Alexander Hamilton Cooke

Background

Cooke, Alexander Hamilton was born on January 25, 1941 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Henry Thurston and Elizabeth Hamilton (Davis) Cooke.

Education

AB, Davidson (North Carolina) College, 1963; Juris Doctor, Vanderbilt University, 1968.

Career

Associate, Mahoney, Hadlow, Chambers & Adams, Jacksonville, Florida, 1968-1971; associate, Adams & Adams, Jacksonville, 1972-1974; sole practice, Jacksonville, 1974; partner, Alexander, Spraker, Cooke & Hand, Jacksonville, 1975-1978; partner, president, Cooke, Hand, Carithers, Showalter & Mercier, Jacksonville, 1979-1988; partner, Ulmer, Murchison, Ashby & Taylor, Jacksonville, 1988-1992; partner, president, A. Hamilton Cooke, P.A., Jacksonville, since 1993.

Achievements

• Alexander Hamilton Cooke has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Jacksonville Community Rels. Commission, 1979; board directors Lutheran Social Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., 1984-1990, Presbytery of St. Augustine, since 1989. 1st lt.U.S. Army, 1963-1965.

Member Florida Bar Association (Board of Governors 1987-1991, executive county circuit representative real property, probate and trust law section 1981-1997), Jacksonville Bar Association (president 1982-1983), Florida Bar Foundation (board directors since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, camping, canoeing, traveling.

Connections

Married Genie Ray Watson, August 8, 1964. Children: Henry Thurston II, Katherine Watson.

Father:

Henry Thurston Cooke

Mother:

Elizabeth Hamilton (Davis) Cooke

Spouse:

Genie Ray Watson

child:

Katherine Watson Cooke

child:

Henry Thurston II Cooke