Matthew P. Cook - a Bowling Green, Jefferson (KY) Insurance Defense Lawyer

Bowling Green Insurance Defense Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Insurance Defense
Employment Law
Medical Malpractice

Attorney Information

Overview

Matthew P. Cook joined Kerrick Bachert, PSC, in August 2017. He has been in practice in Bowling Green since 1998. Matt handles a wide range of litigation matters, including general civil litigation, commercial and business litigation, employment law, professional malpractice, and insurance coverage disputes. He also provides guidance to governmental entities and businesses on contract drafting and compliance issues.

Matt received an B.A. with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1994. He obtained a J.D. cum laude from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law in 1998. Matt was admitted to the Kentucky Bar Association in 1998 and is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. He has an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and was honored with the Kentucky Bar Association's Outstanding Young Lawyer Award in 2012.

Matt holds multiple positions within the legal community. He is a longtime member of the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association, currently serving as President Elect and will assume office as President of the KBA in 2026. He is a Life Member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, and a Life Fellow of the Kentucky Bar Foundation. Matt is a past President of the Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association and was the recipient of its Gwyneth B. Davis Outstanding Public Service Award in 2013.

In addition, Matt is a member of the American, Federal, Kentucky, Louisville, and Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Associations. He was appointed by the Chief Justice of Kentucky to serve as the Second Supreme Court District representative on the Kentucky Continuing Legal Education Commission from 2011-2016. Recently, he was nominated and accepted membership as a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Matt has also chaired the KBA’s Budget and Finance Committee, its Audit Committee, and its Rules Committee. He is the author of a chapter on "Closing Arguments" in multiple editions of Kentucky Civil Practice at Trial for the University of Kentucky Continuing Legal Education Series.

In the community, Matt is a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Foundation of South Central Kentucky and of Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company of Kentucky. He previously served on the Site Based Decision Making Council of McNeill Elementary School and coached the Mock Trial Team at Western Kentucky University. He is a member of Broadway United Methodist Church in Bowling Green.

Matt is married to Melanie Kennedy Cook, who is a Senior Vice-President and Assistant General Counsel with Dollar General Corporation. The Cooks have two children, Andrew and Layne.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ falls into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.

Awards and Honors

Honors

AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Kentucky Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 2012
Gwyneth B. Davis Outstanding Public Service Award, Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association, 2013

Education

Legal Education
- Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 1998
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
Non Legal Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: University of North Carolina Bowling Green Area Alumni Club, Founder and President
  Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

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Pro Bono Activities

Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference, Life Member
Kentucky Bar Foundation, Life Member
Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Bowling Green Graduate
Western Kentucky University Mock Trial Team, Volunteer Coach
Junior Achievement, Volunteer Instructor
Broadway United Methodist Church, Member
Site-Based Decision Making Council of W.R. McNeill Elementary School in Bowling Green
T.C. Cherry Elementary School, Volunteer

Representative Cases

James v. Meow Media, Inc., 300 F.3d 683 (6th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1159 (2003)
Estill Co. Bd. of Educ. v. Zurich Ins. Co., 84 Fed. Appx. 516 (6th Cir. 2003)
Williams v. Tyco Elec. Corp., 161 Fed. Appx. 526 (6th Cir. 2006)
Travelers Indem. Co. v. Bowling Green Prof. Assocs., PLC, 495 F.3d 266 (6th Cir. 2007)
Hackworth v. Guyan Heavy Equip., Inc., 613 F.Supp.2d 908 (E.D. Ky. 2009)
Evanston Ins. Co. v. Housing Authority of Somerset, 658 Fed. Appx. 799 (6th Cir. 2016)
Black v. Dixie Cons. Prods. LLC, 835 F.3d 579 (6th Cir. 2016), cert. denied, 137 S.Ct. 2294 (2017)
Farmland Mut. Ins. Co. v. Johnson, 36 S.W.3d 368 (Ky. 2000)
Western Kentucky Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. Revenue Cabinet, 80 S.W.3d 787 (Ky. App. 2001)
Lafleur v. Shoney’s, Inc., 83 S.W.3d 474 (Ky. 2002)
Deerfield Ins. Co. v. Warren Co. Fiscal Court ex rel. City-County Planning Comm’n, 88 S.W.3d 867 (Ky. App. 2002)
MGA Ins. Co. v. Glass, 131 S.W.3d 775 (Ky. App. 2004)
Olfice, Inc. v. Wilkey, 173 S.W.3d 226 (Ky. 2005)
Warren Co. Citizens for Managed Growth, Inc. v. Board of Comm’rs of City of Bowling Green, 207 S.W.3d 7 (Ky. App. 2006)
Emberton v. GMRI, Inc., 299 S.W.3d 565 (Ky. 2009)
McDonald’s Corp. v. Ogborn, 309 S.W.3d 274 (Ky. App. 2009)
Western Kentucky Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc. v. Runyon, 410 S.W.3d 113 (Ky. 2013)
Fraser v. Miller, 427 S.W.3d 182 (Ky. 2014)
Carter v. Paschall Truck Lines, Inc., 388 F.Supp.3d 883 (W.D.Ky. 2019)
Offutt v Warren County Regional Jail, 109 Fed. Appx. (6th Cir. 2004)
Estes v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 542 F.Supp.3d 585 (E.D. Ky. 2021), aff’d by 23 F.4th 695 (6th Cir. 2022)

Published Works

Articles

Chapter, "Closing Arguments" (Co-Author), Kentucky Civil Practice at Trial, 2nd Ed., University of Kentucky Continuing Legal Education Series

Bar Admissions

Kentucky, 1998
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1999
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 2000
U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court, 2001

Other Affiliations

Louisville Bar Association (Member)
Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Member-Board of Directors)
Kentucky Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
Federal Bar Association (Member)
Kentucky Bar Association, Board of Governors (Member)
Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association, 2010 (President)
Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Vice-President)
Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Treasurer)
Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Secretary)
Bowling Green-Warren County Bar Association (Director)
Kentucky Bar Association, Budget and Finance Committee (Member)
KBA Annual Convention, 2017 (CLE Program Chair)

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Bowling Green, KY

1411 Scottsville Rd
PO Box 9547
Bowling Green, KY 42101

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