Women's Bar Association taps Cook

Kathy Jo Cook, a litigator at the Taunton personal injury law firm Keches & Mallen, has been named president of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts.

Cook, who works in the firm's Boston office, took the helm of the 1,500-member organization this week.

During her yearlong presidency, Cook said that she intends to help women advance in law firms, encourage female business leaders to refer work to female lawyers, and expand the association's statewide presence.

Cook (right), who graduated from Suffolk University Law School and the University of Houston, succeeds Julia Huston, a partner at the Boston intellectual property law firm Bromberg & Sunstein.
(By Sacha Pfeiffer, Globe staff)