List of first women lawyers and judges in Hawaii

Firsts in history

Lawyers

• Almeda Eliza Hitchcock : First female lawyer in Hawaii. She ceased practicing law before the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• Elizabeth Helena Ryan : First female to sign the “Roll of Attorneys” for the federal district court in 1900
• Marguerite Kamehaokalani Ashford : First female to practice law in the Territory of Hawaii
• Sau Ung Loo Chan : First Asian American female lawyer in Hawaii
• Patsy Mink : First Japanese American female lawyer in Hawaii

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina: Regarded as the first female judge in Hawaii. Her official title was Commissioner of Private Ways and Water Rights from 1892-1907.
• Edna Jenkins: First female to serve as a district magistrate in Hawaii
• Carrick Hume Buck : First female judge in Hawaii not counting Nakuina
• Marybeth Yuen Maul: First Asian American female judge in Hawaii
• Sandra A. Simms: First African American female judge in Hawaii

  Intermediate Court of Appeals

Circuit Court

• Marie Milks: First female circuit court judge in Hawaii
• Rhonda I.L. Loo: First female appointed as a Judge of the Circuit Court for the Second Circuit in Hawaii

  Family Court

• Betty Vitousek: First female judge of the Family Court in Hawaii

  Supreme Court

• Carrick Hume Buck : First female to sit on the Hawaii Supreme Court bench in the state's history
• Rhoda Valentine Lewis : First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
• Sabrina McKenna : First openly LGBT female appointed as a Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court

  Federal

District Court

• Susan Oki Mollway : First Asian American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

  Attorneys General

• Corinne K.A. Watanabe : First female to serve as the Attorney General of Hawaii, though for a partial term
• Margery Bronster : First female to serve a full term as the Attorney General of Hawaii

  United States Attorney

• Florence T. Nakakuni: First female to serve as the U.S. Attorney in Hawaii

  Assistant United States Attorney

• Carrick Hume Buck : First female to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney in Hawaii

  Political Office

• Mazie Hirono : First Asian-born female lawyer to become a Senator in Hawaii

  Bar Association

• Sherry Broder : First female to serve as the President of the Hawaii Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Honolulu City-County

• Carrick Hume Buck : First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney and Deputy City and County Attorney for Honolulu City-County, Hawaii
• Jean Vaughan Gilbert : First female to serve as the Honolulu City-County Attorney

  Maui County

• Edna Jenkins: First female to serve as the district magistrate for Makawao, Hawaii
• Linda Breslau Berg: First female lawyer in Maui

  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 Hawaii