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

      Lawyers    Judicial Officers    State    Judges    Appellate Court    Supreme Court    Federal    Bankruptcy Court    District Court    Assistant Attorney General    United States Attorney    Assistant United States Attorney    Assistant District Attorney    Political Office    Bar Association  

  2. Firsts in local history

      Forrest County    Hancock County    Harrison County    Hinds County    Lafayette County    Lowndes County    Madison County    Perry County    Pike County    Rankin County    Scott County    Stone County    Washington County    Winton County    Yazoo 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 Mississippi. 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

  • Susie Blue Buchanan (1918):[1][2][3] First female lawyer in Mississippi. She was also the first female admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1916), as well as argue a murder case before that court (1917).{{anchor}}
  • Marian Wright Edelman (1963):[3] First African American female lawyer in Mississippi
  • Doris Bobadilla (1991):[4][5] First known Hispanic American female lawyer in Mississippi

Judicial Officers

State

Judges
  • Zelma Wells Price (1929):[6][7][8][9] First female judge in Mississippi (1955)
  • Constance Slaughter-Harvey (1970):[10][11] First African American female judge in Mississippi (1976)
Appellate Court
  • Mary Libby Payne:[12] First female to serve as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in Mississippi (1995)
  • Ermea Russell:[14][13] First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals (2011)
  • Donna Barnes:[14] First female to serve as the Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals (2019)
Supreme Court
  • Lenore Prather (1955):[15][8] First female appointed as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court (1982) and its Chief Justice (1998)

Federal

Bankruptcy Court
  • Katharine Malley Samson:[16] First female to serve as a bankruptcy court judge in Mississippi (2010)
District Court
  • Sharion Aycock (1980):[17] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (2007)
  • Debra M. Brown (1997):[18] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (2013)

Assistant Attorney General

  • Evelyn Gandy (1947):[19] First female appointed as the Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi (1959)

United States Attorney

  • Felicia C. Adams:[20] First female to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Mississippi (2011)

Assistant United States Attorney

  • Euple Dozier:[21] First female to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Mississippi (1955)

Assistant District Attorney

  • Kathy King Jackson:[22] First female to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Mississippi (1977)

Political Office

  • Evelyn Gandy (1947):[19] First female (a lawyer) to serve as the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi (1976-1980)

Bar Association

  • Joy Lambert Phillips (1980):[9][23] First female to serve as the President of the Mississippi Bar Association (2005)
  • Patricia W. Bennett:[24][25] First African American female to serve as the President of the Mississippi Bar Association (2018)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Forrest County

  • Marie Kepper (1954):[26] First female judge in Forrest County, Mississippi
  • Patricia Burchell:[27][28] First female to serve as the District Attorney for Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi (2010)

Hancock County

  • Latrice Westbrooks:[24] First African American female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for the Second Circuit Court District (1997) [Hancock, Harrison and Stone Counties, Mississippi]

Harrison County

  • Clare Sekul Hornsby:[29] First female to serve as the President of the Harrison County Bar Association
  • Latrice Westbrooks:[24] First African American female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for the Second Circuit Court District (1997) [Hancock, Harrison and Stone Counties, Mississippi]

Hinds County

  • Faye Peterson:[30] First African American female to serve as the District Attorney for Hinds County, Mississippi
  • Michele Purvis Harris (1987):[31] First female (and African American female) to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi (1994) and the Public Defender for Hinds County, Mississippi (2012)
  • Ermea Russell:[32][13] First African American female to serve as a circuit judge in Hinds County, Mississippi (1998)

Lafayette County

  • Constance Slaughter-Harvey:[24] First African American female graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law [Lafayette County, Mississippi]

Lowndes County

  • Edna Loeb (1936):[33] First female lawyer in Lowndes County, Mississippi

Madison County

  • Michele Purvis Harris (1987):[31] First female (and African American female) to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi (1994) [Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties, Mississippi]

Perry County

  • Patricia Burchell:[27][28] First female to serve as the District Attorney for Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi (2010)

Pike County

  • Patricia Wise:[24] First female (and African American female) to serve as President of the Magnolia Bar Association [Pike County, Mississippi]

Rankin County

  • Michele Purvis Harris (1987):[31] First female (and African American female) to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi (1994) [Hinds, Madison and Rankin Counties, Mississippi]

Scott County

  • Constance Slaughter-Harvey (1970):[10][11][13] First African American female judge in Scott County, Mississippi (1976)

Stone County

  • Latrice Westbrooks:[24] First African American female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for the Second Circuit Court District (1997) [Hancock, Harrison and Stone Counties, Mississippi]

Washington County

  • Carol L. White-Richard:[34] First African-American female to serve as the Public Defender for Washington County, Mississippi

Winton County

  • Caroline Crawley Moore:[35] First female prosecutor in Winton County, Mississippi (2008)

Yazoo County

  • Ruth Campbell (1918):[36] First female called to the Yazoo County Bar Association, Mississippi

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 Mississippi

References {{anchor}}

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