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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0313.011 2002-2004 o.- ~'t•~# ~4 ~ ~ AL S. KONISHI JAY MPNllG Giunro Clerk - . Depun'Countr Clerd T 'v~^Y~C - ''D CONS'I'ANCE R. KIRK ~ OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK ~3~~9a'~5"'~~I 3 39 c~«i,D~o~i~mvn;' COUNTi Ic.~~ Hmraii (bung tluilding ~-~~A~/~/~~~ SS dupani Streel IG(o. ilov ait 96710 August 18, 2003 ~ ~ ' Purpose: For Public Release (Optional). ~03 i1C~ ' a 9 1. Last Name Find Name ' ' - Middle Initlays) COOK VALTA I•~ A. 2. Nickname J. 08te of Birth 4, Placa of Birth OS /29_/-1934 Harleton, Texas Val - 5. Resltlen0al Address 116 Kokea Street, Hilo, HI 96720 6. E-Mail Atldresa valta. cook@verizon. net 7. Etlucatlon Name of School Major Corse of Slutly Type of Degree or Certihcabon Harleton High School Diploma Lcn Morris .Iuni.or College 9rb; & Sc ienc_e_s___ AA Cn iversi ty at Texas, Austin Business Administration RRA Lln fivers ity of Texas, School of Law, Austin Law ~ LLB 8. Current Occupation Attorney At Law 9. Buslnass Atldraes 10. Business Phone # 90 Pauahi St., Ste. 203, Hilo, HI 96720 961-6611 tt. EZpaNenca See Curriculum Vitae attached 12. Famlly Informetlon Wife: Violet Hanayo (Kuroda) Cook Sons: Valta Albert Cnok, II, and Vaughn Graham '7akao Cook 13. Other See Curriculum Vitae attached u goo VALTA ALBERT COOK Curriculum Vitae BACKGROUND Born: May 29, 1934 Harleton, Texas (1 of 10 children) Married to Violet Kuroda and father of 2 sons: Valta Albert Cook, II, attorney with the Prosecuting Attorneys' Office for the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Vaughn G. T. Cook, employed by DeLoitte Touche in Seattle, Washington; CPA, lawyer, and Master in tax, doing international tax accountancy 2 granddaughters, one from each son, ages 20 months and 12 months UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Graduated from Harleton High School, Harleton, Texas, 1953 Associate of Arts Degree, Lon Morris Junior College, Jacksonville, Texas, 1955 Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Texas at Austin, 1957 MILITARY Served two years in the U. S. Army; 1 1 /2 years at Fort Shaffer, Hawaii, First Lieutenant, U. S. Army Reserve GRADUATE EDUCATION LLB Ilaw degreel, University of Texas at Austin, 1967 YILORK BACKGROUND 1959 - 1964 Buyer, Sanger Harris Department Stores, Dallas, Texas, member of Federated Department Stores LEGAL BACKGROUND 1968 - 1969 Associate with the law firm of Nelson Doi and Cyril Kanemitsu 1969 - 1973 Partner with the law firm of Cyril Kanemitsu and Valta A. Cook 1973 Partner with the law firm of Cook, Choi &Yuda (Yalta A. Cook, Jeffrey Choi & George S. Yuda) 1973 - 1985 Various partners in my own law firm, including Jeffrey Choi, George S. Yuda, Sylvester V. Quitiquit, Nelson K. Doi, Robert J. Crudele, and others 1985 Merged my law firm, Cook, Choi, et al., (9 members) with the Statewide law firm of Case & Lynch 11 was a senior partner until the firm dissolved in 19951 1995 - present Sole practitioner under the name of "Law Offices of Yalta A. Cook", with an associate, paralegal, secretary/bookkeeper, and receptionist (practice limited mainly to civil litigation and Family Law? PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Member, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Member, American Bar Association (section on Family Law) Member, Hawaii County Bar Association (past President) Member, Hawaii State Bar Association (section on Family Law) 2 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS Member, South Hilo Rotary Club (President 1974; incoming President 2003) Member, Hawaii Concert Society (President on at least 2 occasions) Member, American Cancer Society Member, Lehua Jaycees (past Vice President and State Director, and past Chairman of the Miss Aloha Hawaii Pageant) Member, Board of Trustees, Hilo Medical Center Foundation Member, Hilo Missionary Church Member, Planning Board of Appeals, County of Hawaii UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII Incorporated the UH-Hilo Vulcan Athletic Boosters Club President and Director for many years of the UH-Hilo Vulcan Athletic Boosters Club Active supporter of the UH, including annual donations in excess of 51,000.00 to UH-Hilo athletic programs for approximately the last 10 years Represented a UH faculty member in a civil case for sexual harassment, to jury in the Federal District Court before Judge Samuel King in Honolulu, Hawaii, Fall of 2001 HOBBIES Reading, snow skiing, jogging, tennis, weight lifting ADDRESSES/PHONE NUMBERS Business: 80 Pauahi Street Suite 203 Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: (808) 961-6611 Fax: (808) 961-4962 E-Mail: valta.cook@verizon.net Home: 116 Kokea Street Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: (808) 935-5056 3