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First Asian American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Emma Ping Lum (1947) around 1958 [13] [14] First Latino American female to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court: Vilma Socorro Martínez (1967) in 1977 [40] [41] First Native American female to win a U.S. Supreme Court case: Arlinda Locklear (1976) in 1983 [42] [43 ...
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general. Reno, a member of the Democratic Party, held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt.
Since 1959, there have been 34 states which have appointed or elected women as attorneys-general. Puerto Rico has had a record four women hold office as attorney general, the most of any U.S. state or territory. Anne X. Alpern of Pennsylvania is the first woman to hold office as the attorney-general of a state. [1]
2008 – Roberta Cooper Ramo became the first female president of the American Law Institute. [20] 2016–present – women enrolled in U.S. law schools outnumber men. [23] 2023 – Women comprised 50.3 percent of U.S. law firm associates, exceeding men in the profession for the first time in the United States, increased from 38 percent in 1991 ...
Arlene Violet (born 1943) is an American politician. She was a religious sister in the Sisters of Mercy [1] and Attorney General of Rhode Island 1985–1987. She was the first female Attorney General elected in the United States. [2] [3]
Donald Trump named America First Policy Institute CEO Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture, closing the last open spot in his Cabinet. ... Bondi was the first female attorney general in the ...
The attorney general acts as the principal legal advisor to the president of the United States on all legal matters. The attorney general is also a statutory member of the Cabinet of the United States and a member of the United States National Security Council. Additionally, the attorney general is seventh in the presidential line of succession.
Gertel Thom (1982): [9] First female lawyer to become Attorney-General of Antigua and Barbuda (1998-2001) Charmaine Pemberton: [10] [11] First (female) Master of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (2000) [12] Nicole Sylvester: [13] First female to serve as the President of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Bar Association (c ...