Carolina Super Lawyers; this is the second consecutive year that he has topped the list. Mr. Cooke is a member lawyer with Barnwell Whaley in Charleston, where he focuses on complex civil litigation, professional liability defense and personal injury litigation. He frequently lectures on alternative dispute resolution.