List of first women lawyers and judges in Washington D.C. (Federal District)

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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Washington, D.C. (Federal District). 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 obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in the federal district's history[]

Charlotte E. Ray: First African American female lawyer in the United States and Washington, D.C. (1872)
Mary O'Toole: First female municipal court judge in Washington, D.C. (1921)

Law Degree[]

Lawyers[]

Law Clerk[]

Judges[]

  • Marilla Ricker (1882):[5] First female appointed as a United States Commissioner in Washington, D.C. (1891)
  • Mary O'Toole (1914):[6] First female judge appointed to the municipal court of Washington, D.C. (1921)
  • Burnita Shelton Matthews (1919):[7] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1949) in Washington, D.C.
  • Marjorie Lawson (1950):[8][9] First African American female judge in Washington, D.C. (1962)
  • Julia Cooper Mack (1951):[10] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. (1975)
  • Patricia Wald (1959):[11][12] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1979)
  • Norma Holloway Johnson (1962):[13] First African American female judge appointed as a U.S. District Court Chief Judge (1997) in Washington, D.C.
  • Judith W. Rogers (1968):[14] First African American female to serve as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1994)
  • Vanessa Ruiz (1975):[15][16] First Hispanic female appointed as a Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1994)
  • Zinora Mitchell-Rankin (1979):[17] First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia with a spouse simultaneously serving as a judicial officer (1990)[18]
  • Kara Farnandez Stoll (1997):[19] First Latino American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. (2015)

Attorney General[]

United States Attorney[]

Assistant United States Attorney[]

Bar Association[]

  • Marna Tucker:[23][24] First female to serve as the President of the D.C. Bar Association (1984)
  • Pauline Schneider:[25] First African American female to serve as President of the D.C. Bar Association
  • Brigida Benitez:[26] First Latino American female to serve as the President of the D.C. Bar Association (2014-2015)
  • Esther H. Lim:[27] First Korean American female to serve as the President of the D.C. Bar Association (2018)

Faculty[]

See also[]

Other topics of interest[]

References[]

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  8. ^ "Marjorie McKenzie Lawson". Washington Post. 2002-10-16. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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  11. ^ "Torrington native Patricia Wald receives Presidential Medal of Freedom". New Haven Register. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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  27. ^ "Esther Lim to Serve as D.C. Bar President-Elect". Finnegan | Leading Intellectual Property (IP) Law Firm. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
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