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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Florida. 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 Florida's history

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Susan H. Black: First female county (1973), circuit (1975) and federal court (1979) judge in Florida
Rosemary Barkett: First female Justice (1985) and Chief Justice (1992) of the Florida Supreme Court
Barbara Lagoa: First Hispanic American female Justice of the Florida Supreme Court (2019)

Law School

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  • First female law graduate: Mary Stewart Howarth-Hewitt (c. 1908)[1]

Lawyers

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  • First female: Louise R. Pinnell (1898)[2]
  • First Hispanic American female: Elva Victoria Diaz (1932)[2][3][4]
  • First African American female: Bernice Gaines (1958)[5][6][7]
  • First Bangladeshi American (female): Zubaida Iqbal (2014)[8]
  • First Dominican (female) authorized to practice Dominican law in Florida: Francia Liriano (2015)[9]
  • First female openly autistic: Haley Moss (2019)[10][11]

State judges

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  • First female (judicial capacity): Bessie Bellinger in 1922[12][13]
  • First female (judge): Edith Atkinson in 1924[14][15]
  • First female (serve temporarily on the Florida District Court of Appeal and Florida Supreme Court) Rhea Grossman in 1971 and 1972 respectively[16]
  • First female (county court and circuit court): Susan H. Black in 1973 and 1975 respectively[17]
  • First female (appellate court): Anne C. Booth in 1978[18][19]
  • First female (business court): Renee Roche in 2004[20]
  • First Hispanic American female (circuit court): Maria Korvick in 1981[16]
  • First African American female: Leah Simms (1974) in 1981[21][22][23]
  • First Cuban American female: Margarita Esquiroz (1974) in 1984[24][25][26]
  • First (Arab American and Hispanic American) female (Florida Supreme Court): Rosemary Barkett (1970) in 1985[27]
  • First female (Fourth District Court of Appeal): Bobby W. Gunther in 1986[28][29]
  • First African American female (circuit court): Melvia Green in 1989[30]
  • First (Arab American and Hispanic American) female (Florida Supreme Court; Chief Justice): Rosemary Barkett (1970) in 1992[27]
  • First African American female (Second District Court of Appeal): Peggy Quince (1975) in 1993[22][31]
  • First openly lesbian female: Victoria Sigler in 1994[32]
  • First Jewish American female (Florida Supreme Court): Barbara Pariente in 1997[33]
  • First African American female (Fourth District Court of Appeal): Carole Y. Taylor (1974) in 1998[28][34]
  • First African American female (Florida Supreme Court): Peggy Quince (1975) in 1998[22][31]
  • First African American female (Thirteenth Judicial Circuit): Marva L. Crenshaw in 2000[30]
  • First openly lesbian female (circuit court): Victoria Sigler in 2000[35]
  • First African American female (Fifth Circuit Court): Sandra Edwards-Stephens in 2000[30]
  • First Cuban American female (Second District Court of Appeal): Virginia M. Hernandez Covington (1980) in 2001[36]
  • First African American (female) (First Judicial Circuit): Joyce H. Williams in 2005[30]
  • First Colombian American (female): Catalina M. Avalos in 2005[37]
  • First Hispanic American (Cuban American) female (Third District Court of Appeals): Barbara Lagoa (1992) in 2006[38]
  • First Ethiopian American (female): Nina Ashenafi-Richardson in 2008[39][40]
  • First African American female (Florida Supreme Court; Chief Justice): Peggy Quince (1975) in 2008[22][31]
  • First African American female (First District Court of Appeals): Nikki Clark in 2009[41]
  • First Colombian American (female) elected: Diana Gonzalez-Whyte in 2012[42]
  • First African American female (Second Judicial Circuit Court): Barbara Hobbs in 2012[43]
  • First Asian American [female] (Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida): Jeanette Dejuras Bigney in 2012[44]
  • First Cuban American female (Chief Circuit Judge; Eleventh Judicial Circuit): Bertila Soto (1986) in 2013[45]
  • First Dominican (female):[46] Gisela Laurent in 2016 (upon her appointment to the Ninth Circuit Court)
  • First (Hispanic American) female (Twelfth Judicial Circuit): Maria Ruhl in 2019[47]
  • First Hispanic American (Cuban American) female (Florida Supreme Court): Barbara Lagoa (1992) in 2019[38]
  • First female (Chief Judge; Twelfth Judicial Circuit): Kimberly C. Bonner in 2019[48]
  • First Caribbean American (female) (justice-designate of the Florida Supreme Court until appointment was nullified): Renatha Francis in 2020[49]
  • First Haitian American (female) (Eleventh Circuit Court): Lody Jean in 2020[50]
  • First African American female (Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida): Alicia Washington in 2020[51]
  • First Colombian American (female) (Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida): Tarlika Nunez-Navarro in 2021[52]
  • First Filipino American (female): Melissa Cordon Black in 2022[53]

Federal judges

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Attorney General of Florida

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Assistant Attorney General of Florida

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  • First female: Rebecca Bowles Hawkins (1935) in 1948[60]

United States Attorney

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State Attorney

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Assistant State Attorney

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County Attorney

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  • First female: Annie Joe Law in 1928[69][70]

Public Defender

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  • First female: Barbara Linthicum (1989-1990)[71][72]

Florida Bar Association

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  • First female president: Patricia A. Seitz from 1993-1994[73]
  • First African American female president-elect designate: Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes in 2024[74]

Firsts in local history

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See also

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Other topics of interest

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References

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