Our Vision
Assembling the Pieces
Our goal with every client, with every issue, with every dispute and with every lawsuit is to assemble the often disparate and fragmented pieces into a persuasive coherent message - all to achieve the best result possible.
Attorneys and Legal Staff
R. Grant Cook
Principal / Attorney
gcook@cook-lawfirm.com
Grant grew up in Stafford, Oregon and attended Lakeridge High School. He began his undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon and completed them at Oregon State University.
Grant attended Willamette University College of Law from 2002 to 2005. He won the First Year Appellate Competition, which gained him automatic access to Willamette Law's Moot Court. Grant also wrote for Willamette Law Online - U.S. Supreme Court Section. While attending law school, Grant clerked for in-house counsel at Kettle Foods, Inc. and volunteered as a small claims mediator for Marion County Circuit Court. Upon graduation, Grant received a certificate of dispute resolution in addition to his juris doctorate degree.
Following graduation from law school, Grant clerked for one year with the Hon. Robert Selander - then presiding judge of Clackamas County Circuit Court.
Grant has practiced law since 2006 and is licensed with the Oregon and Washington state bars. He is also licensed to practice before the United States District Court, for the District of Oregon, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and the Federal Circuits.
Over the course of his legal career, Grant has successfully represented the interests of a wide variety of clients, from large companies to modest means clients.
Grant enjoys Oregon's outdoors and the time he spends with his wife and children, family and friends.
Quentin Plese
Associate Attorney
qplese@cook-lawfirm.com
Quentin grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended high school at Gonzaga Preparatory. He went on to obtain his undergraduate degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Western Washington University in Bellingham.
Following his graduation and prior to law school, Quentin worked for a mid-sized law firm in Spokane, Washington.
Quentin then attended Willamette University College of Law from 2020 to 2023. While attending law school, Quentin was employed with Cook Law Firm as a Law Clerk and subsequently a Court Certified Law Clerk.
Following his graduation from law school, Quentin studied for and passed the Oregon State Bar exam. Now poised to be sworn in as a new attorney licensed to practice law in Oregon, We are proud to have Quentin as a member of our team.
A true northwesterner, Quentin enjoys the outdoors - especially the coast, as well as music.
