Marcia Gail Cooke was an American lawyer. She served as a senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from July 15, 2022, until her demise in January 2023.
Prior to this role, Cooke served as a staff attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services in Michigan, deputy public defender of the Legal Aid and Defender Association in Michigan, assistant U.S. Attorney in Detroit, federal magistrate judge in Detroit, director of professional development and training at U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami and later became an executive assistant U.S. Attorney.
Cooke also 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.
Marcia Cooke died on January 27, 2023, at age 68 in Detroit, Michigan, United State.
Marcia G. Cooke Illness: What Illness Did Judge Marcia Cooke Suffer From?
Judge Marcia G. Cooke was suffering from inoperable cancer.
According to her friends, Cooke had inoperable cancer, and then last year underwent surgery in Florida for a pulmonary embolism after a trip to Australia.