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Denise Arlene Page Hood (born February 21, 1952) is a
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of the
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.


Education and career

Born in
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, Hood received a
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from
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in 1974 and a
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from
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in 1977. She was assistant corporation counsel to the Law Department of the City of
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,
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, 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
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to a seat on the
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vacated by George E. Woods. She was confirmed by the
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on June 15, 1994, and received her commission on June 16, 1994. She became Chief Judge on December 31, 2015. and served in that role until February 15, 2022. She assumed
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on May 1, 2022.


See also

* List of African-American federal judges * List of African-American jurists


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Denise Page 1952 births Living people 20th-century American judges 20th-century American women judges 21st-century American judges 21st-century American women judges African-American judges Columbia Law School alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Michigan state court judges Lawyers from Columbus, Ohio United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton Yale University alumni