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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in
Arkansas . 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 graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Firsts in Arkansas' history
Leslie Rutledge: First female elected as the Attorney General for Arkansas (2015)
Degree
First female (master's degree in judicial studies): Cindy Thyer in 2019
[1]
Lawyers
First female:
Sarah Shields (1918)
[2]
First African American female: Sharon E. Bernard Miller (1970)
[3]
First Vietnamese American (female): Niki T. Cung (1996)
[4]
Law Clerk
State judges
Federal judges
Prosecuting Attorney
First female (president): Carolyn Witherspoon in 1995
[11]
Firsts in local history
Betty Dickey :
[11] First female to be elected as a Prosecuting Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District [
Arkansas ,
Jefferson and
Lincoln Counties , Arkansas; 1995]
Carol Crews:
[18] First female Prosecuting Attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District, Arkansas
[Faulkner ,
Searcy and
Van Buren Counties , Arkansas; 2018]
Michelle Huff:
[14] First female appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in Arkansas (2019) [
Jackson ,
Lawrence ,
Randolph and
Sharp Counties, Arkansas
Stephanie Black:
[19] First female Prosecuting Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District, Arkansas [
Lafayette and
Miller Counties , Arkansas; 2015]
Georgia Kimbro Elrod:
[20] First female lawyer in
Benton County, Arkansas (1974)
Ruth LaVerne Grayson:
[21] First female county judge in
Boone County, Arkansas
Kim Bridgeforth:
[22] First female judge in
Jefferson County, Arkansas
Pauline LaFon Gore (1936):
[23]
[24] First female lawyer in Texarkana, Arkansas [
Miller County, Arkansas
[25]
Cathy Hardin Harrison:
[26] First elected female county judge in Miller County, Arkansas (2019)
Maud Crawford (1927):
[27] First female lawyer in
Camden, Arkansas [
Ouachita County, Arkansas
Joyce Williams Warren (1976):
[5]
[6] First African American female judge in
Pulaski County, Arkansas (1988)
Barbara Webb:
[28] First female circuit judge in
Saline County, Arkansas (2017)
Stacy Leeds :
[29] First Native American (
Cherokee ) female to become the Dean of the
University of Arkansas Law School [
Washington County, Arkansas
Suzanne Lighton:
[30]
[31] First female lawyer in
Washington County, Arkansas
See also
Other topics of interest
References
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