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 joined the faculty of Miles College and retired in 1999.

Cook 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 by Governor Fob James to succeed Oscar Adams, Jr on the state Supreme Court in 1993. He retired in 2001 and joined Hare, Wynn. He left the firm in 2013 when William Bell appointed him as city attorney.

Cook 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) The Birmingham News
• Bryant, Joseph D. (December 16, 2013) "Former state supreme court Justice Ralph Cook hired as Birmingham city attorney." The Birmingham News