Nena Cook Partner Sussman Shank LLP, Portland Nena Cook, Partner, Sussman Shank LLP, Portland; B.A., Gonzaga University; J.D., Willamette University College of Law; production editor, Willamette Law Review (1990-1991); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1991 and the Washington State Bar since 1992; admitted to practice in U.S. Supreme Court, US. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Oregon, and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington; trial attorney with twenty years of experience specializing in complex business disputes, commercial torts, and professional liability defense; member, OSB Litigation, Business, and Labor and Employment Sections (1991–present), Oregon Women Lawyers (1991–present, board 2007–present), ABA (1991–present), FBA (1991–present),Washington State Bar Litigation, and Labor and Employment Sections (1992–present), American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (2007–present); advisory board member, Campaign for Equal Justice (2007–present); Multnomah County Pro Tem Judge (2007–present); past member, OSB Board of Governors (2002–2005, President 2005), Oregon Commission on Professionalism (2005), Oregon Commission for Women (2007–2010); former chair, Leadership College Advisory Board (2006–2008); included in the list of Oregon’s Top 25 Women Super Lawyers (2009); listed in Oregon Super Lawyers (2006–2011); selected, Best Lawyers in America for labor and employment law (2011–2012); frequent speaker and writer on litigation and employment law issues.