Cheryl Cook

Education: J.D., Michigan State University College of Law; B.A. Liberty University

Admitted to Practice: State of Michigan; United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; United States District Court, Western District of Michigan; United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana; United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana; United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois; United States District Court, Central District of Illinois; United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois; Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; United States Supreme Court.

Rochester, Michigan

Cheryl D. Cook joined Potestivo & Associates, PC in October 2018 and is based in the Rochester, Michigan office. She serves as the Supervising Attorney for the firm’s Michigan Bankruptcy Department.

With over 22 years of experience representing banks, lenders and businesses in bankruptcy proceedings, commercial litigation, loan workouts and general creditors’ rights matters, Cheryl has worked hard to develop good relationships with attorneys, trustees and courts while preserving collateral and achieving cost-effective resolutions on behalf of her clients.  She also has successfully tried several cases before juries in Oakland and Muskegon counties.

Cheryl graduated from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and later earned a post-baccalaureate certificate in Paralegal Studies from Lansing Community College. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University Law School).

Cheryl is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, with memberships in the Real Property Law and Religious Liberty sections, and the Federal Bar Association (Eastern District).  She has been published in the ABI Journal and the Macomb County Bar Briefs, and she was a contributing author in articles published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a chapter in Clinical Postreproductive Gynecology, by Samir N. Hajj and Wendy J. Evans, Appleton & Lange, 1993.

Cheryl has been awarded the AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale Hubbell.  She has taken an active role in the local communities by participating in Habitat for Humanity builds and various other home restoration activities in Oakland and Wayne County.