Kimba Wood
Kimba Maureen Wood (born January 21, 1944) is an American judge who is a senior district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Wood in 1991 | |
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| Assumed office June 1, 2009 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office August 1, 2006 – June 1, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Mukasey |
| Succeeded by | Loretta A. Preska |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office April 20, 1988 – June 1, 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Constance Baker Motley |
| Succeeded by | Vincent L. Briccetti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kimba Maureen Wood January 21, 1944 Port Townsend, Washington, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Connecticut College (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) Harvard University (JD) |
Wood received her undergraduate education at Connecticut College before gaining an MSc at the London School of Economics; in 1969, she earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where she achieved senior status in 2009. In 1993, President Bill Clinton unsuccessfully nominated Wood to be United States Attorney General.
Wood has presided over many high-profile cases involving such figures as "Junk Bond King" Michael Milken, Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate Dean Skelos, and Donald Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen.