Service Areas
- Business
- Tax: State + Local
- Litigation + Trial
- Tax Litigation
- Litigation + Trial Practice Overview
- Governments + Nonprofits
- Tax: State + Local
Education
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D.
- Hillsdale College, B.S.
Bar Admissions
- Michigan
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court
- Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Tax Court
Jackie J. Cook focuses her practice on a broad range of legal issues related to state and local taxation, the Michigan Corporate Income Tax and the repealed Michigan Business Tax as well as other business income and gross receipt taxes, sales and use tax, tax incentives, and property tax (valuation and exemption matters). She also is involved in economic development incentives and legal issues related to nonprofit and charitable organizations. In her practice, Jackie represents a broad range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to start-up businesses and nonprofit organizations.
“I serve my clients by thoroughly reviewing the facts and analyzing the law to determine every supportable legal position in order to increase the likelihood of success.”
Jackie J. Cook
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association, Taxation Section; Real Property Section; Young Lawyers Division, Tax Committee Chair, 2007-2008, Tax Committee Liaison to ABA Tax Section, 2008-2010
- State Bar of Michigan, State and Local Tax Committee of the Taxation Section, Chair 2011-2012
- Michigan Women's Tax Association
Honors + Awards
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School, cum laude; Certificates of Merit: Advanced Writing, Bankruptcy, Tax Fraud, and Wills, Estates and Trusts; 2004 Women Lawyers' Association of Michigan's Outstanding Woman Law Student Award; Law Review, Assistant Editor, 2005 Eugene Krasicky Award for Significant Contribution to Law Review
- Michigan Super Lawyers, Rising Star 2009, Tax
Civic, Cultural + Social Activities
- Recycle Detroit, Board Member, 2007-present
Publications
"Commissioner v. Banks: The Tax Liability of Contingent Fees to Litigants," Michigan Tax Lawyers, Vol. XXXII, Issue 2 (Summer 2006)
"Determining Who Wears the Pants in Thoroughbred Horse Racing: Albarado v Kentucky Racing Commission," Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, Vol. 22, No. 3 (2006)
Speeches
"MBT Credits: A Different Kind of Credit Application," (Co-presenter), Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, December 10, 2009
"Discussion of Latest & Greatest State Tax Litigation," presented at Council on State Taxation's Mid-West Regional State Tax Seminar held jointly with the Multistate Executives Tax Roundtable, October, 2008 (co-presenter)
"MeadWestvaco v. Dep't of Revenue: Allied-Signal Revisited," Tax Executives Institute, Detroit Chapter, January 4, 2008 (co-presenter)
"The New Michigan Business Tax," Oakland County Bar Association Medical Legal Committee, December 6, 2007
"Taxing Times: The New Business and Services Tax," Miller Canfield's Before the Bell Breakfast Forum, November 15, 2007 (co-presenter)
"Michigan Business Tax Updates," Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, Troy, Saginaw, August 2007 (co-presenter)
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