Emmett Cox
| Emmett Cox | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 4/18/1988 - 12/18/2000 |
| Senior: | 12/18/2000 - Present |
| Preceded by: | John Godbold |
| Past post: | Southern District of Alabama |
| Past term: | 1981-1988 |
| Past position: | Seat #2 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1935 |
| Home State: | Cottonwood, AL |
| Undergraduate: | U. of Alabama '57 |
| Law School: | U. of Alabama Law '59 |
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Emmett Ripley Cox is a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He joined the court in 1988 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Cox is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
A native of Alabama, Cox graduated from the University of Alabama in 1957 and later graduated from Alabama Law with his law degree in 1959. Cox also served in the U.S. Air National Guard from 1958 to 1964. [1]
Professional career
Cox spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Alabama from 1959 to 1981. [1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Alabama
Cox was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama by President Ronald Reagan October 14, 1981 to a seat vacated by Thomas Pittman. Cox was confirmed by the Senate on November 18, 1981 on a Senate vote and received commission on November 18, 1981. Cox left the Southern District of Alabama on April 25, 1988 due to his appointment to the Eleventh Circuit. [1] Cox was succeeded in this position by Charles Butler.
Eleventh Circuit
Cox was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on December 19, 1987 to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated by John Godbold. Cox was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 15, 1988 with unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on April 18, 1988.[2] Cox later assumed senior status on December 18, 2000. [1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Thomas Pittman |
Southern District of Alabama 1981–1988 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Charles Butler |
| Preceded by: John Godbold |
Eleventh Circuit 1988–2000 |
Succeeded by: ' |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Joel Dubina • Adalberto Jordan • Stanley Marcus • Beverly Martin • Gerald Tjoflat • Frank Hull • Charles Wilson • Rosemary Barkett • William Pryor • Edward Carnes | ||
| Senior judges |
Peter Fay • Robert Lanier Anderson • Phyllis Kravitch • James L. Edmondson • Emmett Cox • Susan Black • James Hill • | ||
| Former judges | John Godbold • Joseph Hatchett • Albert Henderson • Paul Roney • David Dyer • Elbert Tuttle • Thomas Clark • Richard Rives • Robert Vance • Lewis Morgan • Stanley Birch • Warren Leroy Jones • John Bryan Simpson • Frank M. Johnson, Jr. • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
John Godbold • Robert Lanier Anderson • Gerald Tjoflat • Joseph Hatchett • James L. Edmondson • Paul Roney • | ||
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: William Steele • Callie Granade • Kristi DuBose | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | William Cassady • Bert Milling • Katherine Nelson • Sonja Bivins • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
William Crawford • Charles Tait • John Gayle • William Giles Jones • Richard Busteed • George Washington Lane • John Bruce • Emmett Cox • Harry Theophilus Toulmin • Robert Tait Ervin • John McDuffie • Thomas Pittman • William Hand • Daniel Thomas • Richard Vollmer • Alex Howard • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Callie Granade • Charles Butler • Thomas Pittman • William Hand • Daniel Thomas • Alex Howard • | ||
