Lisa Wood
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| Lisa Wood | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Station: | Brunswick, GA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 2/8/2007 - Present |
| Chief: | 2010-Current |
| Preceded by: | Dudley Bowen |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1963 |
| Home State: | Lexington, KY |
| Undergraduate: | U. of Georgia, B.A., 1985 |
| Law School: | U. of Georgia Law, J.D., 1990 |
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Early life and education
- University of Georgia, B.A., 1985
- University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., 1990 [1]
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Alaimo, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 1990
- Private practice, Brunswick, Georgia, 1991-2004
- Magistrate judge (part-time), Glynn County Magistrate Court, Georgia, 1998-2000
- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 2004-2007 [1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Georgia
Judge Wood was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia by George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Dudley Bowen. She was confirmed by the Senate on January 30, 2007, and received her commission on February 8, 2007. She assumed the position of chief judge in 2010. [1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Biography of Lisa Wood from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Dudley Bowen |
Southern District of Georgia 2007–Current Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Lisa Wood • William Moore • James Hall | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | W. Leon Barfield • James E. Graham • G.R. Smith • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Anthony Alaimo • John Cochran Nicoll • John Erskine • Emory Speer • Beverly Daniel Evans • William Wallace Lambdin • William Hale Barrett • Alexander Lawrence • Archibald Lovett • Francis Scarlett • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Anthony Alaimo • Berry Edenfield • Dudley Bowen • William Moore • Alexander Lawrence • | ||
