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'{{Short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = Lisa Godbey Wood | honorific-suffix = | image = Lisa Godbey Wood US Attorney.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia]] | term_start = May 5, 2010 | term_end = May 5, 2017 | predecessor = [[William Theodore Moore Jr.]] | successor = [[James Randal Hall]] | office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia]] | term_start1 = February 8, 2007 | term_end1 = | nominator1 = | appointer1 = [[List of federal judges appointed by George W. Bush|George W. Bush]] | predecessor1 = {{nowrap|[[Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.]]}} | successor1 = | office2 = [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia|Southern District of Georgia]] | term_start2 = July 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026185516/https://www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=FABAC492-DC26-4325-AB9C-0D33091DFD88|title=Isakson, Chambliss Urge Swift Approval of Lisa Godbey Wood to Serve as Federal Judge for Southern District of Georgia - News Releases - - U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson|date=October 26, 2019|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> | term_end2 = February 2007 | president2 = [[George W. Bush]] | predecessor2 = Richard S. Thompson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=llCIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA400&dq=united+states+attorney+Richard+S.+Thompson+2004&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8i4a8z7rlAhXQVN8KHU0WBGMQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=united+states+attorney+Richard+S.+Thompson+2004&f=false|title=Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America|first=United States Congress|last=Senate|date=June 3, 2004|publisher=order of the Senate of the United States|via=Google Books}}</ref> | successor2 = Edmund A. Booth, Jr.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026190307/http://www.crowderstewart.com/attorneys/edmund-a-booth-jr-of-counsel-2/|title=Edmund A. Booth, Jr., Of Counsel – Crowder Stewart LLP|date=October 26, 2019|website=web.archive.org}}</ref> | office3 = Member of the Georgia Board of Public Safety | term_start3 = November 2003 | term_end3 = July 2004 | appointer3 = [[Sonny Perdue]] | office4 = [[United States magistrate judge|Magistrate Judge]] of the [[Glynn County, Georgia|Glynn County Magistrate Court, Georgia]] | term_start4 = 1998 | term_end4 = 2000 | pronunciation = | birth_name = Lisa Sue Godbey<ref name="Congressional hearings">[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754075481485;view=2up;seq=332;skin=mobile Confirmation hearings on federal appointments : hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session. pt.6 (2006)] {{PD notice}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|01|28}} | birth_place = [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]], [[Kentucky]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | otherparty = | height = | spouse = Richard V. Wood<ref name="Congressional hearings" /> | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = [[University of Georgia]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Lisa Godbey Wood''' (born January 28, 1963) is a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia]]. ==Education and career== Born in [[Lexington, Kentucky|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lisa Godbey Wood|url=http://spia.uga.edu/alumnis/lisa-godbey-wood/|website=spia.uga.edu|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref> 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 [[Terry College of Business|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.<ref name = "approval">{{cite web|title=Isakson, Chambliss Urge Swift Approval of Lisa Godbey Wood to Serve as Federal Judge for Southern District of Georgia|url=https://www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=fabac492-dc26-4325-ab9c-0d33091dfd88|website=sakson.senate.gov|accessdate=March 18, 2018|date=September 12, 2006}}</ref> She was in private practice in [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] from 1991 to 2004. She was a Magistrate judge (part-time), Glynn County Magistrate Court, Georgia from 1998 to 2000.<ref name = "approval"/> She was the [[United States Attorney]] for the Southern District of Georgia from 2004 to 2007. ==Federal judicial service== 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.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations by President George W. Bush During the 107th-109th Congresses|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31868.pdf|website=fas.org|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Skutch|first1=Jan|title=White House call may bring new judge|url=http://www.savannahnow.com/news/2006-06-14/white-house-call-may-bring-new-judge|accessdate=March 18, 2018|work=Savannah Morning News|date=June 14, 2006}}</ref> She was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on January 30, 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=Isakson, Chambliss Praise Confirmation of Lisa Godbey Wood to Serve as Federal Judge for Southern District of Georgia|url=https://www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=1E8C9B36-32DD-4226-A0B6-04211DE97356|website=isakson.senate.gov|accessdate=March 18, 2018|date=January 30, 2007}}</ref> and received her commission on February 8, 2007. She served as Chief Judge from 2010<ref name = "Chief judge">{{cite web|last1=Stepzinski|first1=Teresa|title=Wood becomes chief judge of the Southern District of Georgia|url=http://www.jacksonville.com/article/20100505/NEWS/801252878|website=jacksonville.com|accessdate=March 18, 2018|date=May 5, 2010}}</ref> to 2017. When Wood was appointed, she became the first woman ever to serve as Chief Judge for the Southern District of Georgia.<ref name = "Chief judge"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Johnson|first1=Emily B.|title=U.S. District Court Chief Judge to deliver Signature Lecture on sentencing|url=https://news.uga.edu/lisa-godbey-wood-signature-lecture-16/|website=news.uga.edu|accessdate=March 18, 2018|date=October 6, 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{FJC Bio|nid=1392491}} {{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{s-bef|before=[[Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.]]}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia]]}}|years=2007–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-bef|before=[[William Theodore Moore Jr.]]}} {{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia]]}}|years=2010–2017}} {{s-aft|after=[[James Randal Hall]]}} {{s-end}} {{United States 11th Circuit district judges}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Lisa Godbey}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American women judges]] [[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges]] [[Category:Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia]] [[Category:People from Lexington, Kentucky]] [[Category:United States Attorneys for the Southern District of Georgia]] [[Category:United States district court judges appointed by George W. Bush]] [[Category:21st-century American judges]] [[Category:University of Georgia alumni]] [[Category:Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans]] [[Category:University of Georgia School of Law alumni]] [[Category:Kentucky women in politics]] [[Category:21st-century women judges]] [[Category:21st-century American women]]'