| Julia Cooper Mack | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
| Term Start: | 1989 |
| Term End: | 2001 |
| Office1: | Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals |
| Termstart1: | 1975 |
| Termend1: | 1989 |
| Nominator1: | Gerald Ford |
| Predecessor1: | Hubert B. Pair[1] |
| Successor1: | Annice M. Wagner |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse: | Jerry S. Cooper (Divorced) Clifford J. Mack (d. 1971) |
| Alma Mater: | Hampton University (BA) Howard University (LLB) |
| Birth Name: | Julia Perry |
| Children: | Cheryl (Cooper) Pleasants (daughter) Lydia Tucker (step-daughter) |
Julia Cooper Mack (née Perry; July 17, 1920January 17, 2014) was a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She was appointed to this position in 1975. She was the first African-American woman ever appointed to a court of last resort in the United States.
She was born to Dallas Leary Perry, Jr. and Emily (McCoy) Perry.[2] [3]
She earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Hampton University and her law degree from Howard University. One of her first law clerks was Allyson Kay Duncan, who went on to become the first African-American woman appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.