Julian Abele Cook

Background

Cook, Julian Abele was born on June 22, 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Julian Abele and Ruth Elizabeth (McNeill) Cook.

Education

Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, 1952; Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1957; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgetown University, 1992; Master of Laws, University of Virginia, 1988; Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Detroit, 1996; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wayne State University, 1997.

Career

Law clerk to judge, Pontiac, Michigan, 1957-1958; private practice, Detroit, 1958-1978; judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan, Detroit, 1978; chief judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan, Detroit, 1989-1996; senior judge, United States District Court (eastern district) Michigan, Detroit, since 1996. Special assistant attorney general State of Michigan, 1968-1978. Adjunct Professor U. Detroit School Law, 1971-1974.

General counsel public television Station WTVS, 1973-1978. Labor arbitrator American Arbitration Association and Michigan Employment Rels. Commission, 1975-1978.

Member Michigan State Board Ethics, 1977-1978. Instructor trial advocacy workshop Harvard University, since 1988, trial advocacy program unites states department Justice, 1989-1990. Commission on finance disclosure Judicial Conference United States, 1988-1993, chairman, 1990-1993.

Screening panel New York University Root-Tilden-Snow Scholarship Program, 1991, 96-. Member United States Sentencing Commission Judicial Advisory Group, since 1996. Member national.bd. trustees American Inn Court, since 1996.

Member of advisory committee National Publs., 1994-1996, chairman national nominations and election committee, 1994-1995. President chapter XI, Master of Bench, 1984-1995.

Achievements

• Julian Abele Cook has been listed as a reputable Federal judge by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive board directors, past president Child and Family Superior vena cava syndrome Michigan. Board directors American Heart Association Michigan, 1984-1989, Hutzel Hospital, 1984-1995. Chairman Michigan Civil Rights Commission, 1968-1971.

Co-chair Executive Committee Walter P. Reuther Library. Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University. Member board visitors Georgetown University Law Center, since 1992.

With Signal corpus, United States army, 1952-1954. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Michigan Bar Foundation (vice-chairman 1992-1993, chairman since 1993). Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (member state constitutional revision and legal redress committee 1963, Distinguished Citizen of Year 1970, Presidential award North Oakland County, Michigan chapter 1987), American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (federal-state court seminar lecturer Detroit chapter since 1981), American Law Institute, Michigan Bar Association (chairman constitutional law committee 1969, vice-chairman civil liberties committee 1970, co-chairman professional development task force 1984-1987, United States courts committee 1988-1995, commission on professionalism since 1991, Champion of Justice 1994), Michigan Tribunal Association (board directors 3rd circuit since 1992), Detroit Bar Association (Bench-Bar award 1987), Oakland County Bar Association (chairman continuing legal education committee 1968-1969, judicial liaison District Court committee 1977, unauthorized practice law committee 1977), Wolverine Bar Association (Bench-Bar award 1987, D. Augustus Straker award 1988), Michigan Association Black Judges, American Inn of Court (founder Metropolitan Detroit chapter, president, master of bench, chairman 6th circuit commission on standard jury instructions since 1986), American Law Institute, Union Black Episcopalians (Detroit chapter, Absalom Jones award 1988), Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society M C.

Connections

Married Carol Annette Dibble, December 22, 1957. Children: Julian Abele III, Peter Dibble, Susan Annette.

Father:

Julian Abele Cook

Mother:

Ruth Elizabeth (McNeill) Cook

Spouse:

Carol Annette Dibble

child:

Peter Dibble Cook

child:

Julian Abele III Cook

child:

Susan Annette Cook