Mark Howard Cohen

Mark Howard Cohen
Cohen in 2014
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 20, 2014
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Clarence Cooper
Personal details
Born	Mark Howard Cohen (1955-06-11) June 11, 1955 (age 69)[1] Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.[1]
Education	Emory University (BA, JD)

Mark Howard Cohen (born June 11, 1955) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Biography

Cohen received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1976 from Emory University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1979 from Emory University School of Law. He began his career as a law clerk to United States magistrate judge Joel M. Feldman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, from 1979 to 1981. From 1981 to 1994, he worked in the Georgia Attorney General's Office, where he represented state agencies in federal and state litigation. In 1995, he served as Chief State Administrative Law Judge and managed the newly created Office of State Administrative Hearings in Georgia. He then worked for Georgia Governor Zell Miller, serving as executive counsel from 1995 to 1998 and executive secretary from 1998 to 1999. From 1999 to 2014, he worked at the Atlanta law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP, making partner in 2001.^[2][3]

Federal judicial service

On December 19, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Cohen to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, to the seat vacated by Judge Clarence Cooper, who assumed senior status on February 9, 2009.^[4] He received a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2014.^[5] On June 19, 2014, his nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote.^[6] On November 12, 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture on Cohen's nomination. On November 17, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 67–29 vote.^[7] On November 18, 2014, he was confirmed by a voice vote.^[8] He received his judicial commission on November 20, 2014.^[3]

References

1. Hubbell, Martindale (April 2000). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho (Volume 7 - 2000). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561603763.
2. "President Obama Nominates Eight to Serve on the United States District Courts". whitehouse.gov. 19 December 2013 – via National Archives.
3. Mark Howard Cohen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
4. "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov. 19 December 2013 – via National Archives.
5. "Judicial Nominations". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 13 May 2014.
6. "Executive Business Meeting" (PDF). United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
7. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Mark Howard Cohen, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge)". United States Senate. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
8. "PN1228 — Mark Howard Cohen — The Judiciary". congress.gov. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

External links

• Mark Howard Cohen at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Mark Howard Cohen at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded by Clarence Cooper	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 2014–present	Incumbent