Andrea Robin Wood

Personal

Birthday: 
1973
Birthplace: 
St. Louis, MO
Race or Ethnicity: 
African American
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

Law clerk, Hon. Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, 1998-1999
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1999-2004
Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Chicago, Illinois, 2004-2013; senior attorney, 2004-2007; senior trial counsel, 2007-2013

Education

Name of School: 
University of Chicago
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1995
Name of School - Second: 

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1998

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Court Name: 

Illinois Northern District Court

President Nominating: 
Barack Obama
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
10/15/2013