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Lisa Godbey Wood
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia · 2007
Lisa Godbey Wood , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The Senate voted 97–0 on the nomination on Jan 30, 2007 (Nomination Confirmed). Lisa Godbey Wood (born January 28, 1963) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia since 2007, serving as chief judge from 2010 to 2017. In November 2023, she was designated by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
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- United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia
110th Congress · Nomination Confirmed97–0 · Jan 30, 2007
Education
- University of GeorgiaB.A., 1985
- University of Georgia School of LawJ.D., 1990
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Anthony A. Alaimo, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1990; Private practice, Brunswick, Georgia, 1991-2004; Magistrate judge (part-time), Glynn County [Georgia] Magistrate Court, 1998-2000; U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 2004-2007; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2024-present
Biography
Lisa Godbey Wood (born January 28, 1963) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia since 2007, serving as chief judge from 2010 to 2017. In November 2023, she was designated by Chief Justice John Roberts to serve as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
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