Diane Wood's Biography
- Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals - Seventh Circuit
Contact Information
Office
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse
219 South Dearborn Street, Room 2722
Chicago, IL 60604
Full Name:
Diane Pamela Wood
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
1950
Birth Place:
Plainfield, NJ
JD, University of Texas School of Law, 1975
BA, University of Texas at Austin, 1971
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Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2013-present
Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1995-2013
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, International/Appellate/Policy, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice, 1993-1995
Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, March 31, 1995
Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, June 30, 1995
Faculty, University of Chicago, 1981-1995
Professor, University of Chicago, 1988-1995
Associate Dean, University of Chicago, 1989-1992
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, 1981-1988
Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 1985-1987
Assistant Professor of Law, Georgetown University, 1980-1981
Attorney, Private Practice, Washington, District of Columbia, 1978-1980
Attorney/Advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor, United States Department of State, 1977-1978
Law Clerk, Honorable Harry Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
Law Clerk, Honorable Irving Goldberg, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1975-1976
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2013-present