Edward J. Cook, Director: Alaric Compliance Services

Edward J. Cook, Director

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Edward J. Cook
Director

Office: New York
Phone: (646) 230-0823
Fax: (212) 608-1606
Email: ecook@alariccompliance.com

Edward Cook is a Director of Alaric Compliance Services, LLC and is currently the CCO to a hedge fund advisor and a mutual fund family. He has also developed the compliance programs for Funds of Funds and has worked in a supporting capacity for mutual funds.

He began as a practicing attorney nearly 20 years ago, initially with Cahill Gordon & Reindel where he litigated the roles and responsibilities of service providers over the pricing and valuation of fund holdings. His securities practice also included the Drexel Burnham Lambert reorganization as well as other matters for financial industry clients. Mr. Cook also worked for several years as a commercial litigator at the law firm of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman and Dicker and has acted as counsel to a number of small corporations.

In his nearly 5 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Mr. Cook served as a trial attorney and later as legal advisor to several admirals. He presently holds the rank of Commander in the Navy Reserve. Additionally, Mr. Cook's public sector experience includes his roles as Counsel to the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Department of Homeland Security, where he contributed to the development of the national anti-money laundering strategy, and as a municipal judge elected for 2 terms.

Mr. Cook received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an editor of the Journal of Law and Politics, and his A.B. from the College of William & Mary. He is admitted to practice law in New York and before the Second and Fourth Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. Tax Court.

Edward J. Cook

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Edward J. Cook, Director