Denise Page Hood

Denise Paige Hood
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Assumed office
June 16, 1994
Appointed by Bill Clinton
Preceded by George E. Woods
Personal details
Born 1952 (age 6364)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater Yale University
Columbia Law School

Denise Page Hood (born 1952) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, Hood received a B.A. from Yale University in 1974 and a J.D. 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, 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 in late 2015.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
George E. Woods
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
1994–present
Incumbent
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