Deborah Louise Cook (born February 8, 1952) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, based in Akron, Ohio. She served as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 19/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 126/year
Ohio Court of Appeals · 1991–1994Ohio Supreme Court · 1995–2003Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 2003–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Supreme Court of OhioJustice · 1995–2003
- Court of Appeals of Ohio, Ninth Appellate DistrictJudge · 1991–1995
- Private practice, Akron, Ohio1978–1991
Appointments
2003–2019 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
- 1991–1994
Education
- University of Akron School of LawJ.D. · 1978
- University of AkronB.A. · 1974