List of first women lawyers and judges in California

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in California. 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 state history

  • Clara Shortridge Foltz (1878):[1] First female lawyer in California. She had other accomplishments in California, such as becoming the first female deputy district attorney for Los Angeles (as well as in the U.S.; 1910) and the first female notary public. Foltz was also the first female lawyer in San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose County.
  • Christine la Barraque (c. 1906):[2][3] First blind female lawyer admitted to practice law in California
  • Georgia Bullock (c. 1917):[4][5] First female judge in California (Los Angeles County, California; 1931)
  • Annie Coker (1929):[6] First African American female lawyer in California
  • Chiyoko Sakamoto (1938):[7] First Japanese American female lawyer in California
  • Emma Ping Lum (c. 1946):[8] First Chinese American female lawyer in California and the U.S.
  • Vaino Spencer (1952):[9] First African American female judge in California (1961)
  • Arleigh M. Woods (1953):[10] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in California (1980)
  • Mary Virginia Orozco (1962):[11] First Latino American female lawyer in California
  • Rose Bird (c. 1965):[12] First female appointed as a judge of the California Supreme Court (1977)
  • Eleanor Nisperos (1972):[8] First Filipino American female lawyer in California
  • Frances Munoz (1972):[13] First Latino American female judge in California (1978)
  • Patricia A. Yim Cowett (1972):[14] First Chinese American female judge in California (San Diego County, California; 1979)
  • Mary C. Morgan (1972):[15] First openly LGBT female judge in California (San Francisco County, California; 1981)
  • Abby Abinanti (1974):[8] First Native American (Yurok) female lawyer in California. She would later become a judge.
  • Jayne Williams (1974):[16] First African American female to become the City Attorney in California (1986) [Alameda County, California]
  • Lillian Sing (1975):[17][18][19] First Chinese American female judge in California (San Francisco County, California; 1981)
  • Roberta Achtenberg (1975):[20] First openly LGBT female (a lawyer) appointment to a federal position was confirmed by the U.S. Senate (upon being appointed as the Assistant Secretary of the Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Office in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1993)
  • Kathleen O'Leary (1975):[21] First female Presiding Justice of the Fourth District Court of Appeal (2011)
  • Phyllis J. Hamilton (1976):[22] First African American female judge to serve as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2014)
  • Lillian Y. Lim (1977):[23] First Filipino American female judge in California (1986)
  • Audrey B. Collins (1977):[24] First African American female judge to serve as Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2009)
  • Sheila Kuehl (c. 1978):[25] First openly LGBT female member of the California legislature (1994)
  • Kim McLane Wardlaw (1979):[26] First Hispanic American female appointed as a U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1998)
  • Therese M. Stewart (1982):[27] First openly LGBT female appointed as a Judge of the California Court of Appeal (2014)
  • Dolly M. Gee (1984):[28] First Chinese American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2010)
  • Tani Cantil-Sakauye (1984):[29][30] First Asian-Filipino American female justice to be appointed as the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (2011)
  • Shahla Sabet (1985):[31] First Iranian American female judge in California (1993)
  • Tammy Chung Ryu (1987):[32][33] First Korean American female judge in California (2002)
  • Marsha G. Slough (1987):[34] First openly LGBT female appointed as a Judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeal (2015)
  • Kamala Harris (1989):[35] First African American and Indian American female lawyer to become the Attorney General of California (2011-2017) and U.S. Senator from California (2017)
  • Jacqueline Nguyen (1991):[36] First Vietnamese American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She was also the first Vietnamese American female judge in Los Angeles County, California (2002).
  • Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers (1991):[37] First Latino American female justice appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2011)
  • Victoria Kolakowski (1991):[38] First openly LGBT judge in California
  • Lucy H. Koh (1993):[39] First Korean American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2010)
  • Kimberly J. Mueller (1995):[40] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (2010)
  • Rupa Goswami (1998):[41][42] First South Asian American female judge in California (2013)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

  • Marguerite Ogden:[43] First female lawyer in Alameda County, California
  • Cecil Mosbacher (1934):[44][45] First female judge in Alameda County, California (1951)
  • Brenda Harbin-Forte (1979):[46] First African American female appointed as the Presiding Judge of the Alameda County Juvenile Court (2000–2003)
  • Diane Bellas (1981):[47] First female Public Defender of Alameda County
  • Trina Thompson Stanley (1987):[48][49] First African American female elected judge in Alameda County, California (2002)
  • Jo-Lynne Q. Lee:[50] First Chinese American female appointed as a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court (2002)
  • Kimberly E. Colwell (1987):[51] First openly LGBT female judge in Alameda County, California (2012)
  • Mary King (1915):[52] First female lawyer in Butte County, California
  • Elizabeth “Betsy” Ufkes Olivera (1985):[53] First female judge in Colusa County, California (2010)
  • Betsy Fitzgerald Rahn:[54] First female Judge of the Walnut Creek Municipal Court (Contra Costa County, California; 1960s)
  • Bessie Dreibelbis:[54] First female Judge of the Richmond Municipal Court (Contra Costa County, California; 1970s)
  • Ellen James:[54] First female Judge of the Mt. Diablo Judicial District (Contra Costa County, California; 1976)
  • Diana Becton (1986):[55] First African American female District Attorney of Contra Costa County, California in 2017. She had previously served as a judge of the Superior Court.
  • Chris Doehle (1991):[56] First female judge in Del Norte County, California (2016)
  • E. Patricia Herron (1965):[54] First female Judge of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, California (1977)
  • Suzanne Kingsbury (1982):[57] First female judge in El Dorado County, California (1996)
  • Lenore Schreiber:[58] First female judge in Fresno County, California (1978)
  • Elizabeth J. Morrison (1925):[59] First female lawyer in Humboldt County, California
  • Marilyn B. Miles (1980):[60] First female judge in Humboldt County, California (1998)
  • Annie M. Gutierrez (1972):[61] First female (and Latino American female) judge in Imperial County, California (2002)
  • Ellen Miller (1936):[62] First female judge in Kern County, California (1957). She is reputed to be the first female lawyer in Bakersfield, California. [Kern County, California]
  • Gloria J. Cannon (1996):[63] First African American female judge in Kern County, California (2017)
  • Maxine F. Thomas (1972):[16] First African American female appointed as a Presiding Judge of Los Angeles Municipal Court (1987)
  • Beverly Savitt (1967) and Lynn O'Malley Taylor (1972):[64][65] First female judges in Marin County, California (1983)
  • Laura Scudder (1918):[66] First female lawyer in Ukiah, California [Mendocino County, California]
  • Elizabeth Helfrich (1959):[67] First female lawyer in Salinas, California [Monterey County, California]
  • Heather Morse (1981):[68] First female judge in Monterey County, California
  • Elizabeth "Babe" King Robinson:[69] First female lawyer in Napa, California [Napa County, California]
  • Francisca P. Tisher (1980):[70] First female judge in Napa County, California
  • Elia Ortiz (1999):[71] First Latino American female judge in Napa County, California (2013)
  • Clara Cushman (1922):[72] First female lawyer in Orange County, California
  • Celia Baker Young:[73][74] First female judge in Orange County, California
  • Cristina L. Talley:[75] First Latino American female to become the City Attorney for Anaheim, California [Orange County, California]
  • Mary McFarland Hall (1934):[76] Reputed to be the first female lawyer in Riverside County, California
  • Janice McIntyre (1975):[77] First female judge in Riverside County, California (1981)
  • Raquel A. Marquez (1991):[78] First Latino American female judge in Riverside County, California (2011)
  • Susanne Cho (1993):[79] First Korean American female judge in Riverside County, California (2014)
  • Sunshine S. Sykes (2002):[80] First Native American (Navajo) female judge in Riverside County, California (2013)
  • Valla E. Parkinson (1914):[81] First female lawyer in Sacramento County, California
  • Madge Bradley (1933):[82][83] First female judge in San Diego County, California (1953)
  • Elizabeth Riggs (1974):[84] First African American female judge in San Diego County, California (1979)
  • Bonnie Dumanis (1977):[85] First Jewish and openly LGBT female District Attorney of San Diego [San Diego County, California]
  • Mara Elliott (1994):[86] First Latino American female lawyer elected as City Attorney for San Diego, California (2016)
  • Theresa Meikle (1919):[87] First female judge in San Francisco County, California (1930)
  • Suzanne Bolanos (1989):[88] First Latino American female judge in San Francisco County, California
  • Laura de Force Gordon:[89][90] First female lawyer in San Joaquin County, California
  • Priscilla Hope Haynes (1952):[91] First female judge in San Joaquin County, California
  • Mary Souza Mitracos:[92] First female lawyer in Tracy, California [San Joaquin County, California]
  • Consuelo María Callahan (1975):[93] First Hispanic American female judge in San Joaquin County, California (1992). She would later become a circuit court judge.
  • Teresa Estrada-Mullaney (1979):[94][95] First female (and Latino American female) judge in San Luis Obispo County, California
  • Margaret Kemp (1972):[96][97] First female judge in San Mateo County, California (1978)
  • Elizabeth Lee (1983):[98] First Asian-Pacific American female judge in San Mateo County, California (2005)
  • Marilyn Pestarino Zecher (1957):[99] First female judge in Santa Clara County, California
  • Nahal Iravani-Sani (1993):[100] First Iranian American female judge in Santa Clara County, California (2017)
  • Sarah Ann Bailey:[101] First female lawyer in Santa Cruz County, California
  • Yvette Durant (1997):[102] First female judge in Sierra County, California (2016)
  • Marian Randall (née Leachman) (1940):[103] Possibly the first female lawyer in Solano County, California
  • Barbara James (1973):[104] First female magistrate in Solano County's history (1989)
  • Lesli Caldwell (1979): First female Public Defender of Solano County (2010)
  • Ramona Garrett (1980):[105][106] First female (and first African American female) Judge of the Solano County Superior Court (1992)
  • Cynda Unger (1983):[107] First female elected as a Judge of the Solano County Superior Court (2000)
  • Krishna Abrams (1993):[108] First female District Attorney of Solano County (2014)
  • Claudia Quintana (1995):[109] First Latino American female to become the City Attorney for Vallejo, California [Solano County, California]
  • Dora M. Rios (1999):[110] First Latino American female Judge of the Solano County Superior Court (2017)
  • Luda Fulkerson Barham:[111] First female lawyer in Sonoma County, California
  • Esto Bates Broughton (1916):[112] First female lawyer in Stanislaus County, California
  • Anna White Garlund (1944):[113] First female lawyer in Tulare County, California
  • Alice Titus Magill (1908):[114] First female lawyer in Ventura County, California
  • Melinda Johnson (1972):[115] First female judge in Ventura County, California (1982)
  • Sonia Cortés (1997):[116] First Latino American female judge in Yolo County, California (2015)

See also

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