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Diane Joyce Humetewa
Active judge · U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Diane Joyce Humetewa serves on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed May 14, 2014 by a 96–0 Senate vote. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- May 14, 2014
- Senate vote
- 96–0
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1964
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of ArizonaBarack Obama · 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
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