List of first women lawyers and judges in Connecticut

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

• Mary Hall : First female lawyer in Connecticut
• Bessye Anita Warren Bennett : First African American female lawyer in Connecticut

  Judicial Officer

State

Justice of the Peace

• Alice J. O'Neill: First female Justice of the Peace in Connecticut

  Judges

• JoAnne Kulawiz: First female appointed to the trial bench in Connecticut
• Ellen Bree Burns : First female appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court in Connecticut
• Maria Araujo Kahn : First female of Portuguese descent to serve as a judge in Connecticut
• Nina F. Elgo : First Asian American judge in Connecticut
• E. Curtissa R. Cofield: First African American female judge in Connecticut
• Carmen E. Espinosa: First Hispanic American judge in Connecticut

  Circuit Court

• JoAnne Kulawiz: First female appointed as a Judge of the Connecticut Circuit Court

  Appellate Court

• Antoinette Dupont: First female to serve as a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals and serve as its Chief Judge
• Carmen E. Espinosa: First Hispanic American female appointed as a Judge of the Connecticut Court of Appeals
• Nina F. Elgo : First Asian American female appointed as a Judge of the Connecticut Court of Appeals

  Supreme Court

• Ellen Ash Peters : First female appointed as a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court and serve as its Chief Justice
• Carmen E. Espinosa: First Hispanic female appointed as a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court

  Federal

District Court

• Ellen Bree Burns : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and its Chief Judge

  Appellate Court

• Susan L. Carney : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

  U.S. Magistrate Judge

• Joan G. Margolis: First female appointed as the U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Connecticut

  State Attorney General

• Clarine Nardi Riddle : First female to serve as the Attorney General of Connecticut

  Assistant State's Attorney

• Anne C. Dranginis : First female to serve as the Assistant State's Attorney of Connecticut

  United States Attorney

• Nora Dannehy: First female to serve as the Acting U.S. Attorney for Connecticut
• Deidre M. Daly: First female to serve as the U.S. Attorney in Connecticut

  Public Defender

• Ellen B. Lubell: First female to serve as a Public Defender in Connecticut

  Bar Association

• Marilyn Seichter: First female to serve as the President of the Connecticut Bar Association
• Alice A. Bruno: First female lawyer to become the Executive Director of the Connecticut Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Fairfield County

• Vivien Hall Root: First female lawyer in Fairfield County, Connecticut
• Dianne Andersen : First female lawyer in Danbury, Connecticut
• Dianne Yamen: First female probate judge in Danbury, Connecticut

  Hartford County

• Mary Hall : First female lawyer in Hartford County, Connecticut
• Catherine Kligerman: First female to serve as the President of the Hartford County Bar Association, Connecticut

  New Haven County

• Ellen B. Lubell: First female to serve as a Public Defender for the New Haven Judicial District

  Other topics of interest

• List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
• List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Connecticut