Ralph Cook

Ralph Cook (born c. 1944) is an attorney at Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, former Alabama Supreme Court associate justice, former dean of the Miles School of Law, and current chairman of the board of directors for the Birmingham Museum of Art.

Cook graduated from Wenonah High School in 1961. He became an assistant district attorney in the Bessemer Division in 1974. He was elected a district court judge in 1976 and appointed to the Jefferson County Circuit Court in 1981, winning re-election in 1982 and 1988.

He was appointed to the state Supreme Court by Governor Fob James to succeed Oscar Adams, Jr in 1993. He retired in 2001 and joined Hare, Wynn. He was named chair of the museum's board in 2011, succeeding Thomas Hamby.

References

• "Justice Adams Announces Retirement; Circuit Judge Ralph Cook is Appointed" (October 1993) Alabama Court News
• "Ralph Cook to serve as chairman of Birmingham Museum of Art board of directors." (April 13, 2011) Birmingham News