District Judge Andrea R. Wood was appointed to the Northern District of Illinois by President Barack Obama in 2013.
Judge Wood was born on March 2, 1973, in St. Louis, Missouri. After law school, she clerked for Judge Diane Wood of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1998 to 1999. From 1999 to 2004, she worked as an associate at Kirkland & Ellis in Chicago, focusing on federal court litigation. In 2004, she became a senior attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, managing complex investigations and litigation. In 2007, she became senior trial counsel in the SEC's Division of Enforcement.
Education
- Yale Law School, J.D., 1998
- University of Chicago, B.A., 1995
Career
- Senior Trial Counsel, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2007–2013)
- Senior Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2004–2007)
- Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago (1999–2004)
- Law Clerk, Hon. Diane Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit (1998–1999)