Hon. Gregory H. Woods

Biography

The Honorable Gregory H. Woods was nominated to the Southern District bench on May 9, 2013 and was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 9, 2013. He graduated magna cum laude from Williams College in 1991 and graduated from Yale Law School in 1995.

From 1995 until 1998, Judge Woods was a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, DC. Judge Woods joined Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City in 1998 and became an equity partner of the firm in 2004. Judge Woods left Debevoise in 2009, when he was appointed to serve as Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Transportation in Washington, DC. Judge Woods was nominated to serve as General Counsel of the United States Department of Energy in August 2011 and was unanimously confirmed to serve in that position by the United States Senate in April 2012.