William W. Hood III
American judge (born 1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William W. Hood III (born 1963) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado, having served in this position since 2014.
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William W. Hood III | |
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Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court | |
Assumed office January 7, 2014 | |
Appointed by | John Hickenlooper |
Preceded by | Michael L. Bender |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 60ā61) |
Education | Syracuse University (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
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Hood received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, magna cum laude, from Syracuse University in 1985, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review.[1] Hood was in private practice with the law firm of Isaacson Rosenbaum, and was later a prosecutor with the 18th Judicial District Attorney's office for ten years, before becoming a Denver District Court judge in 2007.[2]
On October 25, 2013, Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Hood to the supreme court.[2] Hood was reelected to a ten-year term in 2016.[3]