| 词条 | Marcia G. Cooke |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Marcia Gail Cooke | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | term_start = May 18, 2004 | term_end = | nominator = | appointer = George W. Bush | predecessor = Wilkie D. Ferguson | successor = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|10|16}} | birth_place = Sumter, South Carolina | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = {{nowrap|Georgetown University (B.S.F.S.)}} Wayne State University Law School (J.D.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Marcia Gail Cooke (born October 16, 1954) is an American lawyer and United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Early life and educationCooke was born in 1954 in Sumter, South Carolina. She graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service in 1975 and from Wayne State University Law School with a Juris Doctor in 1977. Legal careerCooke was a staff attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services in Michigan from 1978 to 1979 and was a deputy public defender of the Legal Aid and Defender Association in Michigan from 1979-1980. Cooke served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1980 to 1983. From 1983 to 1984 Cooke was in private practice in Michigan with the firm of Miro, Miro and Weiner. Cooke served as a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1984 to 1992. In 1992 Cooke served as director of professional development and training at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. From 1992 to 1994 she was the Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, before returning to her director of professional development and training from 1994 to 1999. Cooke served as chief inspector general for the Executive Office of the Governor of Florida under Jeb Bush from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 to 2004 she was assistant county attorney in Miami-Dade County. Federal judicial careerPresident George W. Bush nominated Cooke to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on November 25, 2003, to the seat vacated by Wilkie D. Ferguson. She was confirmed by the Senate on May 18, 2004, Cooke received her commission the same day. She is the first black woman federal judge in Florida.[1]Cooke presided over the trial of José Padilla in 2007. References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-06-08-federal-judge_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com - First black woman federal judge in Florida sworn in|publisher=}} Sources
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