Background
Woods, Arleigh Maddox was born on August 31, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Benjamin Harris and Ida Lota (Evans) Maddox.
Woods, Arleigh Maddox was born on August 31, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Benjamin Harris and Ida Lota (Evans) Maddox.
Bachelor, Chapman College, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, Southwestern University, 1952. Master of Laws, University Virginia, 1984.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University West Los Angeles, 1984.
Sole practice, Los Angeles, 1953-1957. Senior partner Levy, Kosz & Woods, 1957-1976. Judge Los Angeles Superior Court, 1976-1980.
Associate justice California Court Appeal, Los Angeles, 1980-1982, presiding justice, since 1982. Member Judicial Council of California, San Francisco, 1985-1987, Committee on Judicial Performance, San Francisco, since 1986.
Vice president, member Constitutional Rights Foundation, since 1982. Member American Cancer Research Foundation, Southwestern University (board trustees since 1986).
Married William T. Woods, August 3, 1952.