Background
Wolford was born in 1966, in Buffalo, New New York
Wolford was born in 1966, in Buffalo, New New York
Colgate University.
She is the first female judge to serve in the Western District. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989, from Colgate University. She received a Juris Doctor in 1992, from the University of Notre Dame Law School.
Her practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial, employment and personal injury litigation before both federal and state courts.
She served as President of the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys from 2003 to 2004 and as President of the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar from 2010 to 2012. On May 16, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Wolford to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Charles J. Siragusa, who took senior status on December 15, 2012.
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported her nomination to the full Senate on August 1st, 2013 by voice vote. On December 12, 2013, the United States. Senate voted 55-41 for cloture on Wolford"s nomination, cutting off a Republican-led filibuster.
The Senate then confirmed her in a 70-29 vote later that same day.
She received her judicial commission on December 17, 2013.