Denise Hood

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Denise Paige Hood is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton (D). She assumed senior status on May 1, 2022. Hood served as chief judge from 2015 to 2022.

Biography

Early life and education

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Hood received her bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1974 and later graduated from Columbia University with her J.D. in 1977.^[1]

Professional career

1993-1994: Circuit court judge, Michigan Circuit Court, Wayne County
1989-1992: Judge, City of Detroit Recorder's Court
1983-1989: Circuit court judge, Michigan 36th District Circuit Court
1977-1982: Assistant corporation counsel, City of Detroit Law Department^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Michigan

On the recommendation of Senator Carl Levin, Hood was nominated by President Bill Clinton (D) on March 9, 1994, to a seat vacated by George Woods as Woods went on senior status. Hood was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 15, 1994, on a Senate vote and received commission on June 16, 1994. She served as chief judge from 2015 to 2022 and left the court on May 1, 2022, when she assumed senior status.^[1]

Noteworthy cases

Detroit pension fraud case (2010)

See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Onyx Capital Advisors, LLC, et al., 2:10-cv-11633-DPH-MKM)

Judge Hood ruled on April 23, 2010 that assets of Onyx Capital and two other Detroit businessmen frozen after the Securities and Exchange Commission found them stealing $3 million from public pension plans for the City of Detroit and nearby Pontiac, Michigan. In the complaint, the SEC alleged that Roy Dixon, Jr. one of the lead businessmen involving Onyx Capital misused the pension money to pay for a house in the Atlanta area and to pay down mortgages on 40 different rental properties he owns. In addition to the asset freeze, Judge Hood also ordered Onyx Capital and their associates from misusing their investor funds.^[2] Onyx Capital appealed the ruling to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on May 8, 2013.^[3]