List of first women lawyers and judges in Mississippi

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

• Susie Blue Buchanan : First female lawyer in Mississippi. She was also the first female admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Mississippi, as well as argue a murder case before that court.
• Marian Wright Edelman : First African American female lawyer in Mississippi
• Doris Bobadilla : First known Hispanic American female lawyer in Mississippi

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• Zelma Wells Price : First female judge in Mississippi
• Constance Slaughter-Harvey : First African American female judge in Mississippi

  Circuit Court

• Tomika Harris-Irving: First African American to serve as a Judge of the Twenty-Second Circuit Court District in Mississippi

  Appellate Court

• Mary Libby Payne: First female to serve as a Judge of the Court of Appeals in Mississippi
• Ermea Russell: First African American female to serve as a Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals
• Donna Barnes: First female to serve as the Chief Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals

  Supreme Court

• Lenore L. Prather : First female appointed as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court and its Chief Justice

  Federal

Bankruptcy Court

• Katharine Malley Samson: First female to serve as a bankruptcy court judge in Mississippi

  District Court

• Linda Anderson: First African American appointed as a Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
• Sharion Aycock : First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
• Debra M. Brown : First African American female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi

  Assistant Attorney General

• Evelyn Gandy : First female appointed as the Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi

  United States Attorney

• Felicia C. Adams: First female to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Mississippi

  Assistant United States Attorney

• Euple Dozier: First female to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Mississippi

  Assistant District Attorney

• Kathy King Jackson: First female to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Mississippi

  Political Office

• Evelyn Gandy : First female to serve as the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

  Bar Association

• Joy Lambert Phillips : First female to serve as the President of the Mississippi Bar Association
• Patricia W. Bennett: First African American female to serve as the President of the Mississippi Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Adams County

• Mary Lee Toles: First African American judge in Natchez, Mississippi

  Forrest County

• Marie Kepper : First female judge in Forrest County, Mississippi
• Patricia Burchell: First female to serve as the District Attorney for Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi

  Hancock County

• Latrice Westbrooks: First African American female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for the Second Circuit Court District

  Harrison County

• Clare Sekul Hornsby: First female to serve as the President of the Harrison County Bar Association
• Latrice Westbrooks: First African American female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for the Second Circuit Court District

  Hinds County

• Faye Peterson: First African American female to serve as the District Attorney for Hinds County, Mississippi
• Michele Purvis Harris : First female to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi and the Public Defender for Hinds County, Mississippi
• Ermea Russell: First African American female to serve as a circuit judge in Hinds County, Mississippi

  Lafayette County

• Constance Slaughter-Harvey: First African American female graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law

  Lowndes County

• Edna Loeb : First female lawyer in Lowndes County, Mississippi

  Madison County

• Michele Purvis Harris : First female to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi

  Perry County

• Patricia Burchell: First female to serve as the District Attorney for Forrest and Perry Counties, Mississippi

  Pike County

• Patricia Wise: First female to serve as President of the Magnolia Bar Association

  Rankin County

• Michele Purvis Harris : First female to serve as the Chief City Prosecutor for the City of Jackson, Mississippi

  Scott County

• Constance Slaughter-Harvey : First African American female judge in Scott County, Mississippi

  Stone County

• Latrice Westbrooks: First African American female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for the Second Circuit Court District

  Washington County

• Carol L. White-Richard: First African-American female to serve as the Public Defender for Washington County, Mississippi

  Winton County

• Caroline Crawley Moore: First female prosecutor in Winton County, Mississippi

  Yazoo County

• Ruth Campbell : First female called to the Yazoo County Bar Association, Mississippi

  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 Mississippi