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Gammiel Poindexter: [40] First African American (female) judge in the Sixth Judicial District (Brunswick County, et al.; 1995) Tania M.L. Saylor: [48] First female of color to serve as a Judge of the Fairfax County Circuity Court (2022) Lee Lovett (1947): [49] [50] First female lawyer in Winchester, Virginia, Frederick County, Virginia
The United States Senate confirmed Smith's appointment on October 24, 1989, and she received her commission on October 25, 1989. [1] She was the first female federal judge in Virginia. [2] Smith served as Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia and from December 4, 2011 until December 4, 2018. Smith assumed senior status on August 1 ...
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)
April 7, 2022, marked a historic day in the Senate and in the United States as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court.
One such woman was Mary O'Toole, who became the first woman municipal judge of the United States, when she was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court of Washington, D.C. by President Harding in 1921. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1925, the first female lawyer in California, Clara Shortridge Foltz , was considered for a federal judgeship at the age of 76.
Eva Mae Fleming Scott (May 6, 1926 – March 28, 2019) was an American pharmacist, businesswoman and politician from Virginia. Despite redistricting problems, she served four consecutive two-year terms as delegate in the Virginia General Assembly. In 1979 she became the first woman elected to the Virginia State Senate, where she served a single ...
Monroe County Court Judge Meredith Vacca on Wednesday became the first woman of color and the first Asian-American to become a federal judge in western New York.. The Senate Wednesday confirmed ...
The U.S. will have its first Bangladeshi American and first Muslim woman federal judge after the Senate confirmed Nusrat Choudhury on Thursday.