530-432-3485
SCooke@chwlaw.us
Stephanie Cooke is Senior Counsel with Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley’s litigation practice group. She litigates a range of disputes in trial and appellate courts, including matters involving Propositions 218 and 26, utility ratemaking, land use, housing, and government contracts.
Prior to joining CHW, Stephanie served as the Director of Housing and Homelessness Prevention for a nonprofit legal aid organization, where she supervised housing advocacy attorneys and managed high-impact litigation and policy-driven projects addressing systemic issues affecting tenants. In her 15 years as a legal aid attorney, Stephanie tried dozens of cases and assisted thousands of low-income individuals with housing, employment, public benefits and immigration matters through litigation, administrative advocacy, legal clinics and community education. She has presented at national conferences and conducted extensive trainings on subjects including litigation skills, subsidized housing, tenants’ rights, fair housing, employment discrimination, and community development
Stephanie graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, where she served as a Contributing Editor for the Michigan Journal of International Law. During law school, Stephanie also externed for Senior Judge Howard D. McKibben of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada and represented low-income tenants as a student attorney with the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts in World Literature from the University of California, San Diego, where she graduated magna cum laude.
Stephanie is licensed to practice in California, Oregon, and Michigan.