Mary Murphy Schroeder is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler was an American attorney and judge who served as the first U.S. Secretary of Education from 1979 to 1981. She previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1968 to 1979.
Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson was the 25th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. An American lawyer and jurist,she was appointed to the court in 1976 by Governor Patrick Lucey,becoming the first female justice to serve on Wisconsin's highest court. She became the court's first female chief justice on August 1,1996,and served in that capacity until April 29,2015. In all,she served on the court for 43 years (1976–2019),making her the longest-serving justice in the history of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Julia Smith Gibbons is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Margaret Brent,was an English immigrant to the Colony of Maryland,settled in its new capitol,St. Mary's City,Maryland. She was the first woman in the English North American colonies to appear before a court of the common law. She was a significant founding settler in the early histories of the colonies of Maryland and Virginia. Leonard Calvert,Governor of the Maryland Colony,appointed her as the executrix of his estate in 1647,at a time of political turmoil and risk to the future of the settlement. She helped ensure soldiers were paid and given food to keep their loyalty to the colony,thereby very likely having saved the colony from violent mutiny,although her actions were taken negatively by the absentee colonial proprietor in England,Cecil Calvert,the second Lord Baltimore,and so ultimately she paid a great price for her efforts and was forced to leave the colony.
Carolyn Dineen King is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Her chambers are in Houston,Texas.
Mahala Ashley Dickerson was an American lawyer and civil rights advocate for women and minorities. In 1948 she became the first African American female attorney admitted to the Alabama State Bar;in 1951 she was the second African American woman admitted to the Indiana bar;and in 1959 she was Alaska's first African American attorney. In 1983 Dickerson was the first African American to be elected president of the National Association of Women Lawyers. Her long legal career also helped to pave the way for other women attorneys. In 1995 the American Bar Association named her a Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement honoree.
Nancy Gertner is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She assumed senior status on May 22,2011,and retired outright from the federal bench on September 1,2011. She is now a professor of practice at Harvard Law School.
Betty Cantrell Roberts was an American politician and judge from the U.S. state of Oregon. She was the 83rd justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. She was the first woman to serve on the Oregon Supreme Court,and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals. Roberts served from 1982 to 1986 on the high court and from 1977 to 1982 on the Court of Appeals.
Jennie Margaret Meador Forehand was an American businesswoman and legislator who served in the Maryland Senate,representing Rockville,Gaithersburg,and Garrett Park. She also served four terms in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Ann Claire Williams is a retired United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She is currently of counsel at Jones Day.
Susan Peikes Gantman was a senior judge and president judge emeritus of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. She has been described by historians as "a tireless advocate on behalf of children and other victims of abuse."
Kathryn Doi Todd is a retired associate justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal,Division Two,having been appointed to the post by Governor Gray Davis in 2000.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
Mary Ellen Barbera is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore,Maryland.
Rita C. Davidson was a lawyer and public servant who was the first woman to serve on the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Vivian V. Simpson was an American lawyer. She was the first female lawyer in Montgomery County,the first woman elected president of the Montgomery County Bar Association,and the first female Secretary of State of Maryland.
Michele Denise Hotten is a justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland appointed by Governor Larry Hogan.
Margaret "Peg" Schweinhaut was a longtime Maryland state senator known for her advocacy on behalf of the elderly. She founded the state's Commission on Aging and chaired it for 24 years. She was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 1992.
