Who appointed Lisa Godbey Wood?

President George W. Bush appointed Lisa Godbey Wood to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 2007.

Was Lisa Godbey Wood appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lisa Godbey Wood was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lisa Godbey Wood's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Lisa Godbey Wood 97–0 on January 30, 2007.

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Lisa Godbey Wood

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Lisa Godbey Wood is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. She earned a law degree from University of Georgia School of Law in 1990. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1963 · age 63
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2007
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: University of Georgia 1985 · University of Georgia Law 1990
Succeeded: Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2007	Southern District of Georgia succeeded Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.	G.W. Bush (R)	97–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on January 30, 2007 · 110th Congress, Roll Call 35. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

47 D, 48 R, 2 I

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

University of Georgia	B.A.	1985
University of Georgia School of Law	J.D.	1990

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Wood was assigned 4,243 district-court cases (1993–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 195 days across 2,905 closed cases.

Other civil matters33%

Prisoner & habeas30%

Civil rights8%

Contract6%

Personal-injury torts6%

Criminal5%

Other12%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

On appeal

Of 395 of Wood’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 327 were affirmed, 43 reversed or vacated, and 25 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Wood authored 20 published opinions for the court (2007–2010). Most cited: Terrill v. ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC. (15 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2010	Terrill v. ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS, INC.	753 F. Supp. 2d 1272	15
2010	Tootle v. CSX Transportation, Inc.	746 F. Supp. 2d 1333	7
2009	Silverstein v. Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.	700 F. Supp. 2d 1312	6
2008	United States v. Jenkins	714 F. Supp. 2d 1213	5
2007	Hegre v. Alberto-Culver USA, Inc.	485 F. Supp. 2d 1367	5
2010	Carrier v. JORDAAN	746 F. Supp. 2d 1341	4
2008	Presley v. CITY OF BLACKSHEAR	650 F. Supp. 2d 1307	3
2008	Aqua Log, Inc. v. Lost & Abandoned Pre-Cut Logs & Rafts of Logs	584 F. Supp. 2d 1367	3
2008	GIW Industries, Inc. v. JerPeg Contracting, Inc.	530 F. Supp. 2d 1323	3
2009	FPL Food, LLC v. United States Department of Agriculture	671 F. Supp. 2d 1339	2
2008	Carrier v. Jordaan	714 F. Supp. 2d 1204	2
2007	Hegre v. Alberto-Culver USA, Inc.	508 F. Supp. 2d 1320	2
2009	Tobar v. United States	696 F. Supp. 2d 1373	1
2009	BFS Retail & Commercial Operations, LLC v. Harrelson	701 F. Supp. 2d 1369	1
2009	Gentry v. BEVERLY ENTERPRISES-GEORGIA, INC.	714 F. Supp. 2d 1225	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 20 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Lisa Godbey Wood?: President George W. Bush appointed Lisa Godbey Wood to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in 2007.
Was Lisa Godbey Wood appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lisa Godbey Wood was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lisa Godbey Wood's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Lisa Godbey Wood 97–0 on January 30, 2007.
Which court is Lisa Godbey Wood on?: Lisa Godbey Wood is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.

Sources

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19 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).