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Diane Joyce Humetewa
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona · 2014
Diane Joyce Humetewa , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The Senate voted 96–0 on the nomination on May 14, 2014 (Nomination Confirmed). Diane Joyce Humetewa ( HOO-mə-TAY-wə; born 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Humetewa is the first Native American woman and the first enrolled tribal member to serve as a U.S. federal judge. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 2007 to 2009.
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- United States District Judge for the District of Arizona
113th Congress · Nomination Confirmed96–0 · May 14, 2014
Education
- Phoenix CollegeA.A.S., 1985
- Arizona State UniversityB.S., 1987
- Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)J.D., 1993
Career
Deputy counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1993-1996; Counsel to the deputy attorney general, Office of Tribal Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-1998; special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1997-1998; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1998-2007; senior litigation counsel, 2001-2007; U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (on detail), 2005-2006; Judge, Hopi Appellate Court, Keams Canyon, Arizona, 2002-2007; U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona, 2007-2009; Acting chief prosecutor, The Hopi Tribe, Keams Canyon, Arizona, 2009; Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 2009-2011; Professor of practice, Arizona State University College of Law, 2011-2014; Special advisor to the president and special counsel, Office of General Counsel, Arizona State University, 2011-2014
Biography
Diane Joyce Humetewa ( HOO-mə-TAY-wə; born 1964) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Humetewa is the first Native American woman and the first enrolled tribal member to serve as a U.S. federal judge. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 2007 to 2009.
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