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First female (Twenty-Fifth Judicial District): Virginia Anita Filson in 2001 [22] First Hispanic American (female): Uley Norris Damiani in 2009 [23] First African American female (Virginia Supreme Court): Cleo Powell (1982) in 2011 [24] [25] First female (Chief Justice; Virginia Supreme Court): Cynthia D. Kinser in 2011 [26]
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)
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 ...
Charlotte E. Ray (January 13, 1850 – January 4, 1911) was an American lawyer. She was the first black American female lawyer in the United States. [1] [2] Ray graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872.
Judge Kimba Wood will be hearing the legal fight between federal investigators and the Trump lawyer who inked a hush agreement with a porn star. Cohen case to be heard by Judge Kimba Wood — aka ...
Cleo Elaine Powell (born January 12, 1957) is a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia.She was sworn in on October 21, 2011, for a term ending on July 31, 2023. Justice Powell is the first African-American female to serve on Virginia's highest court and the fifth woman to serve on the court.
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).
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