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List of first women lawyers and judges in Texas

January 01, 1970

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Texas. 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 state history edit

Law School edit

  • Hattie Ruth Elam Briscoe:[1][2][3] First African American female to graduate from law school in Texas (1956)
 
Hortense Sparks Ward: First female lawyer in Texas (1910)
 
Harriet Mitchell Murphy: First African American female judge in Texas (1973)
 
Eva Guzman: First Hispanic female Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (2009)

Lawyers edit

  • Edith W. Locke (1902):[4][5] First female admitted to practice law in Texas, though she did not exercise the right
  • Hortense Sparks Ward (1910):[6][7] First female lawyer in Texas, as well as the first female admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court (1915)
  • Florence Bates (1914):[8] One of the first female lawyers in Texas. She would leave the profession and become a Hollywood actress later in life.
  • Beverly Tarpley (1952):[9][10][11] First female lawyer in Texas to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Charlye O. Farris (1953):[12] First African American female lawyer in Texas
  • Edna Cisneros (1955) and Diana Cisneros Klefisch (1956):[13][14] First Hispanic American female lawyers in Texas

Judicial Officers edit

State edit

Judges edit
  • Sarah T. Hughes (1922):[15] First female judge in Texas (1935)[16]
  • Charlye O. Farris (1953):[12] First African American female to serve as a judge pro tem in Texas (1954)
  • Harriet Mitchell Murphy (1969):[17][18][19] First African American female judge in Texas (1973)
  • Wendy Duong:[20] First Vietnamese American (female) judge in Texas (1992)
  • Orlinda Naranjo:[21] First Latino American female elected to a countywide judgeship in Texas (1994)
  • Barbara Hartle:[22] First openly LGBT female judge in Texas (2006)
  • Phyllis Frye (1981):[23][24] First openly LGBT judge in Texas (2010)
  • Tonya Parker:[25] First openly LGBT African American (female) elected to a judicial seat in Texas (2010)
  • Rabeea Sultan Collier:[26][27] First Muslim American and Pakistani American (female) judge in Texas (2019)
  • Manpreet Monica Singh:[28] First Sikh female judge in Texas (2023)
County Court edit
  • Mary Velma Davenport:[29] First female county judge in Texas (c. 1938)
  • Charlye O. Farris (1953):[12] First African American female elected as a county judge pro tem in Texas (1954)
  • Alicia Chacón:[30][31] First Latino American female elected as a judge of a major county in Texas (c. 1990s)
Municipal Court edit
  • Barbara Hartle:[22] First openly LGBT female to become a municipal court judge in Texas (2006)
  • Phyllis Frye (1981):[23][24] First openly LGBT individual appointed as a municipal court judge in Texas (2010)
District Court edit
  • Sarah T. Hughes (1922):[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the District Court in Texas (1935)
  • Elma Salinas Ender (1978):[32] First Latino American female to serve as a state district court judge in Texas (1983)[33]
  • Mary Roman:[34] First Latino American female elected as a state district court judge in Texas (1992)
  • Kristen Hawkins (2000):[35][36] First female elected as a Judge of the Eleventh District Court in Texas (2017)
  • Renee Rodriguez-Betancourt:[37][38][39] First female to become the youngest district court judge in Texas (2017)[40]
Court of Appeals edit
  • Shirley W. Butts (1954):[41] First female appointed as Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in Texas (1981)
  • Camille Hutson–Dunn (1963):[42] First female appointed as a Justice of the First Court of Appeals in Texas (1984)
  • Alice Oliver–Parrott: First female to serve as a Chief Justice in the Texas Court of Appeals (1991-1996)[43]
  • Gaynelle Griffin Jones:[44][45] First African American female to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas (1992)[46]
  • Linda Reyna Yanez:[47] First female to serve as a Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Texas (1993)
  • Leanne Johnson:[48] First female elected to serve as a Justice of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for Texas (2014)
  • Dori Contreras:[47] First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Texas (2019)[49]
  • Frances Bourliot:[50] First Asian American female elected as an appellate court judge in Texas (2020)[51]
  • Robbie Partida-Kipness:[52] First Hispanic American (female) to serve as a Judge of the Fifth Court of Appeals in Texas (2018)
  • Yvonne T. Rodriguez:[53] First Latino American female to serve as the Chief Justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals (2021)
Criminal Court of Appeals edit
  • Sharon Keller (1978):[54] First female to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals (2000)
  • Elsa Alcala:[54] First Latino American female to serve as a Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals (2011)
Supreme Court edit
  • Margaret Harris Amsler (1937):[55] First female to serve as the Marshall of the Supreme Court of Texas (1941)
  • Ruby Kless Sondock (1961):[56] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1982)
  • Rose Spector:[57] First female (who was also Jewish) elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1992)
  • Eva Guzman:[58] First Hispanic female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (2009)

Federal edit

District Court edit
  • Sarah T. Hughes (1922):[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Federal District Court (1961) in Texas
  • Barbara M.G. Lynn (1976):[59] First female to become the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2016)
  • Gabrielle Kirk McDonald:[10] First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Southern District of Texas (1979)
  • Hilda G. Tagle:[60][61] First Hispanic American female to serve as an appellate judge in Texas[62]
  • Alia Moses (1986):[63][64] First female as a Judge of the U.S. States District Court for the Western District of Texas (2002) and its Chief Judge (2022)
  • Brenda T. Rhoades:[65][66] First Asian American (female) to serve as a Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2003)
  • Judith K. Guthrie:[67] First female appointed as a Magistrate Judge of the U.S. States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • Karen Gren Scholer:[68] First Asian American (female) U.S. district court judge in Texas (2018)
  • Ada E. Brown:[69] First African American and Native American female to serve as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2019)
Court of Appeals edit

Deputy Attorney General edit

Assistant Attorney General edit

  • Ethel F. Hilton:[72][73] First female to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for Texas (1927-1931)

District Attorney edit

  • Bonnie Leggat Hagan:[74] First female to become a District Attorney in Texas
  • Edna Cisneros (1955):[13][14] First Hispanic American female to become a District Attorney in Texas

Assistant District Attorney edit

  • Sarah Menezes:[75][76] First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Texas

United States Attorney edit

County Attorney edit

Political Office edit

  • Barbara Jordan (1959):[80] First African American female lawyer elected to the Texas Senate (1966)
  • Irma L. Rangel (1969):[81][82] First Hispanic American female elected to the Texas State Legislature (1976)
  • Sylvia Garcia (1978) and Veronica Escobar:[83][84] First Hispanic American females (both former judges) elected to Congress in Texas (2018)
  • Nandita Berry (1995):[57] First Indian American female (and Indian American in general; a lawyer) to serve as the Secretary of State for Texas (c. 2014)
  • Jolanda Jones (1995):[85] First openly lesbian African American (a lawyer) elected to the Texas State Legislature (upon winning a special election in House District 147 in 2022)

Bar Association edit

  • Harriet Miers (1970):[86] First female to serve as President of the State Bar of Texas (1992)
  • Lisa Tatum:[87] First African American female (and African American in general) to serve as the President of the State Bar of Texas (2013-2014)
  • Sylvia Borunda Firth:[88] First Hispanic American female to serve as the President of the State Bar of Texas (2020)

Firsts in local history edit

Alphabetized by county name

Regions edit

Anderson County edit

Andrews County edit

Aransas County edit

  • Lola L. Bonner:[97] First female to serve as the President of the Aransas County Bar Association, Texas

Austin County edit

Bastrop County edit

Bee County edit

Bell County edit

Bexar County edit

  • Judge Antonia “Toni” Arteaga - 1st woman to be elected to the historic 57th District Court which was created in 1899.
  • Irene Gertrude Brown (1911):[103] First female lawyer in San Antonio, Texas [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Lanette Heilbron Glasscock (1931):[104] One of the first practicing female lawyers in Bexar County, Texas
  • Mary Agnes Aird:[105] First female law graduate of St. Mary's University (1936) [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Elizabeth Carrie Jandt:[105] First female law graduate of St. Mary's University who was the daughter of an alumnus [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Hattie Ruth Elam Briscoe:[1][2][3] First African American female lawyer in Bexar County, Texas (c. 1956)
  • Carol Haberman Knight-Sheen:[105] First female district court judge in Bexar County, Texas
  • Janice S. McCoy:[106] First female to serve as a Judge of the San Antonio Municipal Court (1977) [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Sparta Christ Bitsis:[105] First female lawyer to work for San Antonio’s Corporation Court
  • Mary Roman:[34] First Latino American female elected as a state district court judge in Bexar County, Texas (1992)
  • Susan Reed:[107][108] First female to serve as the District Attorney for Bexar County, Texas (1998)
  • Jane Macon:[109] First female to serve as the City Attorney for San Antonio, Texas (1977-1983) [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez:[110] First openly LGBT (female) judge in Bexar County, Texas (2019)
  • Kimberly Burley:[111] First female and African American to preside in the Bexar County Children’s Court (2021)

Bosque County edit

Bowie County edit

Brazoria County edit

Brewster County edit

Brooks County edit

Burnet County edit

Caldwell County edit

Cameron County edit

Camp County edit

Cass County edit

Chambers County edit

Comal County edit

Dallas County edit

  • Louise Raggio (c. 1939):[125] First female prosecutor in Dallas County, Texas
  • Lillian Brock:[126] First female lawyer in Dallas, Texas [Dallas County, Texas]
  • Adelfa B. Callejo: (1961)[127] First Hispanic American female lawyer in Dallas, Texas [Dallas County, Texas]
  • Harriet Miers (1970):[86] First female to serve as President of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas (1986)
  • Laura Benitez Geisler:[128] First Hispanic American female (and Hispanic American in general) to serve as the President of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas (2018)
  • Joan Winn:[129][130][131] First African American female judge in Dallas, Texas (1975) [Dallas County, Texas]
  • Margaret Keliher:[132] First female to serve as the Dallas County Judge, Texas (2002-2006)
  • Susan Hawk:[133] First female District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas (2015-2016)
  • Faith Johnson:[134] First African American female District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas (2016)
  • Audrey Moorehead:[135] First female (and African American female) elected as the Judge of Dallas County Criminal Court #3 in Texas (2018)

Delta County edit

Denton County edit

Ector County edit

El Paso County edit

  • Edith Shirley Abbott:[139] First female lawyer in El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Edelmira Navarro:[139] Reputed to be the first Latino American female lawyer in El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Kitty Schild (1972) and Janet Reusch:[139][140] First female judges in El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Maxine Shaprow (1979):[139] First African American female Assistant District Attorney for El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]

Ellis County edit

Erath County edit

Falls County edit

  • Nita Wuebker:[143] First female to serve on the Falls County Commissioners Court (2015)

Fannin County edit

Fort Bend County edit

  • Kathleen Lindsey:[145][146] First female lawyer in Fort Bend County, Texas
  • Toni Wallace:[147] First African American female judge in Fort Bend County, Texas (2016)
  • Juli Mathew:[148] First Judge of Asian descent to be elected to the Bench in Fort Bend County, Texas (2018) First Indian American women elected to the bench in the United States.
  • Jennifer C. Chiang:[149] First Asian American appointed to serve on the Bench in Fort Bend County, First Asian American Judge to serve on the Sugar Land Municipal Court (2015)
  • Dora Olivo:[150] First Latino American (female) to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Fort Bend County, Texas (2023)

Galveston County edit

Gray County edit

Gregg County edit

Grimes County edit

Guadalupe County edit

Harris County edit

  • Gloria K. Bradford:[156] First African American female to try a case in the Harris County District Court
  • Hannah Chow:[10][157] First Asian American female (and Asian American in general) to serve as a Judge of the Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 5 (1987)
  • Phyllis Frye (1981):[23][24] First openly LGBT individual to serve as a Judge of the Houston Municipal Court in Texas (2010)
  • Jo Ann Delgado:[158] First Latino American female elected as a Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas (2001)
  • Pat Lykos:[159] First female District Attorney for Harris County, Texas (2009)
  • Debra Ibarra Mayfield:[36][160][161] First Latino American female to serve as a county court judge in Harris County, Texas (2011)
  • Lina Hidalgo:[162][163] First female (and Hispanic woman of Colombian descent) elected as the Harris County Judge (2018)
  • Shannon Baldwin:[164] First openly LGBT African American female judge in Harris County, Texas (2018)
  • Joyce M. Burg (1926):[165] First female lawyer in Houston, Texas [Harris County, Texas]
  • Barbara Hartle:[22] First openly LGBT female to serve as a Judge of the Houston Municipal Court in Texas (2006)
  • Sherry D. Tavel:[166] First female municipal judge in Pasadena, Texas [Harris County, Texas]

Hidalgo County edit

  • Micaela Alvarez (1989):[167] First female (and Hispanic woman) appointed as a Judge of the 139th Judicial District Court in Hidalgo County, Texas (1995). She would later become a district court judge.
  • Renee Rodriguez-Betancourt:[37][38][39] First female to become the youngest district court judge in Hidalgo County, Texas (2017)

Hood County edit

Hudspeth County edit

Hunt County edit

Jefferson County edit

Karnes County edit

Kaufman County edit

Liberty County edit

Llano County edit

Lubbock County edit

  • Emma K. Boone (1918):[178] First female lawyer in Lubbock County, Texas
  • Pat Moore (1949):[179] First female lawyer elected to public office in Lubbock County, Texas (upon becoming a Judge of Lubbock County Court at Law, Number 2 in Lubbock, Texas; 1957). She is also the first female appointed as a Judge of the 72nd District Court.
  • Aurora Chaides Hernandez (1995):[180] First Hispanic American female to serve as Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace (1994) in Lubbock, Texas [Lubbock County, Texas]

McLennan County edit

Medina County edit

Midland County edit

Montague County edit

Montgomery County edit

  • Barbara Hale (1982):[185] First female to become the Assistant County Attorney for Montgomery County, Texas (1982-1989)

Morris County edit

Nacogdoches County edit

Newton County edit

Nueces County edit

Orange County edit

Panola County edit

Potter County edit

  • Nancy Tanner:[194] First female judge in Potter County, Texas
  • Nancy "N.S." Garms:[195] First female to serve as the President of the Amarillo Bar Association

Presidio County edit

Real County edit

Rockwall County edit

San Patricio County edit

Shackelford County edit

Shelby County edit

Smith County edit

  • Ruth Blake (1966):[202] First female judge in Smith County, Texas
  • Ruth Yeager:[67] First female to serve as the President of the Smith County Bar Association, Texas

Tarrant County edit

  • Shirley W. Butts (1954):[41] First female Assistant District Attorney in Tarrant County, Texas
  • Brooke Allen:[203] First female probate court judge in Tarrant County, Texas
  • Dionne Phillips Bagsby:[204] First African American female elected to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court (1988)
  • Sharen Wilson:[205] First female District Attorney for Tarrant County, Texas (c. 2017)
  • Eva Barnes, nee Bloore, (1963) First female District Judge in Tarrant County, Domestic Relations Court No. 1, which later became the 322nd District Court in 1977.[206]

Tom Green County edit

  • Marilyn Aboussie (1974):[207] First female district judge in Tom Green County, Texas
  • Barbara Walther:[208] First female elected as a Judge of the 51st District Court in Tom Green County, Texas (1992)

Travis County edit

  • Anna Sandbo:[209] First female lawyer in Austin, Texas [Travis County, Texas]
  • Gloria K. Bradford:[156] First African American female to graduate from the University of Texas School of Law (1954)
  • Mary Pearl Williams:[210] First female judge in Travis County, Texas (1973)
  • Leslie Taylor:[210] First female Justice of the Peace in Travis County, Texas (1977)
  • Margaret Moore:[210] First female to serve as Travis County Attorney (1981)
  • Sarah Eckhardt (1998):[211] First female to serve as a County Judge in Travis County, Texas (2015)
  • Julie Kocurek:[212] First female district court judge in Travis County, Texas (1999)
  • Rosemary Lehmberg:[213] First female District Attorney for Travis County, Texas (2009)
  • Dimple Malhotra:[214] First female of South Asian descent to serve as a judge in Travis County, Texas (2019)
  • Aurora Martinez Jones:[215] First African American female to preside over the 126th District Court in Travis County, Texas (2022)
  • Denise Hernández:[216] First openly lesbian Latino American female elected as a county court judge in Travis County, Texas (2022)
  • Amanda Arriaga:[217] First Latino American female to serve as the President of the Austin Bar Association (2022)

Upshur County edit

Upton County edit

Van Zandt County edit

Webb County edit

Wichita County edit

Willacy County edit

Williamson County edit

Wilson County edit

Winkler County edit

Wise County edit

Zapata County edit

See also edit

Other topics of interest edit

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This is a list of the first women lawyer s and judge s in Texas 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 Contents 1 Firsts in state history 1 1 Law School 1 2 Lawyers 1 3 Judicial Officers 1 3 1 State 1 3 1 1 Judges 1 3 1 1 1 County Court 1 3 1 1 2 Municipal Court 1 3 1 2 District Court 1 3 1 3 Court of Appeals 1 3 1 4 Criminal Court of Appeals 1 3 1 5 Supreme Court 1 3 2 Federal 1 3 2 1 District Court 1 3 2 2 Court of Appeals 1 4 Deputy Attorney General 1 5 Assistant Attorney General 1 6 District Attorney 1 7 Assistant District Attorney 1 8 United States Attorney 1 9 County Attorney 1 10 Political Office 1 11 Bar Association 2 Firsts in local history 2 1 Regions 2 2 Anderson County 2 3 Andrews County 2 4 Aransas County 2 5 Austin County 2 6 Bastrop County 2 7 Bee County 2 8 Bell County 2 9 Bexar County 2 10 Bosque County 2 11 Bowie County 2 12 Brazoria County 2 13 Brewster County 2 14 Brooks County 2 15 Burnet County 2 16 Caldwell County 2 17 Cameron County 2 18 Camp County 2 19 Cass County 2 20 Chambers County 2 21 Comal County 2 22 Dallas County 2 23 Delta County 2 24 Denton County 2 25 Ector County 2 26 El Paso County 2 27 Ellis County 2 28 Erath County 2 29 Falls County 2 30 Fannin County 2 31 Fort Bend County 2 32 Galveston County 2 33 Gray County 2 34 Gregg County 2 35 Grimes County 2 36 Guadalupe County 2 37 Harris County 2 38 Hidalgo County 2 39 Hood County 2 40 Hudspeth County 2 41 Hunt County 2 42 Jefferson County 2 43 Karnes County 2 44 Kaufman County 2 45 Liberty County 2 46 Llano County 2 47 Lubbock County 2 48 McLennan County 2 49 Medina County 2 50 Midland County 2 51 Montague County 2 52 Montgomery County 2 53 Morris County 2 54 Nacogdoches County 2 55 Newton County 2 56 Nueces County 2 57 Orange County 2 58 Panola County 2 59 Potter County 2 60 Presidio County 2 61 Real County 2 62 Rockwall County 2 63 San Patricio County 2 64 Shackelford County 2 65 Shelby County 2 66 Smith County 2 67 Tarrant County 2 68 Tom Green County 2 69 Travis County 2 70 Upshur County 2 71 Upton County 2 72 Van Zandt County 2 73 Webb County 2 74 Wichita County 2 75 Willacy County 2 76 Williamson County 2 77 Wilson County 2 78 Winkler County 2 79 Wise County 2 80 Zapata County 3 See also 4 Other topics of interest 5 ReferencesFirsts in state history editLaw School edit Hattie Ruth Elam Briscoe 1 2 3 First African American female to graduate from law school in Texas 1956 nbsp Hortense Sparks Ward First female lawyer in Texas 1910 nbsp Harriet Mitchell Murphy First African American female judge in Texas 1973 nbsp Eva Guzman First Hispanic female Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas 2009 Lawyers edit Edith W Locke 1902 4 5 First female admitted to practice law in Texas though she did not exercise the right Hortense Sparks Ward 1910 6 7 First female lawyer in Texas as well as the first female admitted to practice law before the U S Supreme Court 1915 Florence Bates 1914 8 One of the first female lawyers in Texas She would leave the profession and become a Hollywood actress later in life Beverly Tarpley 1952 9 10 11 First female lawyer in Texas to argue a case before the U S Supreme Court Charlye O Farris 1953 12 First African American female lawyer in Texas Edna Cisneros 1955 and Diana Cisneros Klefisch 1956 13 14 First Hispanic American female lawyers in Texas Judicial Officers edit State edit Judges edit Sarah T Hughes 1922 15 First female judge in Texas 1935 16 Charlye O Farris 1953 12 First African American female to serve as a judge pro tem in Texas 1954 Harriet Mitchell Murphy 1969 17 18 19 First African American female judge in Texas 1973 Wendy Duong 20 First Vietnamese American female judge in Texas 1992 Orlinda Naranjo 21 First Latino American female elected to a countywide judgeship in Texas 1994 Barbara Hartle 22 First openly LGBT female judge in Texas 2006 Phyllis Frye 1981 23 24 First openly LGBT judge in Texas 2010 Tonya Parker 25 First openly LGBT African American female elected to a judicial seat in Texas 2010 Rabeea Sultan Collier 26 27 First Muslim American and Pakistani American female judge in Texas 2019 Manpreet Monica Singh 28 First Sikh female judge in Texas 2023 County Court edit Mary Velma Davenport 29 First female county judge in Texas c 1938 Charlye O Farris 1953 12 First African American female elected as a county judge pro tem in Texas 1954 Alicia Chacon 30 31 First Latino American female elected as a judge of a major county in Texas c 1990s Municipal Court edit Barbara Hartle 22 First openly LGBT female to become a municipal court judge in Texas 2006 Phyllis Frye 1981 23 24 First openly LGBT individual appointed as a municipal court judge in Texas 2010 District Court edit Sarah T Hughes 1922 15 First female appointed as a Judge of the District Court in Texas 1935 Elma Salinas Ender 1978 32 First Latino American female to serve as a state district court judge in Texas 1983 33 Mary Roman 34 First Latino American female elected as a state district court judge in Texas 1992 Kristen Hawkins 2000 35 36 First female elected as a Judge of the Eleventh District Court in Texas 2017 Renee Rodriguez Betancourt 37 38 39 First female to become the youngest district court judge in Texas 2017 40 Court of Appeals edit Shirley W Butts 1954 41 First female appointed as Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals in Texas 1981 Camille Hutson Dunn 1963 42 First female appointed as a Justice of the First Court of Appeals in Texas 1984 Alice Oliver Parrott First female to serve as a Chief Justice in the Texas Court of Appeals 1991 1996 43 Gaynelle Griffin Jones 44 45 First African American female to serve as an appellate court judge in Texas 1992 46 Linda Reyna Yanez 47 First female to serve as a Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Texas 1993 Leanne Johnson 48 First female elected to serve as a Justice of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for Texas 2014 Dori Contreras 47 First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Texas 2019 49 Frances Bourliot 50 First Asian American female elected as an appellate court judge in Texas 2020 51 Robbie Partida Kipness 52 First Hispanic American female to serve as a Judge of the Fifth Court of Appeals in Texas 2018 Yvonne T Rodriguez 53 First Latino American female to serve as the Chief Justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals 2021 Criminal Court of Appeals edit Sharon Keller 1978 54 First female to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals 2000 Elsa Alcala 54 First Latino American female to serve as a Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals 2011 Supreme Court edit Margaret Harris Amsler 1937 55 First female to serve as the Marshall of the Supreme Court of Texas 1941 Ruby Kless Sondock 1961 56 First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas 1982 Rose Spector 57 First female who was also Jewish elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas 1992 Eva Guzman 58 First Hispanic female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas 2009 Federal edit District Court edit Sarah T Hughes 1922 15 First female appointed as a Judge of the Federal District Court 1961 in Texas Barbara M G Lynn 1976 59 First female to become the Chief Judge of the U S District Court for the Northern District of Texas 2016 Gabrielle Kirk McDonald 10 First African American female appointed as a Judge of the Southern District of Texas 1979 Hilda G Tagle 60 61 First Hispanic American female to serve as an appellate judge in Texas 62 Alia Moses 1986 63 64 First female as a Judge of the U S States District Court for the Western District of Texas 2002 and its Chief Judge 2022 Brenda T Rhoades 65 66 First Asian American female to serve as a Judge of the U S Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas 2003 Judith K Guthrie 67 First female appointed as a Magistrate Judge of the U S States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Karen Gren Scholer 68 First Asian American female U S district court judge in Texas 2018 Ada E Brown 69 First African American and Native American female to serve as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 2019 Court of Appeals edit Carolyn Dineen King 70 First female to serve as the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 1999 Deputy Attorney General edit Elizabeth B Lacy 71 First female to serve as the Deputy Attorney General for Texas 1973 Assistant Attorney General edit Ethel F Hilton 72 73 First female to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for Texas 1927 1931 District Attorney edit Bonnie Leggat Hagan 74 First female to become a District Attorney in Texas Edna Cisneros 1955 13 14 First Hispanic American female to become a District Attorney in Texas Assistant District Attorney edit Sarah Menezes 75 76 First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Texas United States Attorney edit Gaynelle Griffin Jones 44 45 First female and African American female to serve as a U S Attorney for Texas 1993 1997 Sarah Saldana 77 First Latino American female to serve as the U S Attorney for the Northern District of Texas 2011 County Attorney edit Nellie Gray Robertson 78 79 First female to serve as a County Attorney in Texas 1918 Political Office edit Barbara Jordan 1959 80 First African American female lawyer elected to the Texas Senate 1966 Irma L Rangel 1969 81 82 First Hispanic American female elected to the Texas State Legislature 1976 Sylvia Garcia 1978 and Veronica Escobar 83 84 First Hispanic American females both former judges elected to Congress in Texas 2018 Nandita Berry 1995 57 First Indian American female and Indian American in general a lawyer to serve as the Secretary of State for Texas c 2014 Jolanda Jones 1995 85 First openly lesbian African American a lawyer elected to the Texas State Legislature upon winning a special election in House District 147 in 2022 Bar Association edit Harriet Miers 1970 86 First female to serve as President of the State Bar of Texas 1992 Lisa Tatum 87 First African American female and African American in general to serve as the President of the State Bar of Texas 2013 2014 Sylvia Borunda Firth 88 First Hispanic American female to serve as the President of the State Bar of Texas 2020 Firsts in local history editAlphabetized by county name Regions edit Leticia Hinojosa 47 First female judge in the Rio Grande Valley Texas 1996 Ginger D Fagan 89 First female county judge elected in South Texas upon becoming a judge in Refugio County in 1978 Erum Jivani Gillani 90 First Asian American female to serve as a Judge of the Pearland Municipal Court 2018 Brazoria Fort Bend and Harris Counties Texas Angela Saucier 91 First female to serve as a Judge of the 76th Judicial District 2019 Camp Morris and Titus Counties Texas Hortense Sparks Ward 1910 6 7 First female lawyer in Houston Texas Fort Bend County Harris County and Montgomery County Lois L Woods 10 First African American female graduate from the Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law 1951 Fort Bend Harris and Montgomery Counties Texas Lynne Liberato 92 First female to serve as the President of the Houston Bar Association 1993 Fort Bend County Harris County and Montgomery County Kristen Brauchle Hawkins 93 First female appointed as a Judge of the Eleventh District Court in Houston Texas 2019 Fort Bend County Harris County and Montgomery County Irene Gertrude Brown 1911 and Rose Zelosky 94 First females to graduate from the University of Texas law school 1914 Hays Travis and Williamson Counties Texas Beverly Tarpley 1952 9 10 11 First female to serve as the President of the Abilene Bar Association Jones and Taylor Counties Texas Anderson County edit Allyson Mitchell 95 First female District Attorney for Anderson County Texas 2015 Andrews County edit Jeneane Anderegg 96 First female to serve as Commissioner for the Commissioners Court of Andrews County Texas 2014 Aransas County edit Lola L Bonner 97 First female to serve as the President of the Aransas County Bar Association Texas Austin County edit Carolyn Bilski 98 First female to serve as the County Judge of Austin County Texas Bastrop County edit Emma Webb 1923 99 First female lawyer in Bastrop County Texas Bee County edit Stephanie Moreno 100 First female county judge in Bee County Texas Bell County edit Martha Trudo 101 First female judge in Bell County Texas Ebony Todd 102 First African American female to serve as a municipal court judge in Nolanville Texas 2020 Bell County Texas Bexar County edit Judge Antonia Toni Arteaga 1st woman to be elected to the historic 57th District Court which was created in 1899 Irene Gertrude Brown 1911 103 First female lawyer in San Antonio Texas Bexar County Texas Lanette Heilbron Glasscock 1931 104 One of the first practicing female lawyers in Bexar County Texas Mary Agnes Aird 105 First female law graduate of St Mary s University 1936 Bexar County Texas Elizabeth Carrie Jandt 105 First female law graduate of St Mary s University who was the daughter of an alumnus Bexar County Texas Hattie Ruth Elam Briscoe 1 2 3 First African American female lawyer in Bexar County Texas c 1956 Carol Haberman Knight Sheen 105 First female district court judge in Bexar County Texas Janice S McCoy 106 First female to serve as a Judge of the San Antonio Municipal Court 1977 Bexar County Texas Sparta Christ Bitsis 105 First female lawyer to work for San Antonio s Corporation Court Mary Roman 34 First Latino American female elected as a state district court judge in Bexar County Texas 1992 Susan Reed 107 108 First female to serve as the District Attorney for Bexar County Texas 1998 Jane Macon 109 First female to serve as the City Attorney for San Antonio Texas 1977 1983 Bexar County Texas Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez 110 First openly LGBT female judge in Bexar County Texas 2019 Kimberly Burley 111 First female and African American to preside in the Bexar County Children s Court 2021 Bosque County edit Regina Hanson 112 First female to serve as the Bosque County Judge 1985 Bowie County edit Kelley Crisp 113 First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for Bowie County Texas 2019 Brazoria County edit Jerri Lee Mills 114 First female judge in Brazoria County Texas 1995 Brewster County edit Val Beard 115 First female county judge in Brewster County Texas Brooks County edit Imelda Barrera 116 First female county judge in Brooks County Texas Burnet County edit Ophelia Birdie Harwood 117 First female judge in Marble Falls Texas 1936 Burnet County Texas Donna Klaeger 118 First female judge in Burnet County Texas Caldwell County edit Rebecca Hawener 119 First female county judge in Caldwell County Texas Cameron County edit Migdalia Lopez 120 First female elected as a County Court at Law Judge in Cameron County Texas She is the first female to serve as a District Court Judge in Cameron and Willacy Counties Texas Elia Cornejo Lopez 121 First female appointed as a municipal court judge in Brownsville Texas 2008 Cameron County Texas Camp County edit Angela Saucier 91 First female to serve as a Judge of the 76th Judicial District 2019 Camp Morris and Titus Counties Texas Cass County edit Courtney Shelton 122 First female District Attorney for Cass County Texas 2018 Chambers County edit Alma Lois Turner 123 First female county judge in Chambers County Texas 1978 1986 Comal County edit Jennifer Tharp 124 First female District Attorney for Comal County Texas 2011 Sue Funk 105 First female municipal court judge in New Braunfels Texas Dallas County edit Louise Raggio c 1939 125 First female prosecutor in Dallas County Texas Lillian Brock 126 First female lawyer in Dallas Texas Dallas County Texas Adelfa B Callejo 1961 127 First Hispanic American female lawyer in Dallas Texas Dallas County Texas Harriet Miers 1970 86 First female to serve as President of the Dallas Bar Association Texas 1986 Laura Benitez Geisler 128 First Hispanic American female and Hispanic American in general to serve as the President of the Dallas Bar Association Texas 2018 Joan Winn 129 130 131 First African American female judge in Dallas Texas 1975 Dallas County Texas Margaret Keliher 132 First female to serve as the Dallas County Judge Texas 2002 2006 Susan Hawk 133 First female District Attorney for Dallas County Texas 2015 2016 Faith Johnson 134 First African American female District Attorney for Dallas County Texas 2016 Audrey Moorehead 135 First female and African American female elected as the Judge of Dallas County Criminal Court 3 in Texas 2018 Delta County edit Ginny Phifer 136 First female Justice of the Peace in Delta County Texas Denton County edit Mary Horn 137 First female county judge in Denton County Texas Ector County edit Sara Kate Billingsley 138 First female district judge in Ector County Texas 2015 El Paso County edit Edith Shirley Abbott 139 First female lawyer in El Paso Texas El Paso County Texas Edelmira Navarro 139 Reputed to be the first Latino American female lawyer in El Paso Texas El Paso County Texas Kitty Schild 1972 and Janet Reusch 139 140 First female judges in El Paso Texas El Paso County Texas Maxine Shaprow 1979 139 First African American female Assistant District Attorney for El Paso Texas El Paso County Texas Ellis County edit Barbara Warren 141 First female and African American judge in Waxahachie Texas Ellis County Texas Erath County edit Lanelle Harbin 142 First female judge in Erath County Texas 1961 Falls County edit Nita Wuebker 143 First female to serve on the Falls County Commissioners Court 2015 Fannin County edit Mildred Eileen Cox 144 First female county judge in Fannin County Texas Fort Bend County edit Kathleen Lindsey 145 146 First female lawyer in Fort Bend County Texas Toni Wallace 147 First African American female judge in Fort Bend County Texas 2016 Juli Mathew 148 First Judge of Asian descent to be elected to the Bench in Fort Bend County Texas 2018 First Indian American women elected to the bench in the United States Jennifer C Chiang 149 First Asian American appointed to serve on the Bench in Fort Bend County First Asian American Judge to serve on the Sugar Land Municipal Court 2015 Dora Olivo 150 First Latino American female to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Fort Bend County Texas 2023 Galveston County edit Susan P Baker 151 First female judge in Galveston County Texas 1991 Gray County edit Rosa Jane White 152 First female lawyer to try a case in Pampa Texas Gray County Texas Gregg County edit Olga Lapin 153 First female lawyer in Gregg County Texas Grimes County edit Andria Bender 154 First female District Attorney for Grimes County Texas 2017 Guadalupe County edit Elizabeth Carrie Jandt 105 155 First female lawyer in Guadalupe County Texas She was also the first female elected as the County Attorney Harris County edit Gloria K Bradford 156 First African American female to try a case in the Harris County District Court Hannah Chow 10 157 First Asian American female and Asian American in general to serve as a Judge of the Harris County Criminal Court at Law No 5 1987 Phyllis Frye 1981 23 24 First openly LGBT individual to serve as a Judge of the Houston Municipal Court in Texas 2010 Jo Ann Delgado 158 First Latino American female elected as a Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 1 of Harris County Texas 2001 Pat Lykos 159 First female District Attorney for Harris County Texas 2009 Debra Ibarra Mayfield 36 160 161 First Latino American female to serve as a county court judge in Harris County Texas 2011 Lina Hidalgo 162 163 First female and Hispanic woman of Colombian descent elected as the Harris County Judge 2018 Shannon Baldwin 164 First openly LGBT African American female judge in Harris County Texas 2018 Joyce M Burg 1926 165 First female lawyer in Houston Texas Harris County Texas Barbara Hartle 22 First openly LGBT female to serve as a Judge of the Houston Municipal Court in Texas 2006 Sherry D Tavel 166 First female municipal judge in Pasadena Texas Harris County Texas Hidalgo County edit Micaela Alvarez 1989 167 First female and Hispanic woman appointed as a Judge of the 139th Judicial District Court in Hidalgo County Texas 1995 She would later become a district court judge Renee Rodriguez Betancourt 37 38 39 First female to become the youngest district court judge in Hidalgo County Texas 2017 Hood County edit Nellie Gray Robertson 78 79 First female to serve as the Hood County Attorney 1918 Linda Steen 168 First female county judge in Hood County Texas 1999 Hudspeth County edit Becky Dean 169 First female judge in Hudspeth County Texas Hunt County edit Keli Aiken 170 First female elected to serve as a district court judge in Hunt County Texas Jefferson County edit Lindsey Scott 171 First female to become a state district judge in Jefferson County Texas 2014 Karnes County edit Barbara Shaw 172 First female county judge in Karnes County Texas c 2010 Audrey Gossett Louis 173 First female to serve as the District Attorney for the 281st Judicial District Karnes County Texas Kaufman County edit Maxine Darst Flatt 1976 174 First female lawyer in Kaufman County Texas She would later become a judge Liberty County edit Lois Marie Jett 175 First female to earn a law degree in Liberty County Texas Peggy Dunn 176 First female elected judge in Liberty County Texas 2007 Jennifer Bergman 177 First female to serve as the District Attorney in Liberty County Texas 2021 Llano County edit Mary S Cunningham 118 First female judge in Llano County Texas 2014 Lubbock County edit Emma K Boone 1918 178 First female lawyer in Lubbock County Texas Pat Moore 1949 179 First female lawyer elected to public office in Lubbock County Texas upon becoming a Judge of Lubbock County Court at Law Number 2 in Lubbock Texas 1957 She is also the first female appointed as a Judge of the 72nd District Court Aurora Chaides Hernandez 1995 180 First Hispanic American female to serve as Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace 1994 in Lubbock Texas Lubbock County Texas McLennan County edit Margaret Harris Amsler 1937 55 First female to graduate from Baylor Law School McLennan County Texas Medina County edit Francis C Richter 1938 181 First female lawyer in Medina County Texas Midland County edit Barbara Culver 182 First female judge in Midland County Texas 1962 Teresa Clingman 183 First female District Attorney for Midland County Texas Montague County edit Stacy Gamblin 184 First female to serve as a Commissioner in Montague County Texas Montgomery County edit Barbara Hale 1982 185 First female to become the Assistant County Attorney for Montgomery County Texas 1982 1989 Morris County edit Lynda Munkres 186 First female judge in Morris County Texas 2011 Nacogdoches County edit Sue Kennedy 187 First female judge in Nacogdoches County Texas Newton County edit Leona Jones Choate 188 First female Justice of the Peace in Newton County Texas 1974 Nueces County edit Rene Haas 189 First female judge in Nueces County Texas 1982 Hilda G Tagle 60 First Hispanic American female judge in Nueces County Texas 1985 Nanette Hasette 190 First Hispanic American female to serve as a district court judge in Nueces County Texas Barbara Canales 191 192 First female and Hispanic American female elected as a judge in Nueces County Texas 2019 Irma L Rangel 1969 81 82 First female and Hispanic American to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for Corpus Christi Texas Nueces County Texas Orange County edit Courtney Arkeen 193 First female state district judge in Orange County Texas 2011 Panola County edit Lee Ann Jones First female county judge in Panola County Texas 2014 Potter County edit Nancy Tanner 194 First female judge in Potter County Texas Nancy N S Garms 195 First female to serve as the President of the Amarillo Bar Association Presidio County edit Cinderela Guevara 196 First female county judge in Presidio County Texas Real County edit Bella Rubio 197 First female county judge in Real County Texas 2018 Rockwall County edit Lorie Grinnan 198 First female to be re elected as a Commissioner for Rockwall County Texas San Patricio County edit Tamara Cochran May 199 First female to serve as the County Attorney for San Patricio County Texas 2016 Shackelford County edit Joanne Fincher 200 First female judge in Shackelford County Texas 1977 Shelby County edit Allison Harbison 201 First female judge in Shelby County Texas c 2015 Smith County edit Ruth Blake 1966 202 First female judge in Smith County Texas Ruth Yeager 67 First female to serve as the President of the Smith County Bar Association Texas Tarrant County edit Shirley W Butts 1954 41 First female Assistant District Attorney in Tarrant County Texas Brooke Allen 203 First female probate court judge in Tarrant County Texas Dionne Phillips Bagsby 204 First African American female elected to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court 1988 Sharen Wilson 205 First female District Attorney for Tarrant County Texas c 2017 Eva Barnes nee Bloore 1963 First female District Judge in Tarrant County Domestic Relations Court No 1 which later became the 322nd District Court in 1977 206 Tom Green County edit Marilyn Aboussie 1974 207 First female district judge in Tom Green County Texas Barbara Walther 208 First female elected as a Judge of the 51st District Court in Tom Green County Texas 1992 Travis County edit Anna Sandbo 209 First female lawyer in Austin Texas Travis County Texas Gloria K Bradford 156 First African American female to graduate from the University of Texas School of Law 1954 Mary Pearl Williams 210 First female judge in Travis County Texas 1973 Leslie Taylor 210 First female Justice of the Peace in Travis County Texas 1977 Margaret Moore 210 First female to serve as Travis County Attorney 1981 Sarah Eckhardt 1998 211 First female to serve as a County Judge in Travis County Texas 2015 Julie Kocurek 212 First female district court judge in Travis County Texas 1999 Rosemary Lehmberg 213 First female District Attorney for Travis County Texas 2009 Dimple Malhotra 214 First female of South Asian descent to serve as a judge in Travis County Texas 2019 Aurora Martinez Jones 215 First African American female to preside over the 126th District Court in Travis County Texas 2022 Denise Hernandez 216 First openly lesbian Latino American female elected as a county court judge in Travis County Texas 2022 Amanda Arriaga 217 First Latino American female to serve as the President of the Austin Bar Association 2022 Upshur County edit Lauren Parish 218 First female judge in Upshur County Texas c 1994 Upton County edit Peggy Garner 219 First female judge in Upton County Texas 1974 Van Zandt County edit Teresa Drum 220 First female to serve as a Judge of the 294th District Court in Van Zandt County Texas Webb County edit Elma Salinas Ender 221 First Latino American female to serve as a Judge of the 341st Judicial District of Texas 1983 Webb County Texas Wichita County edit Charlye O Farris 1953 12 First female lawyer and African American female to practice law in Wichita County Texas Pat Norriss 222 First female to serve on the commissioner s court in Wichita County Texas Willacy County edit Migdalia Lopez 120 First female to serve as a District Court Judge in Cameron and Willacy Counties Texas Williamson County edit Frances Fullerton 1932 223 First female lawyer in Williamson County Texas Wilson County edit Martha B Schnabel 224 First female judge in Wilson County Texas 1990 Winkler County edit Mary Frances Clark 225 First female judge in Winkler County Texas 1979 Wise County edit Mary Velma Davenport 29 First female county judge in Wise County Texas c 1938 Zapata County edit Norma Villarreal Ramirez 226 227 First female county judge in Zapata County Texas 1995 See also editList of first women lawyers and judges in the United States Timeline of 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