Attorneys

Based in Tampa, Barker | Cook, provides smart and innovative legal solutions to businesses and individuals throughout Florida and beyond.

Attorneys Chris Barker and William Cook are AV Preeminent peer review rated* through Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available, and both are listed in Florida Super Lawyers for business litigation. Barker | Cook is also listed in Best's Directories of recommended insurance professionals.

At Barker | Cook, our attorneys have been recognized for their expertise. and attorney Chris Barker has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a circuit court civil mediator. Mr. Barker is also a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, the Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals.

For more information about our lawyers and their respective areas of legal knowledge, please refer to their biographies linked below.

• Chris A. Barker
• William J. Cook

Contact Barker | Cook, today at 813-489-1001.

Please click on the links below to read some of Mr. Cook's legal articles.
Please understand that the articles are not a substitute for legal advice
and you should not rely on them for any particular issue.

• A Primer on Civil Litigation
• Admissibility of Expert Testimony
• Insurance Coverage
• Mechanics of Florida Civil Procedure
• Practicing in Federal Court

* AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.