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Doris Ling-Cohan (1979): [179] [127] First Asian American female elected to the New York State Supreme Court (2002) and first Asian American female appointed to a New York State appellate court. First Asian American elected in district that includes Manhattan's Chinatown (1995), when elected to Civil Court.
Margaret Brent: first woman to act as an attorney in the United States (1648) Arabella Mansfield: first woman admitted to practice law in the United States (1869) Charlotte E. Ray: First African American female lawyer in the United States and Washington, D.C. (1872) Lyda Conley: First Native American female lawyer in the United States (1902)
Judith Ann Kaye (née Smith; August 4, 1938 – January 7, 2016) was an American lawyer, jurist and the longtime Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, serving in that position from March 23, 1993, until December 31, 2008.
Perry was elected to the Civil Court of the City of New York in 2018. Soon after, she was designated as Judge of the Family Court of the City of New York (Bronx County) by Chief Administrative Judge Lawrence K. Marks. [4] In 2023, Perry won the general election for a Supreme Court Justice seat in the 1st Judicial District. She was unopposed. [5]
The New York State Chief Administrator of the Courts (or Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts if a judge) oversees the administration and operation of the New York State Unified Court System. [1] They are appointed by the Chief Judge of New York with the advice and consent of the Administrative Board of the Courts. [1]
Much more information on the subject can be found at: List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States. 1869 - Lemma Barkaloo became the first woman in America admitted to law school at Washington University in St. Louis. 1869 – Arabella Mansfield became the first female lawyer in the United States when she was admitted to the Iowa ...
From 2007 to 2008 Rivera was Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights in the New York Attorney General's office and in 2011 she was a visiting professor at American University Washington College of Law. Her selection to New York's highest court was controversial. [3] Rivera was the first nominee in history to be advanced out of the New ...
Patricia Cole Cozzi (1953): [27] First female lawyer in The Bahamas; Stephanie Unwala: [28] First female magistrate in The Bahamas (1977) Janet Bostwick (1971): [29] [30] First female lawyer to become the Attorney General of The Bahamas (1995-2001). She was also the first female to serve as the President of The Bahamas Bar Association (1980).