Diane Humetewa
| Diane Joyce Humetewa | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
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Assumed office May 16, 2014 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Mary H. Murguia |
| United States Attorney for the District of Arizona | |
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In office December 17, 2007 – August 2, 2009 |
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| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Paul K. Charlton |
| Succeeded by | Dennis K. Burke |
| Personal details | |
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December 5, 1964 Phoenix, Arizona |
| Spouse(s) | Miguel Juarez |
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Phoenix College A.A.S. Arizona State University B.S. Arizona State University College of Law J.D. |
Diane Joyce Humetewa (HOO-me-TAY-wə; born December 5, 1964) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and was the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, serving in that position from December 2007 to August 2009. Confirmed in 2014 as the first Native American woman and enrolled tribal member to serve as a federal judge, Humetewa is one of three Native Americans in history to serve in this position.
Humetewa is also a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. Humetewa has served as counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and to the Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice, as a member of the United States Sentencing Guideline Commission, Native American Advisory Committee, and as an Appellate Court Judge for the Hopi Tribe, of which she is an enrolled member.
An enrolled member of the Hopi tribe, Humetewa received her Juris Doctor in 1993 from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Beginning in 1996, she served as the Tribal Liaison in the office of the United States Attorney for Arizona. From 2001 to 2007, she served there as Senior Litigation Counsel. In January 2007 Humetewa was recommended as a United States attorney by both of Arizona's senators, John McCain and Jon Kyl, nominated by President George W. Bush in November, and was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona on December 17, 2007. The investiture for Humetewa was held on February 6, 2008 at the Sandra Day O'Connor Courthouse in Phoenix. She is the first Native American woman to serve as a United States Attorney.
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