Deborah L. Cook
| Deborah L. Cook | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
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Assumed office May 7, 2003 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Alan Eugene Norris |
| Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
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In office January 1, 1995 – May 16, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | A. William Sweeney |
| Succeeded by | Terrence O'Donnell |
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February 8, 1952 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
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University of Akron B.A. University of Akron School of Law J.D. |
Deborah L. Cook (born February 8, 1952) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, based in Akron, Ohio.
Cook received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Akron and her Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law. She was president of Delta Gamma Sorority 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.
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. Cook’s past community activities include: Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management; Summit County United Way Board of Trustees; President of Volunteer Center Board of Trustees, Women’s Network Board of Directors and past chair of the Junior Leadership Akron Project. She currently co-chairs Collegescholars, Inc, a mentored scholarship program benefiting disadvantaged Akron students. Cook is noted as being the only woman ever to play on the all-male Sharon Golf Club's course.
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