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词条 List of first women lawyers and judges in Kentucky
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  1. Firsts in state history {{flagicon|Kentucky}}

      Lawyers    Judicial Officers    State    Judges    District Court    Circuit Court    Appellate Court    Supreme Court    Federal    District Court    Assistant Attorney General  

  2. Firsts in local history

      Anderson County    Barren County    Bracken County    Bullitt County    Daviess County    Fayette County    Fleming County    Hart County    Jefferson County    Kenton County    Knox County    Mason County    Metcalfe County    Warren County  

  3. See also

  4. Other topics of interest

  5. References

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Kentucky. 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. {{anchor}}

Firsts in state history {{flagicon|Kentucky}}

Lawyers

  • Sophonisba Breckinridge (1895):[1] First female lawyer in Kentucky {{anchor}}
  • Sally J. Seals White (1904):[2][3] First African American female lawyer in Kentucky
  • Alberta O. Jones (1959):[4][5] First African American female prosecutor in Kentucky

Judicial Officers

State

Judges
  • Kathleen Mulligan:[6][7] First female judge in Kentucky (1928)
  • Janice R. Martin (1977):[8][9] First African American female judge in Kentucky (1991)
District Court
  • Lisa Ann Payne:[10] First female appointed as a Judge of the Sixth Judicial District in Kentucky (2001)
  • Julia Kurtz Tackett:[11][12] First female appointed as a Judge of the Eastern District of Kentucky
  • Traci Peppers:[13] First female appointed as a Judge of the Forty-Third Judicial Circuit in Kentucky (2014)
  • Kim Leet Razor:[14] First female appointed as a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in Kentucky (2018)
Circuit Court
  • Denise G. Clayton:[15] First African American female to serve as a circuit court judge in Kentucky
Appellate Court
  • Judy Moberly West:[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in Kentucky (1987)
  • Sara Walter Combs (1979):[16] First female to serve as a Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in Kentucky (2004-2010)
  • Denise G. Clayton:[17] First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in Kentucky (2007)
Supreme Court
  • Sara Walter Combs (1979):[16] First female to sit on the Kentucky Supreme Court (1993)
  • Janet Stumbo:[18] First female elected as a Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court (1993)
  • Debra Hembree Lambert[19]: First female to serve as a Justice of the Third Supreme Court District of the Supreme Court of Kentucky (2019)

Federal

District Court
  • Jennifer B. Coffman (1978):[20] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (1993)

Assistant Attorney General

  • Blanche Mackey:[21][22] First female Assistant Attorney General in Kentucky (1943)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Anderson County

  • Betty Springate (1979):[23] First female lawyer in Anderson County, Kentucky

Barren County

  • Traci Peppers:[13] First female appointed as a Judge of the Forty-Third Judicial Circuit in Kentucky (Barren and Metcalfe Counties, Kentucky; 2014)

Bracken County

  • Tina Teegarden:[14] First female judge-executive in Bracken County, Kentucky (2018)
  • Kim Leet Razor:[14] First female appointed as a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in Kentucky (2018) [Bracken, Fleming, and Mason Counties, Kentucky]

Bullitt County

  • Rebecca Sue Ward (1986):[24] First female judge in Bullitt County, Kentucky (1999)

Daviess County

  • Lisa Ann Payne:[10] First female appointed as a Judge of the Sixth Judicial District in Kentucky (2001) [Daviess County, Kentucky]

Fayette County

  • Julia Kurtz Tackett:[25][26] First female Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Fayette County, Kentucky (c. 1974)

Fleming County

  • Kim Leet Razor:[14] First female appointed as a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in Kentucky (2018) [Bracken, Fleming, and Mason Counties, Kentucky]

Hart County

  • Phyllis Sharon Bowles (1985):[27] First female admitted to the Hart County Bar Association in Kentucky

Jefferson County

  • Denise G. Clayton:[17] First African American female to serve as a circuit judge in Jefferson County, Kentucky
  • Rebecca Westerfield:[28] First female to serve as President of the Louisville Bar Association [Jefferson County, Kentucky]

Kenton County

  • Judy Moberly West:[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Kenton County District Court in Kentucky (1980)

Knox County

  • Durenda Lundy Lawson:[29] First female judge in Knox County, Kentucky (2006)

Mason County

  • Kim Leet Razor:[14] First female appointed as a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court in Kentucky (2018) [Bracken, Fleming, and Mason Counties, Kentucky]

Metcalfe County

  • Traci Peppers:[13] First female appointed as a Judge of the Forty-Third Judicial Circuit in Kentucky (Barren and Metcalfe Counties, Kentucky; 2014)

Warren County

  • Flora Templeton Stuart (c. 1976):[30] First female lawyer to to try a case before a jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky [Warren County, Kentucky]

See also

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

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 Kentucky

References

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2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://louisville.edu/lmc/alumni2.html|title=Alumni Information -- Louisville Municipal College -- University of Louisville|website=louisville.edu|access-date=2016-10-07}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1807|title=White, Albert S., Sr. and Sally J. Seals · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|website=nkaa.uky.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-05}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://louisville.edu/law/news/alumna-pushes-for-more-investigation-into-death-of-civil-rights-leader|title=Alumna pushes for more investigation into death of civil rights leader — Louis D. Brandeis School of Law|website=louisville.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-10-17}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1454|title=Jones, Alberta O. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|website=nkaa.uky.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-03}}
6. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o58mJavC4msC&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq|title=Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox, 1900–1950|last=Klotter|first=James C.|date=1996|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0916968243|language=en}}
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8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/1127|title=Martin, Janice R. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|website=nkaa.uky.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-12}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/111247866/|title=The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky on November 9, 1996 · Page 15|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-01-12|language=en}}
10. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://governors.e-archives.ky.gov/_govpatton/search/pressreleases/2001/femalejudge.htm|title=Patton appoints first female judge to the 6th Judicial District|website=governors.e-archives.ky.gov|access-date=2018-01-10}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article118730013.html|title=Julia Kurtz Tackett, one of Kentucky’s first female judges and prosecutors, dies at 70|website=kentucky|language=en|access-date=2018-12-30}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://law.uky.edu/alumni-and-giving/alumni-hall-fame/julia-kurtz-tackett|title=Julia Kurtz Tackett {{!}} UK College of Law|website=law.uky.edu|access-date=2018-12-30}}
13. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/news/peppers-to-be-interim-family-court-judge/article_36ddf9b0-0b92-11e8-a35f-173ba5b89f24.html|title=Peppers to be interim family court judge|last=OVERSTREET|first=MELINDA J.|date=|website=Glasgow Daily Times|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-30}}
14. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://maysville-online.com/top-stories/159901/razor-teegarden-make-history|title=Razor, Teegarden make history|last=Independent|first=Ledger|date=2018-11-07|website=Ledger Independent – Maysville Online|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-07}}
15. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://kchr.ky.gov/halloffame/Pages/hof14.aspx|title=Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame 2014|website=kchr.ky.gov|access-date=2018-12-30}}
16. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://courts.ky.gov/courts/coa/Pages/combs.aspx|title=Court of Appeals Judge Sara Walter Combs|website=courts.ky.gov|access-date=2019-01-11}}
17. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://courts.ky.gov/courts/coa/Pages/clayton.aspx|title=Court of Appeals Judge Denise Clayton|website=courts.ky.gov|access-date=2018-12-30}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ardfky.org/node/156/she-was-first-woman-elected-ky-supreme-court-after-26-years-she%E2%80%99s-leaving-bench|title=She was first woman elected to Ky. Supreme Court. After 26 years, she’s leaving the bench.|date=2017-10-23|website=AppalReD Legal Aid|language=en|access-date=2019-01-12}}
19. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/local_news/lambert-sworn-in-as-supreme-court-justice/article_5f01c999-7814-5413-ba76-d88fabe6777d.html|title=Lambert sworn in as Supreme Court Justice|last=Journal|first=Commonwealth|website=Commonwealth Journal|language=en|access-date=2019-03-04}}
20. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article44159211.html|title=U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman to retire from the bench|work=kentucky|access-date=2018-01-10|language=en}}
21. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/108406998/|title=The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky on December 17, 1947 · Page 15|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2017-10-25|language=en}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=https://wlh.law.stanford.edu/biography_search/biopage/?woman_lawyer_id=11982|title=Women's Legal History {{!}} Biographical Search|website=Women's Legal History|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-25}}
23. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSTjzjDkpRUC&pg=PA69&dq=%22county's+first+woman+lawyer%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjOoaSspPLWAhUp4YMKHR0pBZQQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22county's%20first%20woman%20lawyer%22&f=false|title=History and Families, Anderson County, Kentucky|date=1991|publisher=Turner Publishing Company|isbn=9781563110078}}
24. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcfarlandtroutmanfuneralhome.com/rebecca-sue-ward|title=Rebecca Sue Ward {{!}} McFarland-Troutman-Proffitt|website=www.mcfarlandtroutmanfuneralhome.com|access-date=2019-03-04}}
25. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article118730013.html|title=Julia Kurtz Tackett, one of Kentucky’s first female judges and prosecutors, dies at 70|website=kentucky|language=en|access-date=2018-12-30}}
26. ^{{Cite web|url=http://law.uky.edu/alumni-and-giving/alumni-hall-fame/julia-kurtz-tackett|title=Julia Kurtz Tackett {{!}} UK College of Law|website=law.uky.edu|access-date=2018-12-30}}
27. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.kentucky-lawyer-poet.com/kentucky-law-tradition.html|title=Our Kentucky Law Tradition -- 100 years of Service to Central Kentucky|access-date=2018-02-12}}
28. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/directories/women_trailblazers/cabraser_rebecca_westerfield_biography.pdf|title=Interviewer: Rebecca Westerfield|last=|first=|date=|website=American Bar Association|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
29. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimestribune.com/community/families-first/article_f5ed0c5e-15db-5ec3-b6b3-29788f9ac1bc.html|title=Families first|website=The Times-Tribune.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-30}}
30. ^{{Cite web|url=https://florastuart.com/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Flora Templeton Stuart Injury lawyer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-04}}
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