William J. Cook is a partner at Cultural Heritage Partners, PLLC, a historic preservation and cultural heritage law firm. Previously, he served for eight years as associate general counsel at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Will is a board member on the Maryland Center for History and Culture, Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation, Valleys Planning Council, and Ladew Topiary Gardens. He has taught preservation law at Columbia University and lectures regularly to national audiences on issues related to property, land use, and historic preservation law.