Cook, Jordan Davisson

Jordan Davisson Cook

Counsel

jordan.cook@lw.com
    Cook, Jordan Davisson

    Jordan Davisson Cook

    Counsel

    jordan.cook@lw.com

    Profile

    Jordan Cook represents a variety of clients on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on securities litigation, complex business disputes, professional liability, activism, and class action litigation.

    Jordan assists companies, management, and boards of directors in connection with:

    • Securities class action suits
    • Shareholder derivative litigation
    • Books-and-records demands
    • M&A, activism, and Delaware corporate governance
    • SEC enforcement matters

    Jordan is on the Board of the Federal Bar Association (OC Chapter) and serves on the Training and Career Enhancement Committee. She has previously served on the Associates and Technology Committees. Prior to joining Latham, Jordan worked at another AmLaw50 firm representing clients in complex commercial litigation matters. 

    Experience

    Jordan’s recent cases include representing:

    • Puma Biotechnology: At trial, defeated more than 95 percent of plaintiffs’ claimed damages in rare Section 10(b) securities class action to go to jury verdict, named by the Daily Journal as one of the Top Verdicts of 2019 (C.D. Cal.)
    • GoodRx – Won final dismissal of securities class action challenging company’s IPO disclosures following major competitor’s entry into prescription-drug pricing market (C.D. Cal.)
    • Alteryx – Won final first-round dismissal of securities class action against technology company following withdrawal of guidance in the early days of the pandemic (C.D. Cal.)
    • Desktop Metal, Inc. – Won dismissal of securities fraud claims against 3D printing company based on whistleblower investigation
    • Prometheus Biosciences in its US$11 billion acquisition by Merck (D. Del., S.D.N.Y. 2023)
    • Cerner Corp. in US$28.3 billion acquisition by Oracle (E.D.N.Y. 2022), named among the Deal Awards Most Outstanding Deal of the Year in 2022

    Qualifications

    Bar Qualification

    • California

    Education

    • JD, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2013
      Managing Editor, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal
    • BA in Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 2008

    Languages Spoken

    • English

    Practices

    Industries

    Recognition

    News & Insights

    Courtroom
    March 7, 2024 In the News

    Latham Passes Skadden as Busiest Securities Defense Firm

    Despite a downward trend in securities case filings over the past three years, Latham & Watkins LLP has remained one of the most active law firms on the defense side, taking over the top spot from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, according to reports released by Lex Machina.
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