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* Kitty Curtis: First female judge in Flathead County, Montana (1994)
* Deborah Kim Christopher: First female to serve as the Lake County, Montana, Lake County Attorney, Montana (1991)
* Jennifer Boatwright-Lint: First female to serve as a district court judge in
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in
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. 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 Montana's history
Law School
* First female law graduate: Edna Rankin McKinnon (1919)Lawyers
*First female:Ella Knowles Haskell
Ella Knowles Haskell (July 31, 1860 – January 27, 1911) was an American lawyer, suffragist, and politician. Born in New Hampshire, she moved to Montana to improve her health following a bout of tuberculosis and there became the first woman t ...
(1888)
*First Native American (Crow Nation
The Crow, whose autonym is Apsáalooke (), also spelled Absaroka, are Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a federally recognized tribe, the Crow Tribe of Montana, with an Indian reservation loca ...
) female: Mary Frances Garrigus (c. 1918)
Law Clerk
* First female to clerk for a Supreme Court of Montana justice: Betty Ann Sias (1945)State judges
*First female (Thirteenth Judicial District): Diane Barz (1968) in 1978 *First Native American ( Navajo) female elected (justice court): Joey Jayne *First female (Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews ...
): Diane Barz (1968) in 1989
*First female (youngest): Shannen Rossmiller in 2000
*First female (Chief Justice; Montana Supreme Court
The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews ...
): Karla M. Gray
Karla Marie Gray (1947 – 2017) was an American attorney and judge who served as the chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court; she was the first woman to serve as Chief Justice and to be elected to the Montana Supreme Court.
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(1976) in 2000
*First female (Twelfth Judicial District): Kaydee Snipes Ruiz (2011) in 2019
Federal judges
*First female (federal magistrate): Carolyn Ostby (1981) in 2002 *First female (U.S. District Court of Montana): Susan P. Watters (1988) in 2014Assistant Attorney General
* First female:Ella Knowles Haskell
Ella Knowles Haskell (July 31, 1860 – January 27, 1911) was an American lawyer, suffragist, and politician. Born in New Hampshire, she moved to Montana to improve her health following a bout of tuberculosis and there became the first woman t ...
(1888) in 1893
United States Attorney
* First female: Doris S. Poppler (1948) in 1990County Attorney
*First female: Emily E. Sloan (1919) in 1924
State Bar of Montana
The State Bar of Montana is the integrated (mandatory) bar association of the US state of Montana.
Mission
The association helps to:
*maintain and improve the administration of justice
*encourage attorneys to maintain high standards of integri ...
* First female admitted: Edna Rankin McKinnon (1919)
* First female president: Sherry Matteucci
Firsts in local history
* Karen Townsend: First female elected as a Judge of the Fourth Judicial District (2011)Missoula_
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Ravalli County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,174. Its county seat is Hamilton.
Ravalli County is part of a north–south mountain valley bordered by the Sapphir ...
(2018)
See also
*List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
This list of the first women lawyers and judges in each state of the United States includes the years in which the women were admitted to practice law. Also included are women of other distinctions, such as the first in their states to get law de ...
* Timeline of women lawyers in the United States
This is a short timeline of women lawyers in the United States. Much more information on the subject can be found at: List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
* 1869 – Arabella Mansfield became the first female lawyer in the ...
* Women in law
Women in law describes the role played by women in the legal profession and related occupations, which includes lawyers (also called barristers, advocates, solicitors, attorneys or legal counselors), paralegals, prosecutors (also called Distri ...
Other 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 Montana
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Montana. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions, such becoming the first in th ...
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