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She was also the first African-American prosecutor (1983) in the county's history. Brenda Claudio: [97] First Hispanic American (female) judge to preside in Kankakee County, Illinois (upon her appointment to the 21 st Judicial Circuit in 2021) Victoria Chuffo: [98] First female Public Defender for Kendall County, Illinois (c. 2007)
As of 2016, only 36% of judges on the federal courts of appeals were women, that is 60 out of 167 active judges. Women represented only 15% of judges on the Third Circuit, only 20% of judges on the Eight Circuit and only 25% of judges on the Tenth Circuit. As for women of color, there is even a smaller number.
This list of the first women lawyers and judges in each state of the United States includes the years in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are women of other distinctions, such as the first in their states to graduate from law school.
Mary Ann Grohwin was born to Roman and Emily Grohwin and grew up in a Roman Catholic household on the northwest side of Chicago. She attended Rosary College, now known as Dominican University. She received her law degree at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and was admitted practice law in Illinois in 1953. [2] [3]
Pacold was educated at St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago. [1] [2] She earned her Bachelor of Arts with highest distinction from Indiana University, where she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and her Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Chicago Law Review.
After graduation, she became a law clerk for Judge Thomas E. Fairchild of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. From 1972 to 1975, Lefkow was a staff attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago. After that, she served as an administrative law judge for the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission from 1975 ...
Pages in category "History of women in Illinois" ... List of first women lawyers and judges in Illinois; Fortnightly of Chicago; Big Four (debutantes)
She was born Mary Jane Wendt in Chicago to Eleanore and Kenneth Wendt, a member of the Illinois General Assembly and a longtime judge in Cook County. [1] [2] [3] She is a member of the Democratic Party. [4] She received her bachelor's degree from Loyola University Chicago and her Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law.