Diane Wood

Diane Wood
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office September 7, 2022 – April 30, 2024
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office October 1, 2013 – July 3, 2020
Preceded by	Frank H. Easterbrook
Succeeded by	Diane S. Sykes
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In office June 30, 1995 – September 7, 2022
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	William J. Bauer
Succeeded by	John Z. Lee
Personal details
Born	Diane Pamela Wood (1950-07-04) July 4, 1950 (age 74)[1] Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Steve Van (Early 1970s) Dennis J. Hutchinson ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1998)​ Robert L. Sufit ​ (m. 2006)​
Children	6
Education	University of Texas at Austin (BA, JD)

Diane Pamela Wood (born July 4, 1950) is an American attorney who serves as the director of the American Law Institute and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. She previously served as a circuit judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

After working in private practice and the executive branch, Wood became the third woman ever hired as a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School. President Bill Clinton nominated her to the Seventh Circuit on March 31, 1995. As a judge, she was considered a liberal intellectual counter to Richard Posner and Frank H. Easterbrook.