List of first women lawyers and judges in Delaware
This is a list of the first women lawyer and judge in Delaware. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law. 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
Law Degree
- Helen Balick : First female to attend law school without ever attending college. She earned her law degree in 1966.
Lawyers
- Evangilyn Barsky and Sybil Ward : First female lawyers in Delaware
- Paulette Sullivan Moore : First African American female lawyer in Delaware
- Nivea Castro : First Latino American female lawyer in Delaware
Judicial Officers
Judicial Officers
State
- Roxana Cannon Arsht : First female judge in Delaware
- Haile L. Alford: First African American female judge in Delaware
Superior Court
- Susan C. Del Pesco: First female appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court in Delaware
- Haile L. Alford: First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Delaware
- Jan R. Jurden: First female to become President of the Delaware Superior Court
- Vivian L. Medinilla : First Hispanic American to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Delaware
Family Court
- Roxana Cannon Arsht : First female Judge of the Delaware Family Court
- Chandlee Johnson Kuhn: First female to serve as the Chief Judge of the Delaware Family Court
Court of Common Pleas
- Rosemary Betts Beauregard: First female to serve as a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Delaware
Justice of the Peace Court
- Patricia W. Griffin: First female magistrate appointed to the Justice of the Peace Court in Delaware
Alderman's Court
- Lisa Roberson Hatfield: First female to serve as the Alderman's Court for Newark
Court of Chancery
- Carolyn Berger : First female appointed as a Judge of the Court of Chancery
Supreme Court
- Carolyn Berger : First female appointed as a Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court
- Tamika Montgomery-Reeves: First African American appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware
Federal
Bankruptcy Court
- Helen Balick : First female to serve as a Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court
District Court
- Jane Richards Roth: First female to serve as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Court of Appeals
- Jane Richards Roth: First female to serve as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Sue Lewis Robinson: First female to serve as the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Assistant United States Attorney
- Peggy L. Ableman: First female to serve as the Assistant United State Attorney for Delaware
Attorney General
- M. Jane Brady : First female Attorney General of Delaware
Deputy Attorney General
- Ruth Farrell: First female appointed as the Deputy Attorney General for Delaware
Political Office
- Melanie George Smith: First female elected to the House of Representatives
Bar Association
- Susan C. Del Pesco: First female to serve as President of the Delaware State Bar Association
Firsts in local history
Kent County
- Frances M. "Mickey" Messina: First female to serve as a Commissioner for the Kent County Levy Court
New Castle County
- Marguerite Hopkins Bodziak : First female to serve as an Assistant City Solicitor in Wilmington, Delaware
- Sara Pennington: First female magistrate in New Castle County, Delaware
- Phila Furry George: First female law
yer for the Hercules Powder Company in Wilmington, Delaware - Haile L. Alford: First African Ame
rican female to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of New Castle County - Jan R. Jurden: First female to become President of the New Castle County Superior Court, Delaware
Sussex County
- Battle Robinson : First female lawyer in Sussex County, Delaware
- Rosemary Betts Beauregard: First female judge in Sussex County, Delaware
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 Delaware