List of first women lawyers and judges in the Territories of the U.S.

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

American Samoa

  • Barbara A. Sena Waite (c. 1970s):[1] First female lawyer in American Samoa
  • Mere Tuiasosopo Betham:[2][3][4] First female judge (native-born) in American Samoa (upon her appointment as an associate judge of the High Court of American Samoa in 1991)

Guam

  • Janet Healy Weeks (c. 1970s):[5][6] First female lawyer appointed to the Guam Bar. She later became the first female judge in Guam.[7]
  • Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson (c. 1979):[8] First Chamorro female lawyer in Guam. She is the first female appointed as the Attorney General of Guam.
  • Marie Tydingco-Gatewood (1983):[9][10] First Chamorro female judge in Guam (1994). She is also known for becoming the first Chamorro female appointed as the Assistant Attorney General in the Prosecution Division on Guam (1984).
  • Jacqueline Nguyen (1991):[11][12] First Vietnamese American and Asian-Pacific female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012)
  • Katherine Maraman:[13][14] First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam (2017)

Northern Mariana Islands

  • Jacqueline Nguyen (1991):[11][12] First Vietnamese American and Asian-Pacific female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012)
  • Ramona Villagomez Manglona (1996):[15] First female lawyer in the Northern Mariana Islands. She later became the first female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern Marianas (2011).[16]

Puerto Rico

  • Herminia Tormes García (1917):[17][18][19][20] First female lawyer in Puerto Rico (upon her admission to the Federal Court for the District of Puerto Rico). In 1929, she became the first female judge in Puerto Rico.
  • Nilita Vientós Gaston (1926):[21] First female lawyer to work for the Department of Justice in Puerto Rico
  • Judith Seda Matos:[22] First female Justice of the Peace in Puerto Rico (1936-1941)
  • Carmen Consuelo Cerezo (1969):[23] First Puerto Rican female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1980). She is the first female federal judge in Puerto Rico.
  • Aida Delgado-Colón (1980):[24] First female appointed as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Puerto Rico (1982). She later served as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (2011).
  • Miriam Naveira:[25] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1985) and its Chief Justice (2003)
  • Maite Oronoz Rodríguez (2001):[26] First openly LGBT female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (2016)

Firsts in a particular region in Puerto Rico

  • Isabel Llompart Zeno:[27] First female appointed as an Administrative Judge in San Juan, Puerto Rico (2007)

United States Virgin Islands

  • Edith Bornn (1948):[28] First female lawyer in the United States Virgin Islands
  • Eileen Ramona Petersen:[29] First female judge in the United States Virgin Islands (1971)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Women lawyers' journal. 1974.
  2. ↑ "Congressional Record, Volume 143 Issue 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)". www.gpo.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  3. ↑ Pacific Magazine. Pacific Magazine Corporation. 1997.
  4. ↑ International Year Book Covering the Year ... Macmillan Educational Company. 1991.
  5. ↑ "Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 7 - HONORING GUAM SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JANET HEALY WEEKS". gpo.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  6. ↑ "Justice Janet Healy Weeks Receives 2009 Husticia Award | Guam Bar Association". guambar.org. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  7. ↑ "Honorable Janet Healy Weeks - Judiciary of Guam". Judiciary of Guam. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  8. ↑ "Biography". Retrieved 2016-09-28.
  9. ↑ "Hon. Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, Chief Judge - District Court of Guam". www.gud.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  10. ↑ Congressional Record, V. 147, Pt. 3, March 8, 2001 to March 26, 2001. Government Printing Office.
  11. 1 2 "Jacqueline Nguyen confirmed for 9th Circuit court". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  12. 1 2 Mascaro, Lisa (2012-05-07). "Jacqueline H. Nguyen of L.A. confirmed to U.S. 9th Circuit Court". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  13. ↑ Jesus, Donna De. "Katherine Maraman installed as first woman Chief Justice | PNC News First". pacificnewscenter.com. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  14. ↑ "2016 JUDICIARY OF GUAM Annual Report" (PDF).
  15. ↑ McPhetres, Samuel F. (2004-01-01). "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands". The Contemporary Pacific. 16 (1): 132–137. doi:10.1353/cp.2004.0022. ISSN 1527-9464.
  16. ↑ "Obama nominates Ramona Villagomez Manglona to be Federal District Court Judge | Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan". sablan.house.gov. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  17. ↑ "Mujeres pioneras del Derecho: Bibliografía". issuu. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  18. ↑ Revista del Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). El Colegio. 1978.
  19. ↑ León, Pablo Berga y Ponce de (1917). Revista de legislación y jurisprudencia de la Asociación de abogados de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Comité de revista y legislación de la Asociación.
  20. ↑ Revista de derecho puertorriqueño (in Spanish). Escuela de Derecho, Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico. 1976.
  21. ↑ Méndez-Méndez, Serafín; Fernandez, Ronald (2015-07-14). Puerto Rico Past and Present: An Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440828324.
  22. ↑ Arbolay, Pedro J. Rivera; Rivera, Pura A. (1998). Pueblos de nuestro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas Editores. ISBN 9781881713678.
  23. ↑ Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1980-1981, Book 2: May 24 to September 26, 1980. Government Printing Office.
  24. ↑ MORALES-ECHEVERRÍA, NATALIA. "Hon. Aida M. Delgado-Colón Chief Judge, District of Puerto Rico".
  25. ↑ "Fallece Miriam Naveira Merly, primera jueza presidenta del Supremo". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  26. ↑ "Puerto Rico appoints first openly gay chief justice | Sun Times National". 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  27. ↑ "Con larga trayectoria la nueva jueza administradora de los tribunales". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  28. ↑ United States of America Congressional Record. Government Printing Office.
  29. ↑ Ltd, Earl G. Graves (April 1992). Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd.
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