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and Sharp Counties, Arkansas">Sharp County, Arkansas">Sharp Counties, Arkansas* Stephanie Black: First female Prosecuting Attorney for the Eighth Judicial District, Arkansas Lafayette and Miller County, Arkansas">Miller Counties, Arkansas; 2015">Lafayette County, Arkansas">Lafayette and Miller County, Arkansas">Miller Counties, Arkansas; 2015* Georgia Kimbro Elrod: First female lawyer in Benton County, Arkansas (1974)
* Ruth LaVerne Grayson: First female county judge in Boone County, Arkansas
* Kim Bridgeforth: First female judge in Jefferson County, Arkansas
* Pauline LaFon Gore (1936): First female lawyer in Texarkana, Arkansas nowiki/>Miller County, Arkansas">Miller_County,_Arkansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Miller County, Arkansas">nowiki/>Miller County, Arkansas* Cathy Hardin Harrison: First elected female county judge in Miller County, Arkansas (2019)
* Maud Crawford (1927): First female lawyer in Camden, Arkansas [
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and Lincoln Counties, Arkansas; 1995">Lincoln County, Arkansas">Lincoln Counties, Arkansas; 1995* Carol Crews: First female Prosecuting Attorney for the Twentieth Judicial District, Arkansas Searcy and Van Buren Counties, Arkansas; 2018">Searcy County, Arkansas">Searcy and Van Buren County, Arkansas">Van Buren Counties, Arkansas; 2018* Michelle Huff: First female appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in Arkansas (2019) Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
. 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
Degree
* First female (master's degree in judicial studies): Cindy Thyer in 2019Lawyers
*First female: Sarah Shields (1918) * First African American female: Sharon E. Bernard Miller (1970) * First Vietnamese American (female): Niki T. Cung (1996)Law Clerk
* First (African American) female to clerk for the Arkansas Supreme Court: Joyce Williams Warren (1976) in 1977State judges
* First female:Elsijane Trimble Roy
Elsijane Trimble Roy (April 2, 1916 – January 23, 2007) was an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States Dis ...
(1939)
* First female (Sixth Judicial District): Elsijane Trimble Roy
Elsijane Trimble Roy (April 2, 1916 – January 23, 2007) was an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States Dis ...
(1939) in 1966
* First female ( Arkansas Supreme Court): Elsijane Trimble Roy
Elsijane Trimble Roy (April 2, 1916 – January 23, 2007) was an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States Dis ...
(1939) from 1975-1977
* First African American female: Joyce Williams Warren (1976) in 1988
* First African American female (First Circuit): Kathleen Bell in 1988
* First African American female ( Arkansas Supreme Court):Andree Layton Roaf
Andree Layton Roaf (March 31, 1941July 1, 2009) was an Arkansas lawyer and jurist. She was the first African-American woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court, and is the mother of former NFL offensive lineman Willie Roaf.
Biography
Ea ...
(1979) circa 1995-1996
*First female (Chief Justice; Arkansas Supreme Court): Betty Dickey
Betty Dickey (born February 23, 1940) is the first woman to serve as the chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
She was born in Black Rock, Arkansas on February 23, 1940, to Millard and Myrtle Clark. Dickey earned her Bachelor’s degree ...
(1985) in 2004
*First female (Third Judicial Circuit): Michelle Huff in 2019
Federal judges
* First female ( U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas):Elsijane Trimble Roy
Elsijane Trimble Roy (April 2, 1916 – January 23, 2007) was an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States Dis ...
(1939) in 1977
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
* First female (elected): Leslie Rutledge in 2023
Attorney General of Arkansas
The Attorney General of Arkansas, usually known simply as the Attorney General (AG), is one of Arkansas's seven constitutional officers. The officeholder serves as the state's top law enforcement officer and consumer advocate. Since January 1 ...
*First female: Mary Stallcup in 1991
*First female (elected): Leslie Rutledge in 2015
Prosecuting Attorney
*First female elected:Betty Dickey
Betty Dickey (born February 23, 1940) is the first woman to serve as the chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
She was born in Black Rock, Arkansas on February 23, 1940, to Millard and Myrtle Clark. Dickey earned her Bachelor’s degree ...
in 1995
Arkansas Bar Association
The Arkansas Bar Association is the Bar association#Voluntary bar associations, voluntary (non-mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
History
As early as 1837, there were efforts to organize association of lawyers in Arkansa ...
* First female (president): Carolyn Witherspoon in 1995
Firsts in local history
*Betty Dickey
Betty Dickey (born February 23, 1940) is the first woman to serve as the chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
She was born in Black Rock, Arkansas on February 23, 1940, to Millard and Myrtle Clark. Dickey earned her Bachelor’s degree ...
: First female to be elected as a Prosecuting Attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
, Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
Names
* Jefferson (surname)
* Jefferson (given name)
People
* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foo ...Jackson, Lawrence County, Arkansas">Lawrence
Lawrence may refer to:
Education Colleges and universities
* Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States
* Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
Preparator ...
, Randolph Randolph may refer to:
Places In the United States
* Randolph, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Randolph, Arizona, a populated place
* Randolph, California, a village merged into the city of Brea
* Randolph, Illinois, an unincorporated commun ...Pulaski County, Arkansas
Pulaski County is located in the U.S. state of Arkansas with a population of 399,125, making it the most populous county in Arkansas. The county is included in the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway metropolitan area. Its county seat is L ...
(1988)
* Barbara Webb: First female circuit judge in Saline County, Arkansas (2017)
* Stacy Leeds
Stacy L. Leeds (born 1971) is an American Law professor, scholar, and former Supreme Court Justice for the Cherokee Nation. She served as Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, from 2011-2018, the first Indigenous woman to lead a la ...
: First Native American (Cherokee
The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or chr, ᏣᎳᎩ, links=no, translit=Tsalagi) are one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, t ...
) female to become the Dean of the University of Arkansas Law School
The University of Arkansas School of Law is the law school of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a state university. It has around 445 students enrolled in its Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Law (LL.M) programs and is home to ...
nowiki/>Washington County, Arkansas">Washington_County,_Arkansas.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Washington County, Arkansas">nowiki/>Washington County, Arkansas* Suzanne Lighton: First female lawyer in Washington County, Arkansas
See also
* List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States * Timeline of women lawyers in the United States * Women in lawOther topics of interest
*List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each state. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their stat ...
* List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Arkansas
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Arkansas. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state t ...
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