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Alexander Coker Van Hook
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Active service.
Confirmed 53 to 40Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- October 21, 2025
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 22, 2025
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), November 20, 2025
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 53 to 40
- Confirmed
- January 8, 2026
- Commissioned
- January 12, 2026
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1970, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Henry A. Politz, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1997-1998
- Law clerk, Hon. Tom Stagg, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, 1998-1999
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Louisiana, 1999-2025
- Deputy criminal chief, 2007-2010
- First assistant U.S. attorney, 2010-2017, 2018-2020, 2021-2022, 2024-2025
- Acting/interim U.S. attorney, 2017-2018
- Acting U.S. attorney, 2020-2021, 2025
- Special counsel to the U.S. attorney, 2022-2024
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