About Sean W. Cook

After graduating from law school and initially working for two years as an attorney in civil defense, Sean chose to pursue his professional and personal passion and represent individual plaintiffs, with a focus in employment law.

Sean’s employment practice has included successful representation of (for example and without limitation) fast-food workers; neurosurgeons and other physicians; coal miners; university administrators/vice-presidents; police officers; fellow lawyers; sales representatives; and nearly every segment of the workforce. 

Sean has achieved millions of dollars in compensation for his individual clients in tough cases against powerful defendants that many lawyers would not pursue. Such cases include:

Successful resolution and representation of employees who were sexually harassed and racially discriminated against by the former Chairman of the WVU Department of Neurosurgery;

Successful resolution on behalf of state employees terminated for reporting and refusing to participate in wasteful spending of state funds; and

Successful representation under the W. Va. Patient Safety Act of multiple healthcare workers retaliated against for reporting patient safety concerns.

Sean’s plaintiff’s practice expands beyond the workplace, and also focuses on civil rights cases (including constitutional claims for police and prison brutality), consumer law, Title IX, FOIA, HIPAA, school bullying, and breach of contract cases. 

Sean is an active member of the National Employments Lawyer’s Association and the West Virginia Employment Lawyer’s Association.

To allow for more flexibility in choosing which cases to pursue, Sean established his solo practice in 2020.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Sean W. Cook attended West Virginia University, where he graduated with honors and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. While at WVU, Sean was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honorary Society and the Golden Key National Honor Society, served as president of his fraternity and vice-president of the Intra-Fraternal Council, and was named WVU Greek Man of the Year. Sean also served as Community Service director for WVU Student Government, and in this role, founded the WVU Toy Mountain project, which is still currently active and for which Sean received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service from the United States Department of the Army.

Upon graduation in 2001, Sean worked as a special assistant to the W.Va. State Senate President. In this role, Sean was appointed chair of the Senate President’s Select Committee on Professional Opportunity – a committee tasked with developing policy recommendations aimed towards attracting and keeping young professionals in West Virginia. Sean was then hired to serve in leadership roles on numerous political campaigns, including for then W. Va. Secretary of State and current U.S. Senator, Joe Manchin.

Sean went on to attend the West Virginia University College of Law and earn his Juris Doctorate degree in 2006. While in law school, he served as president of his class and co-founded the West Virginia chapter of the American Constitution Society. In his final semester of law school, Sean served as an extern for the Honorable Judge Robert B. King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.