List of first women lawyers and judges in New York

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New York. 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

  • Kate Stoneman (1886):[1] First female lawyer in New York
  • Rosalie Loew Whitney (1895):[2][3][4] First Jewish American female lawyer in New York
  • Jean H. Norris:[5][6] First female judge in New York (1919)
  • Ruth Whitehead Whaley (1924):[7] First African American female lawyer in New York
  • Jane Bolin (1932):[8] First African American female judge in New York (1939)
  • Amalya Lyle Kearse (c. 1960s):[9] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1979)
  • Irma Vidal Santaella (1961):[10] First Puerto Rican American female lawyer in New York
  • Geraldine Ferraro (1961):[11] First female (a lawyer) vice presidential candidate for a major U.S. political party (1984)
  • Judith Kaye (1963):[12] First female appointed as the Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1993)
  • Judith Lewis Meggesto (c. 1970s):[13][14] First Native American (Onondaga people) female lawyer in New York
  • Deborah Batts (1972):[15] First openly LGBT and African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994)
  • Hillary Clinton (1973):[16] First female (a lawyer) Senator for New York (2000). She would later become the first female U.S. presidential candidate (2016).
  • Dorothy Chin Brandt (1975):[17][18] First Asian American (Chinese American) female judge in New York (1987)
  • Sheila Abdus-Salaam (1977):[19] First African American female appointed as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
  • Dora Irizarry (1979):[20] First Hispanic female appointed as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2004)
  • Sonia Sotomayor (1980):[21] First Hispanic female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1992)
  • Lorna G. Schofield (1981):[22] First Filipino American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (2012)
  • Pamela K. Chen (1986):[23] First openly LGBT and Asian American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2013)
  • Judy Kim (1989):[24] First Korean American female elected judge in New York (2016)
  • Patrias Frias-Colon (1990):[25] First female of Dominican Republic descent elected as a judge in New York (2018)
  • Elizabeth A. Wolford (1992):[26] First woman appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (2013)
  • Alison J. Nathan (2000):[27] First openly LGBT female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (2011)
  • Rachel Freier (2006):[28] First Hasidic Jewish American female judge in New York (2017)
  • Raja Rajeswari:[29][30] First Indian American and South Asian female judge in New York (2015)
  • Kathryn S. Paek:[31][32] First Korean American female appointed judge in New York (2015)
  • Connie Mallafre Melendez:[33][34] First Cuban American female elected as a judge in New York (2017)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

  • Lucinda M. Finley:[35] First female lawyer from Western New York to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • Jeanette G. Brill (1910):[36][37] First female magistrate in Brooklyn, New York (Kings County, New York; 1929)
  • Justine W. Polier:[38] First female judge in New York City, New York (Bronx County, et al.; 1936)
  • Judy Kim:[39][40] First Korean American female elected judge in New York City, New York (Bronx County, et al.; 2016)
  • Mabel Fenton:[41] First female lawyer in Delaware County, New York
  • Anna G. W. Dayley:[42] First female lawyer in Dutchess County, New York
  • Helen Z.M. Rodgers (1899):[43] First woman to practice law in Buffalo, New York [Erie County, New York] and the first woman to try a case before the State Court of Appeals[44]
  • Florence Boyce Bryant (1906):[45] Reputed to be the first woman to practice law in Franklin County, New York
  • Helen T. Hooley (1902):[46] First female lawyer in Herkimer County.
  • H. Barteau:[47] First female lawyer in Nassau County, New York
  • Winifred E. Welden (1915):[48] First female lawyer in Oneida County, New York
  • Julie R. Jenny (1894):[49] First female lawyer in Onondaga County and Central New York [50]
  • Carrie Crane (1901):[51] First female lawyer in Ontario County, New York [specifically Canandaigua, New York]
  • Holly Adams:[52] First female appointed as County Attorney for Ontario County, New York (2018) [specifically Canandaigua, New York]
  • Kim Seager:[53] First female judge in Oswego County, New York
  • Natalie Couch (c. 1910s):[54] First woman to practice law in Rockland County, New York
  • Nellie Mae Crosby (c. 1939):[55] First female lawyer in Schoharie County, New York
  • Syrena Stackpole (1919):[56] First female lawyer in Suffolk County, New York
  • Catherine T. England (1940):[13] First female Judge of the Suffolk County Family Court and first female Justice of the Suffolk County Supreme Court
  • Anne Mead (1951):[13] First female judge of the District Court in Suffolk County, New York
  • Marguerite A. Smith (1975):[13] First Native American (Shinnecock Indian Nation) female lawyer in Suffolk County, New York
  • Rita Adler (1975):[13] First female Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, New York
  • Mary M. Werner (1978):[13] First female District Administrative Judge in Suffolk County, New York
  • Valerie S. Manzo (1980):[13] Co-founder and first President of Suffolk County Women’s Bar Association
  • Patricia E. Salkin (1989):[13] First female lawyer to become a school Dean in Suffolk County, New York
  • Christine Malafi (1991):[13] First female County Attorney of Suffolk County, New York
  • Nellie Childs Smith, Rose Rosen and Frances Cosor:[57][58] First female lawyers in Sullivan County, New York
  • Georgia Hare (1913):[59] First female lawyer in Tompkins County, New York
  • Jeanine Pirro (1975):[60] First female (and Lebanese American female) judge in Westchester County, New York. She was also the first female District Attorney in the same county.

See also

References

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