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Noah Hood
Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 27, 2025
Appointed byGretchen Whitmer
Preceded byElizabeth T. Clement
Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals
for the 1st district
In office
March 7, 2022 – May 20, 2025
Appointed byGretchen Whitmer
Preceded byKaren Fort Hood
Succeeded byMariam Bazzi
Personal details
Born1986 (age 38–39)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesDenise Page Hood (mother)
Nicholas Hood (grandfather)
EducationYale University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Noah P. Hood (born 1986) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2025. He previously served as a judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals after being appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on February 3, 2022.[1] Hood assumed office the following month and retained his seat in a special election later that year.[2] Hood previously served as a judge on the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan from 2019 to 2022 and as an assistant United States attorney from 2014 to 2019.[3]

In April 2025, Hood was nominated by Whitmer to fill a vacant seat on the Michigan Supreme Court, this time succeeding former chief justice Elizabeth Clement.[4] Hood took office the following month.

Early life and education

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Hood was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents who were both public servants.[5] His father, Rev. Nicholas Hood, III, served on the Detroit City Council and is senior minister of Plymouth United Church of Christ.[6] His mother, Judge Denise Page Hood, is a senior United States district judge on the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan.[7] His paternal grandfather was civil rights activist Rev. Nicholas Hood, Sr., a founding member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the second African American to serve on the Detroit City Council.[8][9]

Hood attended Detroit Public Schools and graduated from Cass Technical High School.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from Yale University in 2008. At Yale, Hood was active with the Black Student Alliance at Yale and the Afro-American Cultural Center and a member of the Skull and Bones senior society.[10] He received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2011.  

Career

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From 2011 to 2014, Hood worked as a litigation associate at the Detroit office of Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone.[11] During that time, Michigan Community Resources recognized him for pro bono work on nuisance abatement in Detroit.[3]

Hood served as an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Ohio from 2014 to 2018[12][13] and Eastern District of Michigan from 2018 to 2019.[3]  In 2018, he received the United States Treasury FinCEN Director’s law enforcement award for effective use of Bank Secrecy Act data in safeguarding the financial system.[14]  He also received a certificate of appreciation from the Director of the United States Secret Service for his contributions to the service’s law enforcement responsibilities.[3]

In March 2019, Hood was appointed to a vacancy on the Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan.[5] He assumed office in May 2019 and was elected to retain his seat in a special election on November 3, 2020.[15] From 2019 to 2022, Judge Hood was assigned to a trial docket in the Criminal Division, where he presided over felony cases arising in Wayne County.[16] From 2021 to 2022, Judge Hood also presided over the Veterans Treatment Court, a specialty court docket that supervised high-need probationers that previously served in the United States military.[17] He previously presided over the Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program, a specialty court docket that supervised high-risk probationers.[18][3]

In February 2022, Governor Whitmer announced her decision to appoint Judge Hood to a vacancy on the Michigan Court of Appeals' First District.[19] Hood was sworn in on March 7, 2022. Hood ran in a special election on November 8, 2022 to complete the partial term ending on January 1, 2027.[2] During his tenure, Hood has participated in several high-profile cases including election law challenges to Perry Johnson's candidacy for Governor in 2022[20] and Cornel West’s candidacy for president in 2024.[21]

Personal life

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Hood is married. He, his wife, and their son live in Detroit. He is a deacon at Plymouth United Church of Christ.[3]

Hood is a member of the Wolverine Bar Association, the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, and the Association of Black Judges of Michigan.[3]

Electoral history

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2022 Michigan Court of Appeals special general election, 1st district (partial term)[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Noah Hood (incumbent) 522,016 100%
Total votes 522,016 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to Michigan Court of Appeals". Office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer. February 3, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "2022 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/08/2022". mielections.us. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "First District Judges". www.courts.michigan.gov. 2024-10-17. Archived from the original on 2025-04-24. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  4. ^ Lobo, Arpan. "Whitmer selects Court of Appeals Judge Noah Hood to fill vacancy on Michigan Supreme Court". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  5. ^ a b Brand-Williams, Oralandar. "Whitmer names 2 judges to Wayne County circuit bench". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  6. ^ "The History Makers: Digital Repository for the Black Experience". Rev. Nicholas Hood, III. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "Hood, Denise Page | Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  8. ^ Dickson, James David. "Former city council member, pastor Hood Sr. dies at 92". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  9. ^ Helms, Katrease Stafford Tresa Baldas and Matt. "Rev. Nicholas Hood Sr., religious, civic leader, dies". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  10. ^ Walker, Hunter (2009-12-14). "Ain't No Party Like a Skull & Bones Party". Gawker. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  11. ^ "Governor Whitmer Makes Appointments to Michigan Court of Appeals". Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  12. ^ "Northern District of Ohio | Former Allen County Sheriff indicted for soliciting bribes, extortion, making false statements | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  13. ^ "Former Toledo mayoral candidate stands trial in fraud case". The Blade. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  14. ^ "FinCEN Director's Law Enforcement Awards Program Recognizes Significance of BSA Reporting by Financial Institutions". Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. May 8, 2018.
  15. ^ "2020 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/03/2020". mielections.us. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  16. ^ "DOES KYM WORTHY WANT 54 MICH. JUVENILE LIFERS TO DIE IN PRISON, VIOLATING U.S. SUPREME COURT ORDERS? | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city's independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought". Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  17. ^ "How Michigan Veterans Courts are healing heroes facing criminal charges". WXYZ 7 News Detroit. 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  18. ^ www.courts.michigan.gov https://www.courts.michigan.gov/administration/court-programs/swift-and-sure-sanctions-probation-program/. Retrieved 2024-10-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ Bowens, Greg (February 5, 2022). "Bowens: Gov. Whitmer gets 'I, Too, Am America' with Michigan Court of Appeals choices". Deadline Detroit.
  20. ^ Mauger, Craig. "Gov candidate Johnson denied spot on ballot in Court of Appeals ruling". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  21. ^ Egan, Paul. "Independent candidate Cornel West ruled eligible for Michigan's Nov. 5 presidential ballot". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  22. ^ "2022 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Voter Information Center.
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