Joseph Martin Hood

Joseph Martin Hood
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2007
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office 2005–2007
Preceded by	Karl Spillman Forester
Succeeded by	Jennifer B. Coffman
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office April 30, 1990 – October 14, 2007
Appointed by	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Scott Elgin Reed
Succeeded by	Amul Thapar
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
In office 1976–1990
Personal details
Born	Joseph Martin Hood 1942 (age 81–82) Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.
Education	University of Kentucky (BS, JD)

Joseph Martin Hood (born 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Education and career

Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Hood received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1972. He was in the United States Army Captain from 1966 to 1970. He was a law clerk to Judge Howard David Hermansdorfer of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 1972 to 1976, and was then a United States magistrate judge for the same court from 1976 to 1990.

Federal judicial service

Judicial portrait of Hood, 2007, by Marcia Cone.

On January 24, 1990, Hood was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky vacated by Judge Scott Elgin Reed. Hood was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 27, 1990, and received his commission on April 30, 1990. He served as Chief Judge from 2005 to 2007, assuming senior status on October 14, 2007. He has been a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States since 2016.

Sources

• Joseph Martin Hood at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.