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Jane Matilda Bolin (April 11, 1908 – January 8, 2007) was an American attorney and judge. She was the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association and the first to join the New York City Law Department. Bolin became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when ...
First African American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Constance Baker Motley (1946) in 1954 [36] [37] [38] First lesbian to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Pearl M. Hart in 1957 [39] First Asian American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Emma Ping Lum (1947) around 1958 [13] [14]
Touré became the first African-American female judge in Alabama when she was appointed as a municipal judge in 1973. [3] She served in this position until 1977. [3]
Despite opposition, she was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 30, 1966, and received her commission the same day, becoming the first African American female federal judge. [22] She served as Chief Judge from 1982 to 1986. She assumed senior status on September 30, 1986. Her service terminated on September 28, 2005, due to her ...
Phyllis J. Hamilton (1976): [105] [106] First African American female judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2014) Jinsook Ohta : [ 107 ] First Asian American female (who is of Korean descent) to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2021)
This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. As of December 9, 2024 [update] , 300 African-Americans have served on the federal bench. United States Supreme Court
Erica James: First African-American female judge in the 8th Judicial District, Lenoir County, Greene County, and Wayne County (2012). Carol A. Jones: First African-American female judge in the 4th Judicial District of Duplin, Jones, Onslow, and Jones Counties. (2000-2020).
First African-American woman licensed to practice law in Illinois, and the third in the United States Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911) [14] First Black American female lawyer in the United States Scovel Richardson (1912–1982) [15] Party to a housing desegregation case anticipating Shelley v. Kraemer; also a judge in federal courts from 1957