William W. Hood III

William W. Hood III (born 1963) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado, having served in this position since 2014.

William W. Hood III
Speaking in Walsenburg in 2019
Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
Assumed office
January 7, 2014
Appointed byJohn Hickenlooper
Preceded byMichael L. Bender
Personal details
Born1963 (age 5758)
EducationSyracuse University (B.A.)
University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.)

Hood received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, magna cum laude from Syracuse University in 1985, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review.[1] Hood was in private practice with the law firm of Isaacson Rosenbaum, and was later a prosecutor with the 18th Judicial District Attorney's office for ten years, before becoming a Denver District Court judge in 2007.[2]

On October 25, 2013, Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Hood to the supreme court.[2] Hood was reelected to a ten-year term in 2016.[3]

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Michael L. Bender
Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
2014–present
Incumbent


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