List of first women lawyers and judges in Oregon

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

  • Mary Leonard (1885):[1] First female lawyer in Oregon
  • Mary Jane Spurlin (1924):[2] First female judge in Oregon
  • Mercedes Deiz (1960):[3] First African American female lawyer in Oregon. She is also the first African American woman to serve as a district court judge and an elected county circuit court judge.
  • Helen Frye (1966):[4] First female appointed as a Judge for the U.S. District Court of Oregon (1980)
  • Betty Roberts (1966):[5] First female appointed as a Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals (1977) and Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1982)
  • Susan P. Graber (1972):[6] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1998)
  • Virginia Linder (1980):[7] First openly LGBT female appointed as a Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (2007)
  • Polly Higden:[8][5][9] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Oregon (1983)
  • Jill A. Tanner and Coyreen Weidner:[5] First females appointed as Judges of the Oregon Tax Court (1997)
  • Lynn Nakamoto (1985):[10] First Asian American (and openly LGBT) female appointed as a Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (2015)
  • Kate Brown (1985):[11] First openly LGBT female (a lawyer) elected as the Governor of Oregon (2016)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

  • Paula Bechtold (1975):[12] First female judge in Coos County, Oregon
  • Barbara Haslinger:[13] First female judge in Deschutes County, Oregon
  • Diana Wales (1977):[14] First female lawyer in private practice in Roseburg, Oregon [Douglas County, Oregon]
  • Sharon Cox Stevens (1978):[15] First female lawyer in Linn County, Oregon
  • Beatrice Morrow Cannady (Law Degree, 1922):[16] First African American female lawyer to appear in Portland, Oregon [Multnomah County, Oregon], though she did not pass the Oregon Bar examination. She is best remembered as an editor and civil rights advocate.
  • Carol E. Jones:[17] First female judge appointed to the Yamhill County Circuit Court [Yamhill County, Oregon]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Smith, Helen Krebs (October 2008). With Her Own Wings: Historical Sketches, Reminiscences, and Anecdotes of Oregon's Pioneer Women. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434477767.
  2. ↑ "Illustrious Firsts: A Timeline - Advocate Magazine - Law School - Lewis & Clark". law.lclark.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  3. ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (February 1983). Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company.
  4. ↑ "Archives West: Helen Frye papers, 1971–2011". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  5. 1 2 3 "Oregon Women Judges ~ Quick Facts ~" (PDF).
  6. ↑ Circuit), United States Court of Appeals (9th (2002). United States Courts, Ninth Circuit, ... Annual Report. Office of the Circuit Executive.
  7. ↑ "Virginia Linder - Multnomah Bar Association". www.mbabar.org. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  8. ↑ "A Tribute" (PDF).
  9. ↑ Wiener, Norman J. (Fall 2007). "Judge Polly Higdon" (PDF). Oregon Benchmarks.
  10. ↑ "Lynn Nakamoto first Asian-American on Oregon Supreme Court". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  11. ↑ Phillips, Amber (2016-11-10). "Meet Kate Brown, the first openly LGBT person to be elected governor of a state". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
  12. ↑ KCBY. "Coos County's first female judge to retire after 23 years". KCBY. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  13. ↑ Hammers, Scott (2014-06-25). "First female judge in Deschutes to retire". The Bulletin. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  14. ↑ News-Review, CARISA CEGAVSKE | Senior Staff Writer The. "Shattered glass: Local women react to Clinton nomination". NRToday.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  15. ↑ "Meet Your Division Officers and Delegates". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  16. ↑ Taylor, Quintard; Moore, Shirley Ann Wilson (2008-08-01). African American Women Confront the West, 1600–2000. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806139791.
  17. ↑ "Judge's death leaves opening on Yamhill County court". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
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