Angela M. Cook, Esq. is a Team Chief Attorney in the Children’s Attorneys Project (CAP) at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada (LACSN). She joined Legal Aid Center in 2015 and practices in the area of child welfare. As a children’s attorney, Angela represents abused and neglected children. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law in William S. Boyd School of Law’s Samuel S. Lionel Externship Program, serves as the President of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association (LVNBA) and National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) State Coordinator for Nevada.
Prior to joining Legal Aid Center, Angela was a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra L. Pomrenze in the Family Division of the Clark County Eighth Judicial District Court.
Angela’s educational background includes a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She earned her Juris Doctor from the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2013. Angela is licensed to practice law in Nevada and the U.S. Federal Court.
While attending law school, Angela worked as a student attorney in the Thomas & Mack Family Justice Clinic, externed for the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada’s Domestic Violence Unit, and served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Michael L. Douglas of the Nevada Supreme Court. She was also a Society of Advocates and the Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Team member. She further held leadership positions as Business Editor of the Gaming Law Journal, President of the Minority Law Student Association, and Vice President of the Black Law Student Association.
