Alexander Coker Van Hook (born 1970) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana since 2026. He previously served as acting United States attorney for the Western District of Louisiana from January 2025 to September 2025.
Alexander Coker Van Hook
Louisiana Western District Court
Born 1970 in Shreveport, LA
FJC ID: 13762097
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Western District of LouisianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1999–2025- First assistant U.S. attorney2010–2017, 2018–2020, 2021–2022, 2024–2025
- Acting U.S. attorney2020–2021, 2025
- Special counsel to the U.S. attorney2022–2024
- Acting/interim U.S. attorney2017–2018
- Deputy criminal chief2007–2010
Law clerk , Hon. Tom Stagg · 1998–1999
Law clerk , Hon. Henry A. Politz · 1997–1998
Appointments
- 2026–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Education
- Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law CenterJ.D. · 1997
- Centenary CollegeB.A. · 1993