George E. Woods (October 10, 1923 – October 9, 2007) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
George E. Woods
Michigan Eastern District Court
Born 1923 in Cleveland, OH
Died 2007 in Waterford, MI
FJC ID: 2647
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1983–2004
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1961–1981
- Wayne County [Michigan] Grand JuryChief special prosecutor · 1965–1966
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan1960–1961- Eastern District of MichiganChief assistant U.S. attorney · 1953–1960
- Private practice, Pontiac, Michigan1949–1951, 1953
- Oakland County, MichiganAssistant prosecutor · 1951–1952
U.S. Army1943–1946
Appointments
1983–2004 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Retirement
Education
- Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)J.D. · 1949