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United State Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
433 U.S. Courthouse
2 South Main Street
Akron, OH 44308
Phone: 330-375-5412
Fax: 330-375-5423
E-mail: deborah_cook@ca6.uscourts.gov
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President George W. Bush nominated Deborah Cook to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2001. She was confirmed two years later by the United States Senate.
Before her appointment to the Sixth Circuit, Deborah Cook served for eight years as a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. And for the four years immediately preceding her Supreme Court election, Judge Cook served as Judge on the Ninth District Court of Appeals, being elected to the office at age 38.
Before her move to the bench, Deborah Cook practiced for eleven years with Akron’s oldest firm, Roderick Linton. She was the first female associate hired by the firm and then the firm’s first female partner.
Judge Cook received her Bachelor of Arts and her Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Akron. In 1996 the University presented her with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Judge Cook chaired the Ohio Commission on Public Legal Education. She is a past president of the Akron Bar Association Foundation, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and former member of the Akron Bar Association disciplinary committee.
Judge 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 twenty disadvantaged, Akron Public School honor students.
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