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BEN COOK JR., ESQ

Attorney at Law

Florida State University College of Law Tallahassee, FL – May 2017

Juris Doctor (J.D.) In Law

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL – May 2014

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) In History and German

Florida Bar (Bar #1002213)

German – Advanced – Florida State University

English – Fluent – Native

Spanish – Beginner – Private Study

Portuguese – Beginner – Family

Benterprise Capital, LLC, West Palm Beach, FL

Attorney & Business Consultant, January 2023 – April 2025

  • Sole Practitioner/ Business Operations Consultancy; provided COO services and various corporate legal services to startups, small, and medium businesses – Closed business due to preference for working for an established firm/business rather than self-employment and marketing fatigue.

Cook Capital Group, LLC, Wellington, FL

General Counsel, August 2018 – January 2023

  • Subsidiaries:
    • Canna Wellness Clinics, LLC – Boynton Beach, FL
    • Cook Digital Corp. Wellington, FL
    • LASIK Docs – West Palm Beach, FL
    • Printed Kicks – Wellington, FL
    • Palm Beach Nutra – Boynton Beach, FL
  • Interpreted laws, rulings, and regulations for the companies. Conferred with outside counsel to establish and verify bases for legal proceedings.
  • Successfully dealt with various corporate legal issues, such as cease-and-desists, copyright claims, and other legal challenges.
  • Drafted, analyzed, and interpreted contracts of all sorts and sizes across multiple disciplines and business sectors.
    • E.g.: Negotiated and approved contracts including those with advertising firms, suppliers, distributors, employment agreements, specialty operating contracts, and commercial real estate transactions.
  • Registered and protected the companies’ trademarks and copyright claims.
  • Owned strategy development and execution to overcome obstacles and exceed goals for multiple companies under the main two holding companies.
  • Examined legal data to determine advisability of defending and prosecuting lawsuits.
  • Advised the companies concerning business transactions, claim liability, advisability of prosecuting and defending lawsuits and legal rights and obligations.
  • Created multiple Limited Liability Companies and organized their structures.
  • Ensured compliance in the following: Corporate Healthcare Law, Florida Medical Cannabis Law, FDA Regulations and Employment Law.
  • Created and branded multiple goods-and-services companies; acquired and established company domains and email services.
  • Managed interviewing, hiring, and human resources functions for companies, such as vetting independent doctors to ensure compliance with the highest standards of patient care.
  • Disseminated written policies and procedures related to compliance activities; wrote employee handbooks.
  • Advised internal management and business partners on implementation and operation of compliance programs.
  • Conducted periodic internal reviews or audits to verify the following of compliance procedures and correct any lapses.
  • Grew Canna Wellness Clinics to become the largest-by-patient-volume MMJ clinic in South Florida while operating as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel.

Felice & Ehrlich – Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Associate Attorney, October 2017 – June 2018

  • Met with clients for initial consultations and prepared them for mediations and depositions.
  • Represented clients in depositions and mediations, both state and private.
  • Propounded discovery, such as requests to produce.
  • Filed Petitions for Benefits and their requisite good-faith communications with opposing counsel.
  • Attended and wrote memoranda of law for Workers’ Compensation final hearings.
  • Represented clients in evidentiary hearings in front of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims.
  • Deposed doctors, records custodians, and insurance adjusters.
  • Analyzed probable outcomes of cases, using knowledge of legal precedents.