Lisa Godbey Wood
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Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Wood received the A.B. from the University of Georgia in 1985 and the J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1990. She was a law clerk, Hon. Anthony A. Alaimo, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 1990. She was in private practice in Brunswick, Georgia from 1991 to 2004. She was a Magistrate judge (part-time), Glynn County Magistrate Court, Georgia from 1998 to 2000. She was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from 2004 to 2007.
Wood is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Wood was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Dudley H. Bowen, Jr.. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 2007, and received her commission on February 8, 2007.
Sources
- Lisa Godbey Wood at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 2007–present |
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- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American women judges
- Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- People from Lexington, Kentucky
- United States Attorneys for the Southern District of Georgia
- United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush
- University of Georgia alumni
- University of Georgia School of Law alumni
