Diane Pamela Wood
| Diane Pamela Wood | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
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Assumed office October 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Frank H. Easterbrook |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
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Assumed office June 30, 1995 |
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| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | William Joseph Bauer |
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Diane Pamela Wood July 4, 1950 Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Van (Early 1970s) Dennis J. Hutchinson (1978–1998) Robert L. Sufit (2006–present) |
| Residence | Hinsdale, Illinois |
| Education |
University of Texas at Austin B.A. University of Texas School of Law J.D. |
Diane Pamela Wood (born July 4, 1950) is the Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.
Wood was born in Plainfield. When she was young, she moved with her family to Texas, where her mother lived. Wood graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin's Plan II Honors program in 1971. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1975, where she was an editor of the Texas Law Review, graduated with high honors and Order of the Coif, and was among the first women at the University of Texas admitted as a member of the Friar Society. Wood then clerked for Judge Irving Goldberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1975 to 1976 and for Associate Justice Harry Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court from 1976 to 1977. She was among the first women to clerk at the Supreme Court.
After working in private practice and the executive branch, Wood became the third woman ever hired as a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Wood was nominated to the Seventh Circuit by President Bill Clinton on March 31, 1995. She is considered a liberal intellectual counterweight to the Seventh Circuit's conservative heavyweights, Richard Posner and Frank Easterbrook.
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