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Judge cooke first ran for the court of appeals in 1972 but was defeated by republican candidates domenick gabrielli sol wachtler and hugh r jones in the nixon landslide but two years later in 1974 judge cooke was elected to the court of appeals with the highest vote of any of the five candidates. Cookes recollections of his grandfather to him always poppa gave those gathered to pay tribute to a legal giant and sullivan countys most famous citizen a 12 year old boys retrospective view of a simple loving grandparent we had a game that we called last touch he said. Sullivan county courthouse 414 broadway monticello ny 12701 phone 845 791 3540 fax 845 476 3653 judge hon stephan g schick justice supreme court hon james r farrell county court judge chief clerk sarah katzman deputy chief clerk anne schelhorn commissioner of jurors george cooke. A special 2001 commemorative calendar dedicated to judge cooke was presented to his son george l cooke ii who serves as sullivan county clerk ulster sullivan mediation is distributing 500 copies of the calendar to judicial offices in the county and those who make referrals to the mediation center while he was chief judge of the state of