Wednesday: Judgepedia's "Federal Courts, Empty Benches" Update →Valerie Cooke
| Valerie Cooke | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Nevada | |
| Title: | Magistrate Judge |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 1999-Current |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | U. of Nevada, Reno, B.A |
| Law School: | Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, J.D. |
Valerie P. Cooke is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. She was appointed to this position in 1999.[1]
Education
Judge Cooke received her B.A. degree in English from the University of Nevada, Reno and her J.D. degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College.[1]
Career
Judge Cooke was a partner in the law firm McDonald, Carano, Wilson, McCune, Bergin, Frankovich & Hicks LLP until she was appointed to the U.S. District Court in 1999. She also served as the vice-chair of the Nevada Tax Commission from 1995 to 1999 and a member of the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission from 1997 to 1999.[1]
External links
See also
- United States District Court for the District of Nevada
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, "State of the Court 2006" Scroll to page 9
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Robert C. Jones • James Mahan • Gloria M. Navarro • Miranda Du • Andrew Gordon | ||
| Senior judges |
Roger Hunt • Phil Pro • Kent Dawson • Lloyd George • Larry Hicks • Edward Reed • Howard McKibben • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Valerie Cooke • Robert McQuaid, Jr. • George Foley • Peggy Leen • Vincent Ferenbach • Carl Hoffman • William Cobb • Nancy J. Koppe • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Alexander White Baldwin • Edgar Winters Hillyer • George Myron Sabin • Thomas Porter Hawley • Edward Silsby Farrington • Brian Sandoval • Frank Herbert Norcross • Johnnie Rawlinson • Harry Claiborne • Roger Foley • Roger T. Foley • David Hagen • Bruce Thompson • John Rolly Ross • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Roger Hunt • Phil Pro • Lloyd George • Edward Reed • Howard McKibben • Harry Claiborne • Roger Foley • Roger T. Foley • John Rolly Ross • | ||
