Julian Abele Cook Jr.

Julian Abele Cook Jr. (June 22, 1930 – May 16, 2017) was a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Biography

Born in Washington, D.C., Cook received a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1952 and was in the United States Army from 1952-54. He received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1957. He was a law clerk for Judge Arthur E. Moore in Pontiac, Michigan from 1957-58. He was in private practice in Detroit, Michigan from 1958–61, and in Pontiac and Bloomfield Hills, Michigan from 1961-78. He was a Special Assistant State Attorney General of Michigan from 1968 until his appointment to the federal bench in 1978.

On July 25, 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Cook to a seat vacated by Lawrence Gubow on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Cook was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 1978, and received his commission on September 23, 1978. He served as Chief Judge from 1989 to 1996.^[1] He assumed senior status on December 30, 1996.

Death

Julian Abele Cook Jr. died in his home in Silver Spring, Maryland on May 16, 2017.^[2][3]

References

Sources

• Julian Abele Cook Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.