List of first women lawyers and judges in Virginia

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

  • Belva Ann Lockwood (1892):[1] First female lawyer in Virginia
  • Lavina Marian Fleming-Poe (1924):[2] First African American female lawyer in Virginia
  • Anna Fancher Hedrick:[3][4] First female judge in Virginia
  • Angela Roberts:[5][6] First African American female judge in Virginia (1990)
  • Klinette H. Kindred (1970):[7][8] First female (and African American female) appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2017)
  • Allyson Kay Duncan (1975):[9] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2003)
  • Cleo Powell (1982):[10][11] First African American female appointed as a Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court (2011)
  • Arenda L. Wright Allen (1985):[12] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (2011)
  • Elizabeth K. Dillon (1986):[13] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia (2014)
  • Barbara Milano Keenan (1991):[14] 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.
  • Anita Filson:[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District (2001)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

  • Eleanor Dobson (1974):[16] First female judge in Arlington County, Virginia (1982)
  • Lee Lovett (1947):[17][18] First female lawyer in Winchester, Virginia [Frederick County, Virginia]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the First Woman to Run a Full Presidential Campaign | Washingtonian". Washingtonian. 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Bertha Louise Douglass (26 January 1895-29 February 1980) Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. ↑ Virginia (1994). Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Commonwealth of Virginia, Division of Purchases and Supply.
  4. ↑ Writer, SCOTT McCAFFREY, Staff. "90 Years Later, Arlington Elected Officials Reflect on 19th Amendment". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  5. ↑ "After 26 years, Judge Roberts retiring from juvenile court". Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Judge Roberts". Richmond Justice. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  7. ↑ "Points of Pride - Virginia State University". www.vsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  8. ↑ "Judicial News". www.olddominionbarassociation.com. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Judge Roger Gregory Makes History Again". The Seattle Medium. 2016-07-18. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  10. ↑ Group, Sinclair Broadcast. "Cleo Powell, Va.'s first black female justice to be sworn in". WJLA. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  11. ↑ "Virginia's 1st black female justice sworn in". DeseretNews.com. 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  12. ↑ Barnes, Robert; Fahrenthold, David A. (2014-02-14). "Who's the judge in Va. gay-marriage ban case? A seeker of a 'more perfect' freedom". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  13. ↑ "Senate Confirms Elizabeth Dillon to Western District Federal Bench". Mark R. Warner. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  14. ↑ Jackman, Tom (2009-09-15). "Longtime Va. Judge Nominated for U.S. Appeals Court Has Been a Trailblazer". ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  15. ↑ 981-3319, Alicia Petska alicia.petska@roanoke.com. "Chris Clemens, Tom Roe tapped for Roanoke Valley judgeships". Martinsville Bulletin. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  16. ↑ "Eleanor Dobson - Wednesday, September 18th, 2013". www.bakerpostfh.com. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  17. ↑ "ISJL - Virginia Winchester Encyclopedia". Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  18. ↑ "Winchester Star Newspaper Archives, Mar 24, 2007, p. 33". NewspaperArchive.com. 2007-03-24. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
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