Deborah Cook (judge)

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office = Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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nominator = George W. Bush
predecessor = Alan E. Norris
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Deborah L. Cook (born February 8, 1952) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Background

Cook received her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Akron. She was president of Delta Gamma and president of her senior class at the University of Akron. She is a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership and academic honorary society.

Following graduation from law school until her election to the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals, Cook was a member of Akron’s oldest law firm, Roderick, Myers & Linton, as well as the firm’s first female partner. She then served four years as a state appellate judge on the District Court of Appeals covering Summit, Wayne, Medina, and Lorain counties. Cook was elected to the Ohio Supreme Court in 1994 for a six-year term beginning in 1995. She was re-elected in November 2000 and served until her appointment to the Sixth Circuit in 2003.

Judge Cook chaired the Commission on Public Legal Education, and was a member of the Ohio Courts Futures Commission and the Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management. In 1996, the University of Akron presented her with an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree. She is a past president of the Akron Bar Association Foundation, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and was a member of the Akron Bar Association disciplinary committee from 1981 to 1993.

Sixth Circuit nomination and confirmation

President George W. Bush nominated Cook to the Sixth Circuit on January 7, 2003 to a seat vacated by Judge Alan E. Norris. She was confirmed 66–25 [cite web| url=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=1&vote=00139| title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108th Congress - 1st Session| accessdate=2006-10-01| work=Official website of the United States Senate] by the United States Senate on May 5, 2003. Cook was the fourth judge nominated to the Sixth Circuit by Bush and confirmed by the Senate.

She was mentioned in 2005 as a possible nominee for the Supreme Court to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. O'Connor was eventually replaced with Samuel Alito, yet Cook remains a possible nominees to the high court should Republican John McCain win the 2008 presidential election. [cite news |first=Chris |last=Rizo |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Washington observers weigh in on potential Supreme Court picks |url=http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/216455-washington-observers-weigh-in-on-potential-supreme-court-picks |work=LegalNewsline |publisher= |date=2008-10-09 |accessdate= ]

ee also

*George W. Bush Supreme Court candidates

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References

*cite web| url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2998 Federal Judicial Center Profile| title=Cook, Deborah L.| work=Official website of the Federal Judicial Center| accessdate=2006-10-01