Lisa Godbey Wood

Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Wood received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1990.[5]

From 1985 to 1986 she was the press secretary and later campaign advisor for Georgia Congressman Pat Swindall. From 1986 to 1987 she was a consultant to the Educational Improvement Project. In 1987 she was a career trainee for the Central Intelligence Agency. From 1988 to 1989 she was a summer law clerk for three different law firms. In 1989 she was a teaching assistant at the University of Georgia Business School.

She was a law clerk for Judge Anthony Alaimo of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 1990.[6] She was in private practice in Brunswick, Georgia from 1991 to 2004. She was a magistrate judge (part-time), Glynn County Magistrate Court, Georgia from 1998 to 2000.[6] She was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia from 2004 to 2007.

Wood is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Wood was nominated by President George W. Bush on January 9, 2007, to a seat vacated by Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.[7][8] She was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 30, 2007,[9] and received her commission on February 8, 2007. She served as Chief Judge from 2010[10] to 2017. When Wood assumed that role, she became the first woman ever to serve as Chief Judge for the Southern District of Georgia.[10][11]

• Lisa Godbey Wood at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.