Sean Francis Cox (born September 24, 1957) is an American lawyer who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2006 to 2025.
Sean Francis Cox
Michigan Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Born 1957 in Detroit, MI
FJC ID: 3117
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 2006–2025
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
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Michigan Circuit Court, Third Judicial CircuitJudge · 1996–2006
- Private practice, Michigan1983–1996
Appointments
2006–2025 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)J.D. · 1983
- University of MichiganB.G.S. · 1979