Gregory Howard Woods

This article is about federal district court judge Gregory Howard Woods. For poet Gregory Woods, see Gregory Woods.

Gregory Woods

Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office November 18, 2013
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Barbara Jones
General Counsel, United States Department of Energy
In office 2012–2013
Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Transportation
In office 2009–2012
Trial attorney, Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice
In office 1995–1998
Personal details
Born	April 1969 (age 46) Lewes, Delaware, U.S.
Alma mater	Williams College Yale University
Occupation	Judge and lawyer

Gregory Howard Woods III (born April 1969) is an American judge and lawyer. In 2013, he became a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Early life and education

Woods was born in April 1969, in Lewes, Delaware.^[1]^[2] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in 1991, from Williams College, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He received his Juris Doctor in 1995 from Yale Law School, located in New Haven, Connecticut.

Career

He worked as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2009, he worked at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, New York, becoming partner in 2004. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

In 2012, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy, which position he held until his appointment to the bench.^[3]

Federal judicial service

On May 9, 2013, on the recommendation of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Woods to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Barbara S. Jones, who took senior status on December 31, 2012. The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary reported his nomination to the full senate by voice vote on August 1, 2013.^[3] On November 4, 2013, the full senate voted to confirm Woods in a voice vote. He received his commission on November 18, 2013.

References

↑ . Office of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer.
↑ "Senate Judiciary Committee Nomination Questionnaire". United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
1 2 Press release (May 3, 2013). "President Obama Nominates Two to Serve on the United States District Court". Office of the White House Press Secretary. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

External links

Gregory Howard Woods at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Barbara Jones	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York 2013–present	Incumbent

Currently active district judges of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals

Connecticut	Hall Chatigny Thompson Underhill Bryant Shea Meyer Bolden

E. New York	Amon Irizarry Bianco Vitaliano Cogan Mauskopf Matsumoto Kuntz Brodie Chen Azrack Donnelly Hall 2 seats vacant

N. New York	Suddaby Hurd D'Agostino Sannes 1 seat vacant

S. New York	Preska Koeltl McMahon Pauley Daniels Swain Castel Karas Sullivan Seibel Gardephe Briccetti Oetken Engelmayer Forrest Nathan Ramos Carter Furman Abrams Schofield Failla Torres Roman Broderick Woods Caproni 1 seat vacant

W. New York	Geraci Wolford Vilardo 1 seat vacant

Vermont	Reiss Crawford

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