Marcia Cooke
| Marcia Cooke | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #7 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 5/18/2004 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Wilkie Ferguson |
| Past post: | Federal magistrate judge |
| Past term: | 1984 - 1992 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1954 |
| Home State: | Sumter, SC |
| Bachelors: | Georgetown U., B.A., 1975 |
| Law School: | Wayne State U., J.D., 1977 |
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Early life and education
A native of South Carolina, Cooke graduated from Georgetown University with her Bachelor's Degree in 1975 and later graduated from Wayne State University in Michigan with her juris doctorate degree in 1977. [1]
Professional career
- Staff attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services, Michigan, 1978-1979
- Deputy public defender, Legal Aid and Defender Association, Michigan, 1979-1980
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1980-1983
- Private practice, Michigan, 1983-1984
- Director of professional development and training, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida, 1992, 1994-1999
- Executive assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1992-1994
- Chief inspector general, Executive Office of the Governor, Florida, 1999-2002
- Assistant county attorney, Miami-Dade County, Florida, 2002-2004 [1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Florida
Cooke was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President George W. Bush on November 25, 2003 to a seat vacated by Wilkie Ferguson. Cooke was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 2004 on a Senate vote and received commission on May 18, 2004.
Eastern District of Michigan
Cooke Served as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1984 to 1992. [1]
Notable cases
BankUnited Case
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
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| Judge Cooke was the presiding judge in a shareholder lawsuit against BankUnited. Shareholders of the Florida-based bank sued its management over being misled about the company's financial condition. The judge stated in her ruling that there was not enough evidence to find BankUnited's management deliberately misleading investors and the suit was dismissed.[2] |
Legal fees case
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida *USA v. Kuehne 1:05-cr-20770-MGC |
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| Judge Cooke was the presiding judge in a case about attorney Ben Kuehne, who accepted $5 million dollars in tainted legal fees from a cocaine baron. Judge Cooke ruled that a law in Congress allows attorneys to accept legal fees no matter if the money is tainted or good. Kuehne, the former counsel to Vice President Al Gore, has his trial in front of Judge Cooke on hold as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments regarding the legality of accepting legal fees from disreputable sources. [3] |
See also
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References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Wilkie Ferguson |
Southern District of Florida 2004–Current Seat #7 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
