Diane Humetewa

Diane J. Humetewa has served as a United States District Judge for the District of Arizona since 2014. Prior to her confirmation, she served as Special Counsel to the President of Arizona State University, taught at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, and practiced federal Indian law. She was a litigator in the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1996–2009, and in 2007, was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona. Judge Humetewa currently serves on the Judicial Conference of the United States Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and chairs the Ninth Circuit Court Committee on Tribal-Native Relations. She is a graduate of the ASU College of Law, a member of the Hopi Tribe, and a former appellate judge on the Hopi Tribe’s Appellate Court.