Mark Howard Cohen
Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014 and confirmed by voice vote, Mark Howard Cohen is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He earned a law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1979. Sources ↓
- Born
- 1955 · age 71
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama, 2014
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Emory 1976 · Emory Law 1979
- Succeeded
- Clarence Cooper
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Northern District of Georgia succeeded Clarence Cooper | Obama (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| Emory University | B.A. | 1976 |
| Emory University School of Law | J.D. | 1979 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cohen was assigned 5,437 district-court cases (2003–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 136 days across 4,486 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 156 of Cohen’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 125 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 15 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Mark Howard Cohen?
- President Barack Obama appointed Mark Howard Cohen to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in 2014.
- Was Mark Howard Cohen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Mark Howard Cohen was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Mark Howard Cohen's confirmation vote?
- Mark Howard Cohen was confirmed by voice vote on November 18, 2014. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Mark Howard Cohen on?
- Mark Howard Cohen is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
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11 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).