Nancy Douglas Cook

Attorney at Law
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Practice Areas: 
Family Law (100%)
Admitted: 
1995, Virginia
Law School: 
University of Richmond, J.D.
Member: 
  • Member of Richmond Bar Association
    • Judiciary Committee, 1998-2001
    • Finance Committee, 2001-2003
    • Board of Directors, 2003-2007
    • Administration of Justice Committee, 2008 - 2011
  • Representative to Virginia Bar Association Coalition Committee
    • On Family Law Legislation 1999- 2008
  • Member of Richmond Metropolitan Family Law Bar Association
    • City of Richmond Representative 2003-2005
    • Secretary 2005/2006
    • President-Elect 2006/2007
    • President 2007/2008
  • Member of Family Law Section of the Virginia State Bar
  • Member of the John Marshall Inn of Court
    • Executive Committee 2003-2006 and 2008-2011
    • Reporting Committee Chair 2005/2006
    • Membership Chair 2006 to 2008
  • Member of International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
  • Member of Virginia Collaborative Professionals
  • Member of Collaborative Professionals of Richmond
  • Member of Richmond Collaborative Divorce Professionals
Biography: 
  • Dade City, Florida, October 17, 1952
  • Member, John Marshall American Inn of Court.
  • Author, Maggie in the Middle (available through Amazon)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, T. C. Williams School of Law, August, 2000 to present, teaching Law Skills to first year students from 2000 to 2006, and teaching Collaborative Law to upper level students from 2006 to the present
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies, 2002 to present teaching Domestic Relations, Legal Writing and Interviewing and Investigating
History: 

Nancy Douglas Cook's interest in family law developed during her twenty-year stint as a court reporter while covering all types of litigation throughout Virginia. Graduating from the University of Richmond School of Law, she chose to limit her practice to family law, and has recently focused on collaborative practice, a teamwork approach to resolving problems of divorce and related issues with dignity and civility. Occasionally serving as a guardian ad litem, she is also an adjunct faculty member at both the University of Richmond's School of Law and the School of Continuing Studies. Nancy and her husband, Bruce, have two children and five grandchildren.

Specialties: 
  • Divorce
  • Prenuptial Agreements
  • Property Settlement Agreements
  • Spousal Support
  • Child Support
  • Child Custody 
  • Collaborative Law

Listed in Virginia Business Magazine's Legal Elite for 8 of the past 9 years in the field of Family Law/Domestic Relations