Denise Page Hood

Denise Page Hood (born February 21, 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education and career Born in Columbus, Ohio, Hood received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1977. She was assistant corporation counsel to the Law Department of the City of Detroit, Michigan, from 1977 to 1982. She then held several state judicial positions, first on the 36th District Court of Michigan from 1983 to 1989, then on the Recorder's Court of the City of Detroit from 1989 to 1992, and lastly on the Michigan Circuit Court for Wayne County, Michigan, from 1993 to 1994. Federal judicial service