David P. Cooke, Of Counsel in the firm’s Newark, New Jersey office, is the Director of the Aviation & Aircraft Law Practice Group. 

Mr. Cooke practiced for over twenty years in the law department of Honeywell International, Inc.  As an Assistant General Counsel he was responsible for all transactional and regulatory matters related to Honeywell’s large fleet of corporate aircraft.  In addition, Mr. Cooke has handled substantial environmental litigation matters including complex and class action lawsuits involving governmental and private parties, CERCLA cleanups and redevelopment of brownfield sites.

He received his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School in 1976 and his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1971.  In law school he received the Nathan Schidkraut Award for Excellence in Oral Advocacy.

Mr. Cooke is a Member of the Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association and the American Bar Association.  He holds an FAA Commercial Pilot certificate for single and multi-engine aircraft and gliders and as well as a Certified Flight Instructor certificate. 

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• New Jersey, and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1976
• New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, U.S. Tax Court, 1987
• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• Rutgers Law School, J.D., 1976
• New Jersey Institute of Technology, B.S., 1971