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词条 List of first women lawyers and judges in Colorado
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  1. Firsts in state history

      Lawyers    Judicial Officers    State    Judges    District Court    Appellate Court    Supreme Court    Federal    District Court   Attorney General  Assistant Attorney General   Deputy District Attorney   State Public Defender   Political Office  

  2. Firsts in local history

      Adams County    Bloomfield County    Boulder County    Clear Creek County    Denver, City and County of    Dolores County    Eagle County    El Paso County    Garfield County    Gunnison County    Lake County    Larimer County    Mesa County    Montezuma County    Pitkin County    Pueblo County    Summit County  

  3. See also {{anchor}}

  4. Other topics of interest

  5. References {{anchor}}

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

Lawyers

  • Mary Sternberg Thomas and Josephine M. Luthe (1891):[1] First female lawyers in Colorado {{anchor}}
  • Mary Lathrop (1897):[2] First female lawyer to practice before the U.S. District Court and the Colorado Court of Appeals (1898)
  • Vena Pointer (1926):[2][3] First female water lawyer in Colorado
  • Betty Ann Camunez (1972):[4] First Hispanic female lawyer in Colorado

Judicial Officers

State

Judges
  • Ida L. Gregory:[5][6] First female judge in Colorado (1903)
  • Claudia Jordan (1980):[7][8] First African American female judge in Colorado (1994)
  • Mary A. Celeste:[9] First openly LGBT female judge in Colorado (2000)
  • Chelsea Malone:[10] First Asian American female judge in Colorado
District Court
  • Irena Ingham:[5] First female appointed as a district court judge in Colorado (1938)[11]
  • Dorothy Binder (1956):[12] First female to serve as a Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial District of Colorado (1978)
  • Theresa M. Cisneros (1983):[13] First Hispanic American female appointed as a Judge of the Fourth Judicial District in Colorado (1997)
  • Karen Romeo:[14] First female appointed as a Judge of the Fifth Judicial District in Colorado (2008)
Appellate Court
  • Aurel M. Kelly:[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals (1974) and serve as its Chief Judge (1998)
Supreme Court
  • Jean Dubofsky (1967):[5] First female appointed as a Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (1979)
  • Mary Mullarkey:[16] First female justice to serve as the Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (1998)
  • Monica Márquez (1997):[17] First openly LGBT female (and Latino American female) appointed as a Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court (2010)

Federal

District Court
  • Christine Arguello (1980):[18] First Hispanic American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (2008)

Attorney General

  • Gale Norton (1978):[19] First female Attorney General of Colorado (1991-1999)

Assistant Attorney General

  • Clara Ruth Mozzar:[20][21] First female Assistant Attorney General of Colorado (c. 1917)

Deputy District Attorney

  • Dorothy Binder (1956):[12] First female to serve as a Deputy District Attorney in Colorado (1958)

State Public Defender

  • Megan Ring:[22] First female to become the Colorado State Public Defender (2018)

Political Office

  • Jennifer Veiga (1988):[23] First openly LGBT female (a lawyer) to serve as a Member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1997-2003)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Adams County

  • Dorothy Binder (1956):[12] First female district court judge in Adams and Bloomfield Counties, Colorado (1978)

Bloomfield County

  • Dorothy Binder (1956):[12] First female district court judge in Adams and Bloomfield Counties, Colorado (1978)

Boulder County

  • Marsha Baer Yeager:[24] First female District Attorney and judge in Boulder County, Colorado

Clear Creek County

  • Karen Romeo:[14] First female district court judge in Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit Counties, Colorado (2008)

Denver, City and County of

  • Mary Lathrop (1897):[25] First female lawyer in Denver, Colorado [Denver County, Colorado]
  • Mary A. Pate:[26] First female police judge in Denver, Colorado (1910)
  • Zita Weinshienk:[27] First female judge in Denver County, Colorado
  • Mary A. Celeste:[9] First openly LGBT female judge appointed to the Denver County Court, Colorado (2000). She was also the first female (and openly LGBT female) to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Denver County Court (2008).
  • Beth McCann:[28] First female District Attorney for Denver, Colorado (2018) [Denver County, Colorado]

Dolores County

  • Grace Storey Merlo:[29] First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial Branch (1987) [Dolores and Montezuma Counties, Colorado]

Eagle County

  • Karen Romeo:[14] First female district court judge in Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit Counties, Colorado (2008)

El Paso County

  • Irena Ella Sweet Ingham McGarry (c. 1920s):[30] Reputed to be the first female lawyer in El Paso County, Colorado

Garfield County

  • Marie Shelton Holloway:[31][32] First female judge in Garfield County, Colorado (1948–1964)

Gunnison County

  • Ashley Burgemeister:[33] First female judge in Gunnison County, Colorado

Lake County

  • Karen Romeo:[14] First female district court judge in Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit Counties, Colorado (2008)

Larimer County

  • Christine A. Carney:[34] First female judge in Larimer County, Colorado (1998)

Mesa County

  • Mary Beth Buescher:[35] First female lawyer in Grand Junction, Colorado [Mesa County, Colorado]

Montezuma County

  • Grace Storey Merlo:[29] First female appointed as a Judge of the Twenty-Second Judicial Branch (1987) [Dolores and Montezuma Counties, Colorado]. She was also the first female Public Defender for Montezuma County, Colorado (1970)

Pitkin County

  • Mary Johnson:[36] First female judge in Pitkin County, Colorado (c. 1960s)

Pueblo County

  • Cynthia Mitchell:[37] First female Pueblo County Attorney, Colorado (2017)

Summit County

  • Karen Romeo:[14] First female district court judge in Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit Counties, Colorado (2008)

See also {{anchor}}

  • List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
  • Timeline of women lawyers in the United States
  • Women in law

Other topics of interest

  • List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
  • List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Colorado

References {{anchor}}

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