Denise Page Hood Explained

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]

Education and career

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.

Federal judicial service

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.

See also

References

  1. Book: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, March 25; April 21, 22, 29; May 12 and 25, 1994. 1113. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1996.
  2. Web site: The Honorable Denise Page Hood's Biography.
  3. https://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-milestones?a=All&activitydate=All&t=Hood&court= "Judicial Milestones: Denise Page Hood", uscourts.gov