| Denise Page Hood | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
| Term Start: | May 1, 2022 |
| Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
| Term Start1: | December 31, 2015 |
| Term End1: | February 21, 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Gerald Ellis Rosen |
| Successor1: | Sean Cox |
| Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
| Term Start2: | June 16, 1994 |
| Term End2: | May 1, 2022 |
| Appointer2: | Bill Clinton |
| Predecessor2: | George E. Woods |
| Successor2: | Jonathan J. C. Grey |
| Birth Name: | Denise Arlene Page |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education: | Yale University (BA) Columbia University (JD) |
Denise Arlene Page Hood[1] (born February 21, 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.[2]
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Hood received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1977. She was assistant corporation counsel to the Law Department of the City of Detroit, Michigan, from 1977 to 1982. She then held several state judicial positions, first on the 36th District Court of Michigan from 1983 to 1989, then on the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit from 1989 to 1992, and lastly on the Michigan Circuit Court for Wayne County, Michigan, from 1993 to 1994.
On March 9, 1994, Hood was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by George E. Woods. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15, 1994, and received her commission on June 16, 1994. She became Chief Judge on December 31, 2015.[3] and served in that role until February 15, 2022. She assumed senior status on May 1, 2022.