KSLN is pleased to announce that Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law awarded our newest associate, Jesse Cooke, with the Dean’s Award on June 12th.  The Dean’s Award is given to recent graduates in recognition of academic excellence and for outstanding contributions to the law school.  Jesse graduated from Arizona State University in December of 2005 after earning his Juris Doctor and Masters in Business Administration concurrently.

As a student, Jesse served as an editor with the Arizona State Law Journal.  He authored two published articles, one of which was recognized as the Arizona State Law Journal’s Best Comment of 2003-2004.  Jesse was honored with the Couch Fellowship Award, serving for two years as a student author of the insurance coverage treatise series entitled Couch On Insurance 3d.  Jesse was also very active in ASU’s Homeless Legal Assistance Project, a student organization working cooperatively with Phoenix-area attorneys to provide pro bono services to the local homeless community.  Jesse graduated with the highest pro bono distinction for contributing more than 150 hours of pro bono service during his law school tenure.   

Jesse concentrates his practice in the area of insurance coverage litigation.