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Alexander Coker Van Hook
Confirmed Trump 2.0
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
On September 26, 2025, President Trump nominated Alexander Coker Van Hook to the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He was confirmed on January 8, 2026.
Biography
Alexander Coker Van Hook earned his B.A. from Centenary College of Louisiana in 1993 after beginning his undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University (1988–1989). He later received his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1997.
Legal Experience
Following law school, Van Hook clerked for Judge Henry A. Politz of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1997–1998) and Judge Tom Stagg of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (1998 –1999).
He began his legal career with clerkships and private practice experience, including a role as a law clerk in the Office of the Executive Counsel for Louisiana Governor Murphy J. Foster (1996–1997), and summer associate positions at Thompson & Knight and Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway (1996).
From 1999 to 2025, Van Hook built his career at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana, where he served in numerous positions over more than two decades. His roles included:
- Acting United States Attorney (January 2025–September 2025)
- First Assistant United States Attorney (2024–2025; 2021–2022; 2018–2020; 2010 –2017)
- Special Counsel to the United States Attorney (2022–2024)
- Acting United States Attorney (2020–2021; 2017–2018)
- Deputy Criminal Chief (2007–2010)
- Assistant United States Attorney (1999 –2007)
Key Facts and Context
- Member of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (North Louisiana Chapter), Shreveport Bar Association, Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions
- Social and professional organizations include: President’s Advisory Committee for Centenary College of Louisiana, Kappa Alpha Order, St. Mark’s Epsicopal Cathedral, The Cotillion Club, The Shreveport Club, The Stateline Fishing and Hunting Club
- Prior positions include Deputy Criminal Chief for the Shreveport Division, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Coordinator, and Lead Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Attorney
- Law practice included public corruption, organized crime, and drug enforcement prosecutions, money laundering, white collar crime, and asset forfeiture
- Member of the Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif