List of first women lawyers and judges in Virginia

Firsts in state history

Law Degree

• Elizabeth N. Tompkins and Jane Brown Ranson: First females to graduate from law school in Virginia

  Lawyers

• Belva Ann Lockwood: First female to practice law before the Virginia federal court
• Rebecca Pearl Lovenstein and Carrie M. Gregory: First females licensed to practice law in Virginia
• Mildred Callahan: First female admitted to practice law before the Virginia Supreme Court
• Lavinia Marian Fleming Poe : First African American female lawyer in Virginia
• Alda White: First African American female to work as a local government full-time attorney in Virginia

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• Mary Kerr Moorehead Harris: First female judge in Virginia
• Anna Fancher Hedrick : First female county court judge in Virginia
• Angela Roberts: First African American female judge in Virginia
• Maha-Rebekah Abejuela: First Asian American female judge in Virginia

  Circuit Court

• Eileen A. Olds : First African American female appointed as a Judge of the First Judicial Circuit in Virginia

  District Court

• Anita Filson: First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District in Virginia

  Supreme Court

• Elizabeth B. Lacy: First female to serve as a Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court
• Cleo Powell : First African American female appointed as a Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court
• Cynthia D. Kinser: First female to serve as the Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court

  Federal

Bankruptcy Court

• Klinette H. Kindred : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

  District Court

• Arenda L. Wright Allen : First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• Elizabeth K. Dillon : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

  Appellate Court

• Allyson Kay Duncan : First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Barbara Milano Keenan : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She has also served as a judge on all levels of Virginia's court system.

  Attorney General

• Mary Sue Terry : First female Attorney General of Virginia

  Deputy Attorney General

• Elizabeth B. Lacy: First female to serve as the Deputy Attorney General for Virginia

  Bar Association

• Anita Poston and Jeanne Franklin: First females to serve respectively as the President of the Virginia Bar Association
• Doris Henderson Causey: First African American female to serve as the President of the Virginia Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Arlington County

• Eleanor Dobson : First female judge in Arlington County, Virginia

  Frederick County

• Lee Lovett : First female lawyer in Winchester, Virginia

  Harrisonburg, City of

• Rachel Figura: First female judge for the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia

  Loudoun County

• Lorrie A. Sinclair Taylor: First African American judge in Loudoun County, Virginia

  Portsmouth, City of

• Stephanie Morales: First female elected as the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Portsmouth, Virginia

  Prince William County

• Janice Wellington: First female judge in Prince William County, Virginia

  Richmond, City of

• Phoebe Hall: First female to serve as the Public Defender for Richmond, Virginia

  Rockingham County

• Rachel Figura: First female judge for the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia

  Stafford County

• Alda White: First female to serve as the County Attorney for Stafford County, Virginia

  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 Virginia