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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.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsFirsts in Georgia’s history[edit]Law School[edit]Lawyers[edit]State judges[edit]Federal judges[edit]Assistant Attorney General of Georgia[edit]United States Attorney[edit]District Attorney[edit]State Bar of Georgia[edit]Firsts in local history[edit]See also[edit]Other topics of interest[edit]References[edit]Firsts in Georgia’s history[edit]Law School[edit]  Viola Ross Napier, first to practice before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of GeorgiaLawyers[edit]State judges[edit]  Glenda Hatchett: First African American woman Chief Presiding Judge in GeorgiaFederal judges[edit]Assistant Attorney General of Georgia[edit]First female: Rubye Jackson[32]United States Attorney[edit]District Attorney[edit]State Bar of Georgia[edit]First female president (Young Lawyers Division): Donna Barwick from 1988-1989[35]First female president (State Bar of Georgia): Linda Klein in 1997[11]First (African American) female (State Bar of Georgia): Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker in 2014[11]Firsts in local history[edit]Heather H. Lanier:[36] First female appointed as a Judge of the South Georgia Circuit Superior Court [Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Grady and Mitchell Counties, Georgia]Hulane E. George:[37] First female appointed as a Judge of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit (2006) [Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and Wilkinson Counties, Georgia]Rosemary Greene:[38] First female District Attorney for the Cherokee Judicial Circuit, Georgia [Bartow and Gordon Counties, Georgia]Denise Fachini:[39] First female appointed as a Judge of the Cordele Judicial Circuit [Ben Hill, Crisp, Dooly, and Wilcox Counties, Georgia]Eleonore Raoul:[11] First female to graduate from Emory University\u2019s School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia (1920) [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Sarah Irene Brown, Lucine Milan Dalton, Ann Kimsey and Mrs. Holbrook:[11] First females to graduate from John Marshall Law School (1938) [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Mary Welcome (1968):[40] First African American female Court Solicitor in Atlanta, Georgia ([DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia; 1975)Sharon Mackenzie and Diana McDonald:[11] First females to graduate from the Georgia State University College of Law (1984) [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Catharina Haynes (1986):[31] First female graduate from Emory University\u2019s School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia to be appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Chong Kim:[41] First Asian American female to serve as a municipal court judge for Doraville, Georgia (2020)  [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Vanessa Kosky:[41] First Latino American female to serve as a municipal court judge for Doraville, Georgia (2020) [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Sherry Boston:[42] First (African American) female to serve as a municipal court judge for Dunwoody, Georgia [DeKalb and Fulton Counties, Georgia]Layla Zon:[43][44] First female District Attorney and Judge of the Superior Court in the Alcovy Circuit Court, Georgia (2010) [Newton and Walton Counties, Georgia]Edith Elizabeth House:[11] First female graduate from the University of Georgia School of Law (1925) [Athens-Clark County, Georgia]Eva L. Sloan:[45] First female lawyer in Milledgeville, Georgia [Baldwin County, Georgia]Alene Hardin (c. 1918):[46] First female lawyer in Macon, Georgia [Bibb County, Georgia]Faye Sanders Martin (1956):[47] First woman to practice law in Bulloch County, Georgia. She would later become a judge.Sarah Estelle (“Stella”) Akin (1917):[48] First female lawyer in Savannah, Georgia [Chatham County, Georgia]Mary V. Clark Creech (1939):[49] First female lawyer in Savannah, Georgia to have a courtroom practice [Chatham County, Georgia]Shalena Jones:[50] First African American female elected as the District Attorney of Chatham County, Georgia (2020)Shannon Wallace:[51] First female to serve as the District Attorney for Cherokee County, GeorgiaLeah Ward Sears (1980):[15][17] First African American female (and African American in general) judge in Clayton County, GeorgiaJewel Scott:[26] First Jamaican American (female) appointed as a Judge of the Clayton County Superior Court (2020). She was also the first (Caribbean-American) female District Attorney for Clayton County.Jenny Nguyen:[20] First Asian American female judge in Clayton County, GeorgiaHelen Huff (1939):[52] First female lawyer in Cobb County, GeorgiaDorothy Robinson:[12] First female to serve as a Judge of the Cobb County Superior Court, Georgia (1972)Adele Grubbs (1969):[53] First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for Cobb County, Georgia (1977)Joyette Holmes:[54] First female (and African American) to serve as the District Attorney for Cobb County, Georgia (2019)Cathy Cox (1984):[55] First female lawyer in Bainbridge, Georgia [Decatur County, Georgia]Linda W. Hunter (1981):[56] First African American female judge of the DeKalb Superior Court and Chief Judge and Administrative Judge of the DeKalb Superior Court [DeKalb County, Georgia]Carol W. Hunstein:[57] First female elected as a Judge of the Superior Court bench in DeKalb County, Georgia (1984)Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming:[58] First African American female elected as the District Attorney of the Stone Mountain Circuit (2004) [DeKalb County, Georgia]Christina Peterson:[59] First African American (female) probate judge in Douglas County, GeorgiaAngela DeLorme (1984):[60] First female lawyer in Fannin County, GeorgiaKathy Valencia:[61] First female appointed as a Judge of the Fayette County Magistrate Court, Georgia (2010)Jane Kent Plaginos Mitchell (1971):[62] First female lawyer in Forsyth County, GeorgiaDorothy Beasley (1969):[14] First female judge in Fulton County, Georgia (1977)Glenda Hatchett (1977):[16] First African American female to become the Chief Presiding Judge of the Fulton County, Georgia Juvenile Court (1990)Tiffany Carter-Sellers:[63] First (African American) female to serve as the municipal court judge for South Fulton, Georgia (2017)Fani Willis:[64] First (African American) female to serve as the District Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia (2020)Y. Soo Jo:[65] First Asian American (female) to serve as the County Attorney for Fulton County, Georgia (2021)LaVonda Reed:[66] First African American (female) to serve as the Dean of the Georgia State University College of Law (2021)Lanelle Rimes Eaves:[67] First female lawyer in Brunswick, Georgia [Glynn County, Georgia]Ruth Rocker McMullin:[68] First Vietnamese American female judge in Gwinnett County, GeorgiaRonda Colvin-Leary:[69] First African American female elected as a Judge of the Gwinnett County State Court (2018) [Gwinnett County, Georgia]Tiffany Porter:[70] First African American (female) to serve as the Associate Judge of Duluth, Georgia (2019) [Gwinnett County, Georgia]Tadia Whitner:[71][72] First African American (female) appointed as a Judge of the Gwinnett County Superior Court (2019)Angela D. Duncan:[73] First openly LGBT female to serve as a Judge of the Gwinnett County Superior Court (2020)Patsy Austin-Gatson:[74] First African American female elected as the District Attorney of Gwinnett County, Georgia (2020)Sandra Pak:[20] First Korean American female judge in Gwinnett County, Georgia (2020)Mihae Park:[75] First Asian American female to serve as a Judge of the Gwinnett County Recorder\u2019s Court (2021)Pandora Palmer (1994):[76] First female to serve as a Judge of the State Court of Henry County, Georgia (2019)Holly Veal:[77] First African American (female) to serve as a Judge in the Flint Judicial Circuit (Superior Court of Henry County; 2018)Danielle P. Roberts:[78] First African-American (female) to serve as a Judge of the State Court of Henry County, Georgia (2020)Aretha Miller:[79][80] First female lawyer in Laurens County, GeorgiaAnnie Anderson:[7][8][9] First female judge in Laurens County, Georgia (1922)Kathryn Pierce:[11] First female to graduate from Mercer University\u2019s Walter F. George School of Law in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia (1919)Verda Colvin:[77] First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Macon Judicial CircuitAnita Reynolds Howard:[81] First African American (female) to serve as the District Attorney in the Macon Judicial District (2021)Nancy Calhoun (1985):[82] First female lawyer in Murray County, GeorgiaMaureen Wood:[83] First African American (female) to serve as a Judge of the Rockland Juvenile Court (2016)See also[edit]Other topics of interest[edit]References[edit]^ a b Bradley, Sharon. “LibGuides: Georgia Women Lawyers, 100 Years”. libguides.law.uga.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-13.^ Carle, Susan D. 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