Background
Cox, Emmett Ripley was born on February 13, 1935 in Cottonwood, Alabama, United States. Son of Emmett M. Junior Cox and Myra E. (Ripley) Stewart.
Cox, Emmett Ripley was born on February 13, 1935 in Cottonwood, Alabama, United States. Son of Emmett M. Junior Cox and Myra E. (Ripley) Stewart.
Bachelor, University Alabama, 1957. Juris Doctor, University Alabama, 1959.
Associate Mead, Norman & Fitzpatrick, Birmingham, Alabama, 1959—1964. Associate then partner Gaillard, Wilkins, Smith & Cox, Mobile, 1964—1969. Partner Nettles, Cox & Barker, 1969—1981.
Judge United States District Court (southern district) Alabama, Mobile, 1981—1988, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit), Mobile, 1988—2000, senior judge, since 2000. Member defense services committee Judicial Conference United States, 1992—1998, chair, 1995—1998, member judicial branch committee, 2001—2005.
Member Alabama Bar Association, Mobile Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Maritime Law Association of the United States, Omicron Delta Kapppa, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Tau Omega (past president).
Married Ann MacKay Haas, May 16, 1964. Children: John Haas, Catherine MacKay.