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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in California.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Christopher Clarke Cottle (born May 18, 1940) is an American lawyer and jurist, who served as the Presiding Justice of the California Sixth District Court of Appeal from 1993 to 2001, Associate Justice of that court from 1988 to 1993, and District Attorney of Santa Cruz County from 1975 to 1977.
Hong Yen Chang (1888): [6] First Chinese American male lawyer in the U.S., but was denied the right to practice law in California [7] Washington J. Oglesby (1902): [8] [9] First African American male to pass the California State Bar exam in 1896, but was refused bar admittance until 1902; Theodore Grady (1897): [10] First deaf male lawyer in ...
Erwin Chemerinsky (J.D. 1978), founding dean of University of California, Irvine School of Law; former constitutional law scholar at Duke Law School; Jim Chen, dean of University of Louisville School of Law; Robert C. Clark (J.D. 1972), dean (1989–2003) and professor at Harvard Law
Graves was being held on charges of second-degree assault, unlawful imprisonment and reckless endangerment, according to The Columbian of Clark County. These were "related to domestic violence accusations." Graves died of asphyxia due to hanging, according to The Columbian of Clark County. Jail or Agency: Clark County Jail and Work Center
Christopher Allen Darden (born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer, author, and lecturer. He worked for 15 years in the Los Angeles County District Attorney 's office, where he gained national attention as a co-prosecutor in the murder trial of O. J. Simpson .
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Christopher L. Clark Deschene is an American politician, attorney, and energy development expert. [1] A member of the Navajo Nation , Deschene was the Democratic Party 's candidate for Secretary of State in Arizona in 2010, and served as a Department of Energy official in the Barack Obama administration .