Served from May 27, 2025 through present
Justice Noah P. Hood was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court effective May 27, 2025, for a partial term ending on December 31, 2026.
Previously, he was appointed to a partial term on the Michigan Court of Appeals in March 2022 and won election later that year. During his time on the COA, he served on the Rules Committee and Education Committee.
From 2019 to 2022, Justice Hood served on the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan in the Criminal Division, presiding over felony cases in Wayne County. From 2021 to 2022, Judge Hood also presided over the Veterans Treatment Court, a problem-solving court docket that targets underlying issues affecting justice-involved military veterans.
Previously, Justice Hood worked as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Eastern District of Michigan, where he prosecuted fraud and opioid-related offenses involving medical professionals. Previously, as an AUSA in the Northern District of Ohio, he specialized in prosecuting fraud, money laundering, public corruption, and white-collar crime. In May 2018, he received the U.S. Treasury Department FinCEN Director’s “Law Enforcement Award” for effective use of Bank Secrecy Act data in safeguarding the nation’s financial system. In December 2018, he received a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Secret Service Director for his superior efforts and contributions to the Secret Service’s law enforcement responsibilities. He has also been recognized by the U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Prior to his federal service, Justice Hood worked as a litigation associate at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone. During that time, Michigan Community Legal Resources recognized him for his pro bono work on nuisance abatement in Detroit.
Justice Hood is a proud graduate of Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Yale College, and Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Wolverine Bar Association, Association of Black Judges of Michigan, and the Detroit Bar Association, of which he became a fellow in 2023. He currently serves on the Plymouth United Church of Christ Board of Deacons.
Justice Hood, a native Detroiter, continues to live in Detroit with his wife and son.