As Florida Legal Services president, Jacksonville attorney Hamilton Cooke will serve as a designated director on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization that provides leadership and funding for justice in Florida.
Cooke, a shareholder with Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball, practices in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration and real estate matters.
Cooke served as president of the foundation from 2000-01 and received the foundation’s Medal of Honor Award in 2007 for his contributions to providing access to justice for those living in poverty throughout Florida, including his pro bono work on behalf of HabiJax and through Jacksonville Area Legal Aid.
While on The Florida Bar board of governors, Cooke served as vice chairman of the joint commission of The Florida Bar and foundation on the delivery of legal services to the indigent in the early 1990s.
He then joined the foundation board, which he served for 10 years.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Cooke earned his bachelor’s degree from Davidson College and his law degree from Vanderbilt University.
Cooke is a Florida Bar Foundation Fellow and a member of the foundation’s Silver Society for lifetime giving, as well as its Legacy for Justice, which recognizes those who have donated or facilitated major gifts or bequests to the foundation.