List of first women lawyers and judges in Louisiana
This is a list of the first women lawyer and judge in Louisiana. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law. 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 state history
Lawyers
- Bettie Runnels : First female lawyer in Louisiana
- Marian Berkett : First female lawyer hired by a law firm in Louisiana
- Mary Gloria Lawson : First African American female lawyer in Louisiana
Judicial Officers
State
Judges
- Anna Judge Veters Levy : First female judge in Louisiana
- Alwine Louise Smith Ragland : First female elected judge
- Joan Armstrong : First African American female judge in Louisiana
District Court
- Catherine D. Kimball : First female elected as a Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court in Louisiana
- Rae Swent: First female appointed as a Judge of the Ninth Judicial District in Louisiana
- Ann B. McIntyre : First female appointed as a Judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Louisiana
- Patricia Minaldi : First female elected as the Judge for the Fourteenth Judicial District Court in Louisiana
- Patricia Hedges: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court in Louisiana
- Lori Landry: First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District in Louisiana
- Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District in Louisiana
- Monique F. Rauls : First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Ninth District Court in Louisiana
- Amy Burford-McCartney: First female judge elected in the Forty-Second Judicial District in Louisiana
Circuit Court
- Felicia Toney Williams: First female elected to the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal and serve as its Chief Judge
Appellate Court
- Joan Armstrong : First female to serve as a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
- Catherine D. Kimball : First female to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
- Bernette Joshua Johnson : First African American female to serve as the Associate Justice and Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Federal
District Court
- Veronica DiCarlo Wicker: First female to serve as a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- Nannette Jolivette Brown : First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- Shelly Deckert Dick : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Assistant Attorney General
- Constance A. Koury : First female Assistant Attorney General of Louisiana
United States Attorney
- Stephanie A. Finley: First female to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Louisiana
District Attorneys
- Keva Landrum-Johnson: First female to serve as a District Attorney in Louisiana
- Bridget A. Dinvaut: First African American female elected as a District Attorney in Louisiana
Assistant District Attorney
- Lori Landry: First African American female to serve as an Assistant District Attorney for the Sixteenth Judicial District in Louisiana
Bar Association
- Marta-Ann Schnabel: First female to serve as the President of the Louisiana State Bar Association
- Kim M. Boyle: First African American female to serve as the President of the Louisiana State Bar Association
Firsts in local history
Ascension Parish
- Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District in Louisiana
Assumption Parish
- Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District in Louisiana
Bossier Parish
- Carrie Keller : First female lawyer in Shreveport, Louisiana
Caddo Parish
- Carrie Keller : First female lawyer in Shreveport, Louisiana
DeSoto Parish
- Amy Burford-McCartney: First female judge elected in the Forty-Second Judicial District in Louisiana
East Carroll Parish
- Alwine Louise Smith Ragland : First female to become a Judge of the Sixth Judicial District in Louisiana
Franklin Parish
- Ann B. McIntyre : First female lawyer in Franklin Parish, Louisiana and Judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Louisiana
Iberville Parish
- Catherine D. Kimball : First female elected as a Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court
Jefferson Parish
- Jo Ellen Grant and Martha E. Sassone: First female judges respectively in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- June Berry Darensburg: First African American female elected to a judgeship in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
- Diana Simon: First female litigator in Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafourche Parish
- Kristine Russell: First female District Attorney for the Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- Marla Abel: First female judge in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
Madison Parish
- Alwine Louise Smith Ragland : First female to become a Judge of the Sixth Judicial District in Louisiana
Orleans Parish
- Bernette Joshua Johnson : First female to serve as a Judge of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court and its Chief Judge
- Angelique Reed: First African American to serve as a Judge of New Orleans' First City Civil District Court and its Senior Judge
- Miriam Waltzer: First female judge to be elected to Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Louisiana
- Kim M. Boyle: First African American female to serve as the President of the New Orleans Bar Association
- Keva Landrum-Johnson: First female District Attorney for the Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Parish
- Catherine D. Kimball : First female elected as a Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court
Rapides Parish
- Monique F. Rauls : First African American female judge in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
- Rae Swent: First female appointed as a Judge of the Ninth Judicial District in Louisiana
Richland Parish
- Ann B. McIntyre : First female appointed as a Judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish
- Jeanne Juneau: First female judge in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
St. James Parish
- Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Third Judicial District in Louisiana
St. John the Baptist Parish
- Bridget A. Dinvaut: First African American female elected as the District Attorney for St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish
- Patricia Hedges: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court in Louisiana
Tensas Parish
- Alwine Louise Smith Ragland : First female to become a Judge of the Sixth Judicial District in Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish
- Dixie Brown: First female prosecutor in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Washington Parish
- Patricia Hedges: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court in Louisiana
West Baton Rouge Parish
- Catherine D. Kimball : First female elected as a Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court
West Carroll Parish
- Ann B. McIntyre : First female appointed as a Judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Louisiana
Other topics of interest
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- List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Louisiana