query: who is the first female supreme court justice

pos: Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who served from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement in 2006. She was the first woman to serve on the Court. Prior to O'Connor's tenure on the Court, she was an elected official and judge in Arizona serving as the first female Majority Leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate. Upon her nomination to the Court, O'Connor was confirmed unanimously by the Senate. On July 1, 2005,

pos: First Monday in October (film) her final feature film role. "First Monday in October" was originally scheduled for a February 1982 release, but President Ronald Reagan's appointment of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female Supreme Court justice on July 7, 1981, forced the film's release a month after the presidential nomination, in August 1981. The death of Stanley Moorehead, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, has created a vacancy on the high court. The president's appointee turns out to be Ruth Loomis, a staunch conservative from Orange County, California, who is confirmed as the first female Associate Justice. She and Associate Justice

pos: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States seniority. The senior associate justice is also tasked with carrying out the chief justices's duties when he is unable to, or if that office is vacant. Historically, associate justices were styled "Mr. Justice" in court opinions and other writings. The title was shortened to "Justice" in 1980, a year before Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice. There are eight associate justices on the Supreme Court. The justices, ordered by seniority, are: An associate justice who leaves the Supreme Court after attaining the age and meeting the service requirements prescribed by federal statute () may retire rather than resign.

pos: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg (; born Joan Ruth Bader; March 15, 1933) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice (after Sandra Day O'Connor) of four to be confirmed to the court (along with Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who are still serving). Following O'Connor's retirement, and until Sotomayor joined the court, Ginsburg was the only female justice on the Supreme Court. During that time, Ginsburg became more forceful with her

pos: Sandra Day O'Connor High School (Texas) Sandra Day O'Connor High School (Texas) Sandra Day O'Connor High School is a public high school in Helotes, Texas, United States, in the San Antonio metropolitan area. It is a part of the Northside Independent School District (NISD). Opened in 1998, O'Connor High School followed the tradition of all the Northside ISD high schools in being named after a Supreme Court justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, who served from 1981 to 2006, and was the first female justice on United States Supreme Court. The school colors are navy blue, white and old gold and the mascot is the Panther. The first

pos: Stanford Law School women to occupy Chief Justice or Associate Justice posts on supreme courts: current Chief Justice of New Zealand Sian Elias, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the late Associate Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court Rhoda V. Lewis, and the late Chief Justice of Washington Barbara Durham. Other justices of supreme courts who graduated from Stanford Law include the late Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist, retired Chief Justice of California Ronald M. George, retired California Supreme Court Justice Carlos R. Moreno, and the late California Supreme Court Justice Frank K. Richardson. Stanford first offered a

neg: Supreme Court of Mississippi the only African-American justice, though not the first to serve on the court. The first female justice was Lenore Prather, who became chief justice; the first African-American was Reuben Anderson. To date, no female African-American justice has served on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Supreme Court of Mississippi The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi. It was created in the first constitution of the state following its admission as a State of the Union in 1817. Initially it was known as the "High Court of Errors and Appeals." The court is an appellate court,

neg: Susan Christensen the Iowa Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Bruce B. Zager. On September 21, 2018 she was sworn into office. Christensen is Reynolds' first appointment to the Iowa Supreme Court. She became the first female since 2011 and the third female overall to join the court. Christensen was born and raised in Harlan, Iowa. Her father was former Justice Jerry L. Larson who served on the Supreme Court from 1978–2008. She is a registered Republican. Susan Christensen Susan Kay Christensen (born April 27, 1962) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa. Christensen

neg: Susie Sharp Susie Sharp Susie Marshall Sharp (July 7, 1907 – March 1, 1996) was an American jurist who served as the first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She was not the first woman to head the highest court in a U.S. state, but is believed to be the first woman elected to such a post in a state, like North Carolina, in which the position is elected by the people separately from that of Associate Justice. In 1965, Lorna E. Lockwood became the first female chief justice of a state supreme court, but in Arizona, the Supreme

neg: Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio-Herrera (born 11 May 1922) served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979-92. She was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Cecilia Muñoz-Palma. Born in Cabanatuan City to Jose P. and Carmen (née Aguinaldo) Melencio, Herrera is a granddaughter of Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippines. Among the future Justice's baptismal godfathers was Supreme Court Justice George A. Malcolm, who also happened to be the founder of the law school she would later attend,

neg: Supreme Court of Bangladesh Sinha is also from the same community. Madame Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana was the first ever female justice, and Madame Justice Krishna Debnath is the first female Hindu justice of Bangladesh. There are currently seven female justices in the supreme court. Former Chief Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim withheld the oath taking of Justice Md. Ruhul Quddus (Babu) as he was involved in the murder of Aaslam, a pro-Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh student of Rajshahi University, on 17 November 1988, when he was a leader of Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), and Justice Mohammad Khosruzzaman was overtly involved in contempt of court on 30

neg: Linda S. Dalianis Hampshire Superior Court in 1980, the first female chief justice of the Superior Court in 2000 and then the first female Supreme Court justice also in 2000. In December 2010 Dalianis was elevated to Chief Justice. In November 2017, Dalianis announced she would retire from the court effective April 1, 2018, due to the mandatory retirement age of 70 years under the New Hampshire Constitution. Linda S. Dalianis Linda Stewart Dalianis (born October 1, 1948) is the former Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and the first woman to serve on that court. Linda Stewart Dalianis is a

neg: Christine Wheeler 1996, becoming the first female Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. In 2003 Justice Wheeler was one of the three judges of the Court of Criminal Appeal of the Supreme Court of Western Australia who took just ten days to reject the appeal of Andrew Mallard, who had been convicted of murder. In 2005 the High Court of Australia set aside this decision. In 2005 Justice Wheeler was made a judge in the Supreme Court's Appellate Court. Outside law, Wheeler was Pro-Chancellor of the University of Western Australia from 2001 to 2005. She was made an Officer of

neg: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP is a leading Toronto-based Canadian law firm founded in 1862. Clients include industry and business firms in all segments of the market and at various stages in the growth of their businesses. Two Osler partners have been appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada: Bertha Wilson, who became the first female Justice on the Supreme Court; and Suzanne Côté, who currently serves on the Court. Former Supreme Court justice Marshall Rothstein is currently an Osler partner in the firm's Vancouver office. Former Governor General of Canada David Johnston completed his articles

neg: Indira Banerjee High Court, after Justice Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar who headed the Court between June and November 1992. Indira Banerjee Justice Indira Banerjee is presently a Judge in the Supreme Court of India, the 8th female Judge in history and the 3rd female Judge of the Supreme Court of India at present. She was the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, the second woman to hold the postition in India. before being elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She did her schooling at the Loreto House in Kolkata. She

neg: Idaho Supreme Court length for that office is four years. Prior to 1983, the position went to the justice with the least amount of time remaining in his term. The first female justice on the Idaho Supreme Court was Linda Copple Trout, appointed in 1992 by Governor Cecil Andrus and elected in 1996 and 2002. She remains as the state's only female chief justice (1997–2004). The second female justice was Cathy Silak, appointed by Andrus in 1993 and elected in 1994. She lost her reelection bid in 2000 to Daniel T. Eismann and became the first incumbent justice from the court to be

neg: North Carolina Supreme Court to select their own Chief Justice, and they chose Taylor. The Court first met on January 1, 1819. Since the adoption of the 1868 state constitution, each justice has been elected (separately, including a distinct Chief Justice position) by the people to an eight-year term. There are no term limits. The General Assembly made Supreme Court elections non-partisan starting with the 2004 elections, but later made them partisan again after the 2016 elections. Susie Sharp became the court's first female justice in 1962 (and later, she became its first female chief justice). In 2011, the court had a female majority

neg: Virginia Linder a professor at Willamette's law school. Linder was the first woman elected to the Oregon Supreme Court; all previous female justices had been appointed to fill vacancies. She was also the first ever openly lesbian member of a state supreme court anywhere in the nation and the first openly LGBT person elected as a non-incumbent to a state supreme court. When in office, she served as one of eight openly LGBT supreme court justices in the United States, alongside fellow Oregonian Rives Kistler, Colorado Supreme Court justice Monica Marquez, Hawaii Supreme Court justice Sabrina McKenna, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice

neg: Kay McFarland Supreme Court justice. On September 1, 1995 she became Kansas's first female chief justice, replacing the retiring Hon. Richard Holmes. She resigned on January 12, 2009 due to state laws mandating retirement after the age of 70. Kay McFarland Kay McFarland (July 20, 1935 – August 18, 2015) was a Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. During her 35 years as a judge, she broke many gender barriers in Kansas. She was the first female elected to a judgeship in Shawnee County, Kansas, first appointed to the state Supreme Court, and first to hold the title of chief justice.

neg: Rebecca Duncan 2017, Governor Kate Brown appointed Duncan as an associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, to succeed retiring justice David V. Brewer. She was sworn in on July 1, 2017. Her current term ends in January 2019, and she is eligible to run for re-election in November 2018. Duncan's appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court gave that court a female majority for the first time. Duncan resides in Keizer near Salem, where the Supreme Court is located. She has a husband and two daughters. Rebecca Duncan Rebecca Duncan (born 1971) is an American lawyer and judge, who has been an

neg: Fennemore Craig to serve as the first female justice of the United States Supreme Court. When Justice O'Connor was nominated for the Supreme Court in 1981, she relied on attorneys from the firm to help her prepare for her confirmation hearings. When Justice O'Connor joined the Supreme Court in September 1981, she hired Fennemore Craig attorney, Ruth McGregor as her first law clerk. In 1974, Fennemore Craig hired its first two female attorneys, Ruth McGregor and Toni McClory. The firm subsequently became one of the first law firms in Arizona to elect females as shareholders. Ms. McGregor later served 11 years as

neg: South Dakota Supreme Court not receive its own chambers until the autumn of 1905. In 2002, Judith Meierhenry was appointed by Governor William Janklow as the first female Supreme Court Justice. She served until her retirement in 2011. In 2014, Janine Kern was appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard. At the time of her appointment she was the only Justice on the South Dakota Supreme Court to not receive admission via diploma privilege. In 2017, she was joined by Steven R. Jensen who sat for the bar exam in 1988. The current justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court. South Dakota Supreme Court The South

neg: Jenny Blokland briefly practiced as a barrister. Blokland then worked at the Department of Justice as Director of Policy, before being appointed as a magistrate to the Magistrates court in 2002, becoming Chief Magistrate in 2006. Blokland was appointed to the Supreme Court on 9 April 2010 replacing Justice David Angel who retired in January 2010. Justice Blokland was the third female appointment to the Court since it was established in 1911, following the appointment of Sally Thomas in 1992 and Judith Kelly in 2009. Blokland's appointment to the Supreme Court alongside Justice Kelly meant that for the first time the Court

neg: All-Woman Supreme Court supreme court again until 1982, when on July 25 Ruby Kless Sondock became the court's first regular female justice, when she was appointed to replace Associate Justice James G. Denton who had died of a heart attack. Sondock served the remainder of Denton's term, which ended on December 31, 1982, but did not seek election to the Supreme Court in her own right. Rose Spector became the first woman elected to the court in 1992 and served until 1998 when she was defeated by Harriet O'Neill. It would be 66 years (2015) before another state high court, this time the

neg: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago Consuelo Ynares-Santiago Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (born October 5, 1939) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada. Appointed on April 6, 1999, Justice Ynares-Santiago is the first female member of the Supreme Court who rose from the ranks, having begun her career as a municipal judge. A product of the UP College of Law where she graduated in 1962, Justice Santiago started her career in the judiciary in 1973 when she was appointed Municipal Judge of Cainta, Rizal, a position she held for thirteen years. In November

neg: Janice Pereira Janice Pereira Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira (née George), DBE is the Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. She became the first female Chief Justice and the first person from the British Virgin Islands to become Chief Justice in 2012. She was originally called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands in 1981, and became a High Court judge in 2003. She was promoted to the Court of Appeal on 9 January 2009 before being appointed to the Chief Justice in 2012. As Chief Justice of the Court, she is the supreme judicial officer of the courts of

neg: University of Adelaide (pharmacologist and pathologist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Sir Ernst Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the development of penicillin), J.M. Coetzee (novelist and linguist, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature), Ghil'ad Zuckermann (linguist and revivalist), Margaret Reid (first female president of the Australian Senate), Janine Haines (first female federal parliamentary leader of an Australian political party), Margaret White (first female judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland), Roma Mitchell (first female Queen's Counsel in Australia (1962), Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and the first

neg: Ruth Abrams Ruth Abrams Ruth I. Abrams (born 1930) was the first female justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, where she served from 1978 to 2000, and the first female appellate justice in Massachusetts. Justice Abrams is a graduate of Radcliffe College's Class of 1953. She went on to graduate from Harvard Law School, one of approximately a dozen women in the Class of 1956. She was an assistant district attorney for Middlesex County (MA) and also served with the State Attorney General's Office. Justice Abrams also served as special counsel to the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, and as a Superior

neg: Aloma Mariam Mukhtar Girls, East Brent, Somerset, England, Reading Technical College, Reading, Berkshire, England, and Gibson and Weldon College of Law, England, before being called to the English Bar "in absentia" in November, 1966. Mukhtar began her career in 1967 as Pupil State Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Northern Nigeria and rose through the ranks: In her career, Mukhtar has been many "firsts": she is the first female lawyer from Northern Nigeria, first female judge of the High Court in Kano State judiciary, the first female justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria

neg: Sandra Schultz Newman Sandra Schultz Newman Sandra Schultz Newman is a former Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Schultz Newman was the first female Assistant District Attorney in the Montgomery County, and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York. She was first elected to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 1993. In 1995, she was elected to the State Supreme Court, becoming the court's first female justice. Since retiring at the end of 2006, she has maintained a private law practice in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She also prepares lawyers for mock appellate arguments. She currently has taken on the cause for Israel

neg: Sandra Schultz Newman of Drexel’s College of Medicine since 2002. Sandra Schultz Newman Sandra Schultz Newman is a former Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Schultz Newman was the first female Assistant District Attorney in the Montgomery County, and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York. She was first elected to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in 1993. In 1995, she was elected to the State Supreme Court, becoming the court's first female justice. Since retiring at the end of 2006, she has maintained a private law practice in Alternative Dispute Resolution. She also prepares lawyers for mock appellate arguments. She currently

neg: Martha Lee Walters Riggs who had retired. Walters was the first female justice on the court since 2003 when Susan M. Leeson left the court. In 2007, Walters was elected as the president of the Uniform Law Commission, becoming that organization's first female president. Walters won election to a full six-year term on the court in 2008, and was re-elected in 2014. In June 2018, Walters was elected as Chief Justice of Oregon by her colleagues on the Supreme Court, and replaced Thomas A. Balmer in that role effective July 1, 2018. Martha Lee Walters Martha Lee Walters (born October 23, 1950) is

neg: Ellen Ash Peters was the first female state supreme court justice appointed by a female governor. After Peters was appointed to the bench, she remained an adjunct professor until being appointed chief justice in 1984 by Governor William A. O'Neill. Peters remained chief justice until 1996, when she took senior status,leaving the court in 2000 when she reached mandatory retirement age. After stepping down from the Supreme Court of Connecticut, Peters remained active on the bench, sitting from 2000 to 2014 as a judge trial referee on the Connecticut Appellate Court in Hartford. Peters is currently a visiting professor of law at the

neg: Susie Sharp Newsom Lynch, subject of the book "Bitter Blood" by Jerry Bledsoe. Susie Sharp Susie Marshall Sharp (July 7, 1907 – March 1, 1996) was an American jurist who served as the first female chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She was not the first woman to head the highest court in a U.S. state, but is believed to be the first woman elected to such a post in a state, like North Carolina, in which the position is elected by the people separately from that of Associate Justice. In 1965, Lorna E. Lockwood became the first female chief

neg: Consuelo Ynares-Santiago investigation in Nov 2007, citing personal issues. Macasaet was asked to reveal his sources by the investigation, and in August 2008 was convicted of contempt of court for refusing. He cited free speech and the right not to reveal a journalist’s source. Consuelo Ynares-Santiago Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (born October 5, 1939) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada. Appointed on April 6, 1999, Justice Ynares-Santiago is the first female member of the Supreme Court who rose from the ranks, having begun her career as a municipal

neg: Olga Sánchez Cordero Olga Sánchez Cordero Olga María del Carmen Sánchez Cordero Dávila (born 1947) is a Mexican politician and former jurist who served as a jurist on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from 26 January 1995 to 30 November 2015. Born in Mexico City, Sánchez Cordero studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Sánchez Cordero was the first female notary public in Mexico City. She was appointed "Minister" (Associate Justice) of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) by Ernesto Zedillo and confirmed by the Senate on 26 January 1995. She was the ninth

neg: Madam Justice Arbour". In the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of Canada and the superior courts of Australia, rather than adopting the title "Madam Justice" for female justices, the title "Mrs. Justice" was replaced simply by "Justice". Likewise, female presidents of the Republic of Ireland have preferred to be addressed simply as "President" in direct address, rather than "Madam President", although "Mr. President" is in use in the U.S. with there being no claims of discrimination, possibly because there has not yet been a female President. In the United Kingdom, female judges of the High Court of

neg: Désirée Bernard the first woman to be Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Guyana. Désirée Bernard Désirée Patricia Bernard (born 2 March 1939) is a Guyanan lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female judge of the High Court in 1980 and Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court in 1992. She was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana in 1996, Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana and the Caribbean in 2001 and a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice in 2005. In 2014, she was appointed to the Bermuda Court of Appeal. Bernard was born in Georgetown on 2 March

neg: Supreme Court of Pakistan Court. In the 1970s–1980s, Justice Dorab Patel was the first Zorastrian, followed by Justice Rustom Sidwa who served as Supreme Court justice from 1989 until 1993. Justice Rana Bhagwandas was the first Hindu jurist who has distinction being the Chief Justice of Pakistan in 2007. Justice Qazi Faez Isa is of the Hazara descent who is currently serving as the justice of the Supreme court. The jurists/judges do not represent or receive the official political endorsements from the nation's political parties which is an acceptable professional practice in the executive branch of the government. As their American counterparts in the

neg: Rose Bird career was marked by several firsts: she was the first female law clerk in the Supreme Court of Nevada, the first female deputy public defender in Santa Clara County, the first woman to hold a cabinet-level job in California (as Secretary of Agriculture), the first female Chief Justice of California, and the first Chief Justice to be removed from the Supreme Court of California. In 1966, Bird joined the Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office where, between 1966 and 1974, she held the positions of deputy public defender, senior trial deputy, and chief of the appellate division. In addition to

neg: Lorna E. Lockwood Maricopa County, the first woman to serve in that role. In 1960, Lockwood was elected to the Arizona Supreme Court. She served as chief justice from 1965 to 1966 and 1970 to 1971, become the first female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. She retired from the court in 1975 and died three years later. Lockwood was born on March 24, 1903, in Douglas, Arizona Territory, a mining town, to Daisy Maude Lincoln and Alfred Collins Lockwood. Her father was an attorney and later chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. In 1913, the family

neg: Lund University his party through eleven elections. Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–) is a justice of the supreme court of the USA, the second female justice to be in this position. Ingvar Carlsson (1934–) served as Sweden's prime minister 1986–1991 and 1994–1996 and as Sweden's deputy prime minister 1982–1986. Rupiah Banda (1937–) was the president of Zambia 2008–2011 and its vice president 2006–2008. Leif Silbersky (1938–) is a notable lawyer and author famous for representing so called high-profile cases in Sweden. Marianne Lundius (1949–) is since 2010 the president of the Supreme court of Sweden, the first female justice in this position. Utoni

neg: Dana Fabe the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, U.S. Senator Mark Begich recommended her as a possible successor in a letter to President Barack Obama. Dana Fabe Dana Anderson Fabe (born March 29, 1951) was a member of the Alaska Supreme Court from March 1996 until her retirement in June 2016. She served three terms as the court's Chief Justice (2000–2003, 2006–2009, 2012–2015). She was the first woman appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court and the Alaska Supreme Court's first female Chief Justice. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood and attended

neg: Supreme Court of Texas Hattie Leah Henenberg, and Ruth Virginia Brazzil, met for five months and ultimately ruled in favor of Woodmen of the World. On July 25, 1982, Ruby Kless Sondock became the court's first regular female justice, when she was appointed to replace the Associate Justice James G. Denton who had died of a heart attack. Sondock served the remainder of Denton's term, which ended on December 31, 1982, but did not seek election to the Supreme Court in her own right. Rose Spector became the first woman elected to the court in 1992 and served until 1998 when she was defeated

neg: President of the Nigerian courts of appeals President of the Nigerian courts of appeals The President of the Nigerian courts of appeal is the head of the Nigerian courts of appeal. The incumbent president is Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa, sworn-in on April 17, 2014 by Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria and first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. The appointed Justice is usually a serving Justice of the court of appeal or the Supreme Court of Nigeria and are often recommended by the National Judicial Council to the President of Nigeria, who will send the names to the Senate for confirmation. The appointed Justice

neg: Désirée Bernard Désirée Bernard Désirée Patricia Bernard (born 2 March 1939) is a Guyanan lawyer and jurist who was the country's first female judge of the High Court in 1980 and Justice of Appeal of the Supreme Court in 1992. She was appointed Chief Justice of Guyana in 1996, Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana and the Caribbean in 2001 and a Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice in 2005. In 2014, she was appointed to the Bermuda Court of Appeal. Bernard was born in Georgetown on 2 March 1939, the only child of William and Maude Bernard. Her father was

neg: Fidelma Macken Fidelma Macken Fidelma Nora Macken SC (née O'Kelly; born 28 February 1942) is a retired Irish judge who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland from 2005 to 2012, Judge of the High Court from 1998 to 1999 and between 2004 to 2005 and Judge of the European Court of Justice from 1999 to 2004. She succeeded John L. Murray, Chief Justice since July 2004, as Ireland's appointee on the European Court of Justice (ECJ) from 5 October 1999 to 22 September 2004. Appointed initially for a five-year term, she was the first female appointee to the

neg: Florence K. Murray state senate and served from 1949 to 1956. She was the first woman to serve as a state senator in Rhode Island. She was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1952. In 1956, she was the first woman appointed as a Superior Court judge in Rhode Island. In 1978, she was appointed Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court. In November 1979, she was elected by the Rhode Island General Assembly as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. She was the first female supreme court justice in Rhode Island. She retired from the court

neg: Gönül Başaran Erönen 1986, she was distinguished as the Senior District Judge, and in 1992 she became its President. Erönen broke ground again in 1994 when she was elevated to the Turkish Cypriot Supreme Court Bench as its first female, as well as its youngest, justice. She retired after 31 years of service. In 1977, she married Yücem Erönen who is an architect. She has two sons named Orhan and Enver. Gönül Başaran Erönen Gönül Başaran Erönen (born 1953 in London, United Kingdom) has been the first female district judge in Cyprus, in 1980, and the first female justice of the Northern Cyprus

neg: Catherine Holmes defended the appointment, arguing that it was appropriate because of the apparent absence of any suggestion of political or institutional corruption. On 7 September 2015, Holmes was announced as the new Chief Justice of Queensland, replacing Tim Carmody who resigned on 1 July. She was sworn in on 11 September 2015, becoming the first female chief justice of the state. Catherine Holmes Catherine Ena "Cate" Holmes (born 12 October 1956) is an Australian judge, who is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, the highest ranking court in the Australian state of Queensland. She was appointed to

neg: Irene Cortes concurring opinion in "Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer", 343 U.S. 579 (1952), remain the subject of academic debate. Cortes resumed teaching at the University of the Philippines after her retirement from the Court. She was the first female Supreme Court Justice to die, on October 28, 1996. Irene Cortes Irene R. Cortes (October 20, 1921 – October 28, 1996) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and a law academician. She was also the first female dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law. Cortes was the third woman to be appointed

neg: Ruby Kless Sondock Sondock was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court following the death of Associate Justice James G. Denton on June 10, 1982. Sondock served from June 25 to December 31 of that year, completing Denton's term. Sondock declined to seek election to the Supreme Court and instead ran successfully for reelection to her District Court seat the following year. Sondock was the court's first female justice, with the exception of a special all-woman court convened in 1925 to hear a single case. Justice Sondock formed part of the majority of the Texas Supreme Court in the landmark case of "Helicopteros Nacionales

neg: California courts of appeal extensive judicial misconduct. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court of California, or if a Supreme Court justice recuses him or herself from a case, a Court of Appeal justice is temporarily assigned to hear each Supreme Court case requiring such assignment. When there are vacancies on the Court of Appeal, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court temporarily assigns a judge from the superior court to sit as a Court of Appeal justice. Some of the appellate districts (First and Second) are divided into divisions that have four appellate justices, who are randomly selected to form three-justice

neg: Supreme Court of Texas Justices, subject to Senate confirmation, to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term until the next general election. , seven of the current Justices, a majority, were originally appointed by Governor Rick Perry. The current Justices, like all the Judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, are all Republican. The place numbers have no special meaning as all justices are elected statewide, except that the Chief Justice position is considered "Place 1". Hortense Sparks Ward, who became the first woman to pass the Texas Bar Exam in 1910, was appointed Special Chief Justice of an all-female Texas Supreme

neg: New Hampshire Supreme Court the Supreme Court have all the authority of a Supreme Court justice to hear arguments, render decisions and file opinions. However, no justice shall be assigned to sit on the Supreme Court in the determination of any cause or matter upon which the justice has previously sat or for which such justice is not otherwise disqualified nor without the justice's own consent. The state constitution provides two methods for removing judicial officers, based on who is bringing such action: In 1790, the first impeachment trial of a Supreme Court justice was commenced against Judge Woodbury Langdon from Portsmouth, a brother

neg: Michelle Arana Michelle Arana Michelle Arana (born 1969) is a Belizean judge. Michelle Arana graduated from Birmingham University with an LLM degree in Commercial Law in 2004. She was named the University of Birmingham's Alumna of the Year in 2006. Arana also studied at Ball State University and at the Norman Manley Law School of the University of the West Indies. In 2006 Michelle Arana was appointed to be a Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize. She was the Supreme Court of Belize's first female Justice. Before her appointment as a Justice, Arana was Registrar General and Registrar of the Supreme

neg: Supreme Court of India Hegde, R. F. Nariman, U. U. Lalit, L. Nageswara Rao and Indu Malhotra—have been appointed to the supreme court directly from the bar (i.e. who were practising advocates). The supreme court saw its first woman judge when Justice M. Fathima Beevi was sworn into office in 1989. The seventh and the most recent woman judge in the court is Justice Indu Malhotra. In 1968, Justice Mohammad Hidayatullah became the first Muslim Chief Justice of India. In 2000, Justice K. G. Balakrishnan became the first judge from the "dalit" community. In 2007 he also became the first "dalit" Chief Justice of

neg: Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera Herrera had served on the Court longer. Herrera retired in May 1992, and was named as the Chancellor of the Philippine Judicial Academy upon its inception in 1996. The Academy is tasked with the professional training of members of the Philippine judiciary. Herrera served as Chancellor until May 2009. Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera Ameurfina Aguinaldo Melencio-Herrera (born 11 May 1922) served as an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979-92. She was the second woman appointed to the Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of the first female Supreme Court Justice, Cecilia Muñoz-Palma. Born in Cabanatuan City

neg: Minita Chico-Nazario Minita Chico-Nazario Minita Chico-Nazario (born December 5, 1939) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on February 10, 2004. Born in San Miguel, Bulacan, Justice Chico-Nazario was the first female justice in the Sandiganbayan and its first female presiding justice. She was married to Rod Nazario (1935–2009), noted for being the first business manager/promoter of Manny Pacquiao, to which they had three children: Rhoderick, Rommelious, and Karen . She finished elementary and high school education at Our Lady of Loreto College, Sampaloc, Manila (1952) and

neg: Gita Mittal 2018, President Ram Nath Kovind awarded Justice Gita Mittal with the Nari Shakti Puruskar, India's highest civilian honour for women. Gita Mittal Honourable Justice Gita Mittal (born 9 December 1958) is the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Justice Gita Mittal was a top lawyer in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. She was called to Bench of the Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge on 16th July, 2004. She is first ever female Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. She has written extensively on ‘Access to Justice’; protection of human

neg: Indira Banerjee Indira Banerjee Justice Indira Banerjee is presently a Judge in the Supreme Court of India, the 8th female Judge in history and the 3rd female Judge of the Supreme Court of India at present. She was the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, the second woman to hold the postition in India. before being elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Indira Banerjee was born on 24 September 1957. She did her schooling at the Loreto House in Kolkata. She pursued her higher education at the Presidency College, Kolkata and Calcutta University's College of Law. She

neg: Oregon Supreme Court only, to the administrative head of the entire Oregon judicial system. The following year, 1982, the court received its first female member when Governor Vic Atiyeh appointed Betty Roberts as an associate justice. Then from 1991 to 2005 Wallace P. Carson, Jr. served as chief justice of the court for a record 14 years. The next landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court involving the Oregon Supreme Court was "Dolan v. City of Tigard", 512 U.S. 374 (1994). In that land use case the Oregon court found the requirements placed on the business owner as conditions to approve an expansion

neg: Leah Ward Sears lawsuit to end that restriction. Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears (born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female Chief Justice in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court. Leah Ward Sears was born in Heidelberg, Germany to United States Army Colonel Thomas E. Sears and Onnye Jean Sears. The family eventually settled in Savannah, Georgia, where she attended and graduated

neg: Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears Leah Ward Sears (born June 13, 1955) is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female Chief Justice in the United States. When she was first appointed as justice in 1992 by Governor Zell Miller, she became the first woman and youngest person to sit on Georgia's Supreme Court. Leah Ward Sears was born in Heidelberg, Germany to United States Army Colonel Thomas E. Sears and Onnye Jean Sears. The family eventually settled in Savannah, Georgia, where she attended and graduated from Beach High School. Sears

neg: Gita Mittal Gita Mittal Honourable Justice Gita Mittal (born 9 December 1958) is the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Justice Gita Mittal was a top lawyer in the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. She was called to Bench of the Delhi High Court as an Additional Judge on 16th July, 2004. She is first ever female Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court. She has written extensively on ‘Access to Justice’; protection of human rights; impact of incarceration on women; corporate social responsibility; death penalty; impact of religion, culture, tradition on judging; corporate laws;

neg: Supreme Court of the United States of a chief justice, currently John Roberts, and eight associate justices. Among the current members of the Court, Clarence Thomas is the longest-serving justice, with a tenure of days () as of ; the most recent justice to join the court is Brett Kavanaugh, whose tenure began on October 6, 2018. This graphical timeline depicts the length of each current Supreme Court justice's tenure (not seniority) on the Court: The Court currently has six male and three female justices. Among the nine justices, there is one African-American (Justice Thomas) and one Hispanic (Justice Sotomayor). Two of the justices were born

neg: Nazmun Ara Sultana Nazmun Ara Sultana Nazmun Ara Sultana (born July 8, 1955) first woman in Bangladesh to serve as head of an Appellate Division bench in Supreme Court. Supreme Court, the apex court that gives a final verdict in the country's judicial system. Nazmun Ara Sultana took oath as a first female justice of Appellate Division on February 23 in 2011. She goes into retirement on July 7, 2017. Justice Nazmun was born in Moulvibazar in 1955. Her father was Abul Kashem Moinuddin. Her mother is Begum Rashida Sultana Din. She lost her father at the age of 10. She passed SSC

neg: Scott Brister Scott Brister Scott Andrew Brister (born January 8, 1955) is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, who served from November 2003 until September 2009. He was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve the remainder of the term of Justice Craig T. Enoch. He was then elected to a regular six-year term in November 2004. Brister resigned from the court effective September 7, 2009, before the scheduled end of his term on December 31, 2010. He was succeeded on the court by Eva Guzman, the first female Hispanic to serve on the body. He is now employed

neg: Miriam Naveira Miriam Naveira Miriam Naveira de Merly (July 28, 1934 – April 15, 2018) was a Puerto Rican jurist who served in the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1985 to 2004. Naveira was the first woman to serve on the court as well as the first female Chief Justice (2003-2004). Naveira was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, in 1934. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in chemistry from the College of Mount Saint Vincent and her law degree from the University of Puerto Rico. Naveira was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 by Governor Rafael Hernández Colón, becoming the first

neg: Martha Lee Walters Martha Lee Walters Martha Lee Walters (born October 23, 1950) is an American labor attorney and the 43rd Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. She became the first female justice on the state's highest court in three years when she was appointed in 2006 and the first female Chief Justice when she was elected by her fellow justices in 2018. A native of Michigan, she worked on the Casey Martin lawsuit against the PGA Tour while in private legal practice. Walters was born on October 23, 1950, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she grew up. After high school she

neg: Rosemary Barkett 1992 she was chosen by her colleagues to become the state's first woman Chief Justice. As Florida's first female Supreme Court Justice, her appointment highlighted a number of gender-bias issues within the institution. Prior to her appointment, the floor where justices' chambers were located in the Supreme Court Building had only two restrooms, one marked "Justices," the other marked "Ladies." In addition to that change, her tenure ended the use of the title "Mr. Justice." Barkett was to be called "Madam Justice Barkett," which she felt was inappropriate because she was not married and "did not qualify for the other

neg: Politics of Ghana British juridical forms. The courts have jurisdiction over all civil and criminal matters. They include the Superior Courts of Judicature, established under the 1992 Constitution, and the Inferior Courts, established by Parliament. The Superior Courts are, from highest to lowest, the Supreme Court of Ghana, the Court of Appeal, the High Court of Justice, and the ten Regional Tribunals. The Inferior Courts, since the Courts Act 2002, include the Circuit Courts, the Magistrate Courts, and special courts such as the Juvenile Courts. In 2007, Georgina Wood became the first ever female chief justice of the Ghanaian Supreme Court. Ghana is

neg: Chief Justice of Ghana is expected to propose judicial reforms to the Ghana government to help improve the level of administration of justice and efficiency in the Judiciary. It is also expected to be a forum to enhance the administration of justice in Ghana. The current Chief Justice is Sophia Akuffo. She succeeded Georgina Wood who was Ghana's first female Chief Justice. Akuffo was sworn in as Chief Justice by President Akufo-Addo on 19 June 2017. Since its inception in 1876, the Supreme Court has had 25 Chief Justices, including 13 in the Gold Coast era. Justice Francis Yaonasu Kpegah, the most senior of

neg: Court of Appeal for Ontario a practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last avenue of appeal for most litigants in Ontario. Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was a 2003 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Ontario, making Canada the first jurisdiction in the world where same-sex marriage was legalized by a court ruling. Among many judges from the Court who have been elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada are Justices Rosalie Abella, Louise Arbour, Peter Cory, Louise Charron, Andromache Karakatsanis, Bora Laskin and Michael Moldaver, as well as Bertha Wilson, who was the first female justice on both the

neg: Chase T. Rogers Chase T. Rogers Chase T. Rogers (born November 12, 1956) was the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, the second woman to serve in this capacity. She announced on November 2, 2017, that she would retire in February 2018. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Boston University School of Law. Rogers is a Connecticut native. She was nominated by Governor M. Jodi Rell and sworn in April 25, 2007, by the first female Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Ellen Ash Peters. Prior to her nomination, Rogers served in the appellate court of Connecticut from April

neg: Supreme Court of the United States with the consent of the retired justice. In recent years, Justice O'Connor has sat with several Courts of Appeals around the country, and Justice Souter has frequently sat on the First Circuit, the court of which he was briefly a member before joining the Supreme Court. The status of a retired justice is analogous to that of a circuit or district court judge who has taken senior status, and eligibility of a supreme court justice to assume retired status (rather than simply resign from the bench) is governed by the same age and service criteria. In recent times, justices tend

neg: Manjula Chellur Manjula Chellur Manjula Chellur (born 5 December 1955) is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. She was the first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, was the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and the first female judge of the Karnataka High Court. She demitted her office upon attaining the age of superannuation on 4 December 2017. Chellur was born in Karnataka. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Allum Sunmangalamma Women's College, Bellary, and went on to earn her law degree from Renukacharya Law College, Bangalore. In 1977 the Supreme Court of India sponsored her

neg: Peggy Quince Peggy Quince Peggy Ann Quince (born January 3, 1948) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, having previously served as Chief Justice from July 1, 2008, until June 30, 2010. Quince was the second African American and third woman to serve as Chief Justice. She had been a Justice of the Court since 1999, and was the first African-American woman to sit on the state's highest Court and the third female Justice. From 1993 to 1997 she served as a judge on Florida's Second District Court of Appeal. On July 1, 2008, Quince assumed the office of Chief

neg: Cynthia D. Kinser Cynthia D. Kinser Cynthia Dinah Kinser (born December 20, 1951) is a Virginia lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Justice Kinser was elected by the Virginia General Assembly to her first 12-year term to the Virginia Supreme Court in 1998, after being appointed by Governor George Allen to fill a 1997 vacancy. Justice Kinser was elected to a second 12-year term during the 2010 session of the General Assembly. Justice Kinser became Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court on February 1, 2011. She is the first woman to hold the office of

neg: Marilyn Warren to the high reputation of the Supreme Court of the United States under Earl Warren, and recognising Warren's own talent. As a judge, Warren presided over cases in all of the court's lists, but particularly the Commercial List, of which she was the judge in charge from 2000. Warren was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (thus becoming Chief Justice of Victoria) on 25 November 2003. She is the first female Chief Justice in any of the states and territories of Australia. At her ceremonial welcome to that office, the Attorney-General of Victoria, Rob Hulls, recognised Warren's work in

neg: Mathilda Twomey Ireland, upon moving to Ireland in 1995. On 13 April 2011, she became the first female judge in Seychelles after she was sworn in as a non-resident judge; and on 18 August 2015, she also became the first woman to be appointed Chief Judge of the Supreme Court of Seychelles after she was sworn in at the State House, Victoria, succeeding Frederick Egonda-Ntende. Mathilda Twomey Mathilda Twomey (née Butler-Payette) is a Seychellois lawyer and academic. She is the first female judge in the history of Seychelles and also the first woman to be appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

neg: Supreme Court of Alabama allowed him to seek election to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions for which a special election was held in December, 2017. Stuart was appointed for the remainder of the term by Governor Kay Ivey on April 26, 2017. That term ends in January 2019. However, she was entitled to seek re-nomination as Chief Justice in 2018. Chief Justice Stuart, who became the first female Republican Chief Justice, has been an Associate Justice of the court since 2001. She faced Associate Justice Tom Parker in the GOP primary in June, 2018 and lost the primary to Parker in

neg: Women in Northern Cyprus Başaran Erönen became the first female Justice of Northern Cyprus. She was also appointed as the first female District Court Judge in Cyprus. At present, she is the only female justice of the Supreme Court on the whole island of Cyprus. In 2015, a new Political Parties Law brought a quota requiring that at least 30% of candidates for member of parliament are selected from each sex by each party. Any party that does not fulfill this requirement may not participate in elections. In 2014, 204 women filed complaints to the police reporting violence against them. Aziz Gürpınar, the Minister

neg: Supreme Court of the United States one to two years. The first law clerk was hired by Associate Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Louis Brandeis were the first Supreme Court justices to use recent law school graduates as clerks, rather than hiring a "stenographer-secretary." Most law clerks are recent law school graduates. The first female clerk was Lucile Lomen, hired in 1944 by Justice William O. Douglas. The first African-American, William T. Coleman, Jr., was hired in 1948 by Justice Felix Frankfurter. A disproportionately large number of law clerks have obtained law degrees from elite law schools, especially Harvard, Yale, the

neg: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines The Chief Justice of the Philippines () presides over the Supreme Court of the Philippines and is the highest judicial officer of the government of the Philippines. As of November 28, 2018, the position is currently held by Lucas Bersamin, who was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte following the mandatory retirement of his predecessor Teresita Leonardo-De Castro in October 2018. The Chief Justice, who was first named in June 11, 1901 in the person of Cayetano Arellano, is the oldest existing major governmental office continually held by a Filipino, preceding the

neg: Florence Rita Arrey is President and founder of the Cameroon Association of Women Judges and Vice President of the International Association of Women Judges. On International Women's Day in 2011, Arrey was named one of Cameroon's 50 most influential women. Florence Rita Arrey Florence Rita Arrey (born 1948) is a Cameroonian judge who was the first female Chief Justice of the Court of the Appeal. She has served on the Supreme Court of Cameroon, and is a Vice President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In 2014, she was appointed Director of Judicial Professions in the Cameroonian Ministry of Justice. Arrey was

neg: Politics in Futurama female judge who resembles Judge Judy, was the last non-head in jar Justice at the Supreme Court. Abe Vigoda was also a member of the Court. In "Into the Wild Green Yonder", Leela and her environmentalist cohorts are convicted of various crimes because, while all five female justices vote to acquit, each female justice has only half a vote. The President of Earth is introduced in the episode "When Aliens Attack", in the person of President McNeal. In a case of mistaken identity, McNeal is vaporized by invading Omicronians. In a later episode, "A Head in the Polls", a presidential

neg: Angel Colón-Pérez graduate of the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, where he was an editor of its law review. He subsequently served as a law clerk to Associate Justice Miriam Naveira, who subsequently became the court's first female Chief Justice. Afterwards, he worked for Chief Justice Federico Hernández Denton, who upon Colón-Pérez' appointment as a Superior Court judge, never assigned him a courtroom in order to keep him as his Chief of Staff in the Supreme Court. He also served as Executive Director of the Bar Exam Committee. For several years he was an adjunct professor at Interamerican Law

neg: Florence Rita Arrey Florence Rita Arrey Florence Rita Arrey (born 1948) is a Cameroonian judge who was the first female Chief Justice of the Court of the Appeal. She has served on the Supreme Court of Cameroon, and is a Vice President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. In 2014, she was appointed Director of Judicial Professions in the Cameroonian Ministry of Justice. Arrey was born in Cameroon on 18 May 1948. She studied law at the University of Lagos, Nigeria and has a Diploma in Legal Drafting and a Certificate in International Law from the University of London. Arrey was the

neg: Sheryl Gordon McCloud Sheryl Gordon McCloud Sheryl Gordon McCloud (born October 5, 1955) is an Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. She was elected to replace outgoing Associate Justice Tom Chambers on Seat 9 of the Washington Supreme Court, winning 55.24% of the vote and defeating former Associate Justice Richard B. Sanders. She was appointed to her six-year term on January 1, 2013, by Christine Gregoire. With her election, the Washington Supreme Court is now majority-female. McCloud is a 1976 graduate of the University at Buffalo and a 1984 graduate of the USC Gould School of Law. While in law school, she

neg: Peggy Quince of signing Quince's commission to office fell to Chiles' temporary successor, Governor Buddy MacKay. Thus, three Governors were involved in Quince's appointment. Peggy Quince Peggy Ann Quince (born January 3, 1948) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, having previously served as Chief Justice from July 1, 2008, until June 30, 2010. Quince was the second African American and third woman to serve as Chief Justice. She had been a Justice of the Court since 1999, and was the first African-American woman to sit on the state's highest Court and the third female Justice. From 1993 to 1997

neg: Mavis Gibson of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Namibia. On her retirement in April 2008 she was the longest-serving member of the High Court. Mavis Gibson Mavis Gibson is a Zimbabwean lawyer and judge who was the first black woman appointed to High Court of Zimbabwe, and the first female and longest serving-justice of the High Court of Namibia. Born Mavis Gumede in Zimbabwe, Gibson was originally a journalist. In the 1970s, she was a barrister with chambers in Lincoln's Inn, London. Gibson was a Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe for eleven years, and the country's first black woman

neg: Shirani Bandaranayake Service Commission of Sri Lanka. She served as acting dean of the faculty several times before being appointed dean in 1992. In 1993 she became Associate Professor of Law "on merit". She acted as vice-chancellor on a number of occasions. After her admission to the bar, Bandaranayake worked as an attorney-at-law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. She was controversially appointed to the Supreme Court on 30 October 1996 by President Chandrika Kumaratunga on the recommendation of Mr G. L. Peiris, then Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. She was the first female justice of the Supreme Court. Bandaranayake

neg: Mary S. Coleman replace her just before he and Brickley left office. On the Supreme Court, Coleman was the elected the first female chief justice. Mary S. Coleman Mary Stallings Coleman (1914–2001) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 until 1982. Coleman was born in Texas but grew up in Washington, DC. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Maryland and received her law degree from George Washington University. She eventually settled in Marshall, Michigan. She ran for the Michigan Supreme Court in 1972 and won the election and took office in 1973. She ran for re-election 1978.

neg: Minita Chico-Nazario to her appointment to the high court, she had more than 40 years of uninterrupted service in government. Justice Nazario is the current president of the Philippine Women Judges Association and dean of University of Perpetual Help College of Law. Justice Nazario was the Criminal Law Bar Examiner for the year 2000. Minita Chico-Nazario Minita Chico-Nazario (born December 5, 1939) is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on February 10, 2004. Born in San Miguel, Bulacan, Justice Chico-Nazario was the first female justice in the

neg: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia () is the head of the Supreme Court of Indonesia. The chief justice and his or her deputy is elected by the Supreme Court justices from among the members of the court. Sometimes the process is controversial and attracts public criticism. For example, in early 2012 rumours about vote buying were reported in the Jakarta press as speculation mounted about the arrangements underway for the selection of new chief justice to replace Harifin Tumpa, who retired as chief justice in March 2012. It

neg: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines is one of 15 members of the Philippine Supreme Court, the highest court in the Philippines. The Chief Justice presides over the High Court, but carries only 1 of the 15 votes in the court. Traditionally, the Chief Justice is deemed as "primus inter pares" ("first among equals") among the Justices. Until 1973, only men were appointed as Associate Justices to the Court. Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, an appointee of President Ferdinand Marcos, was the first woman to sit on the Court. Since

neg: Alona Lisitsa Alona Lisitsa Alona Lisitsa is the first female rabbi in Israel to join a religious council. Although Leah Shakdiel, who was not a rabbi, joined the Yerucham religious council in 1988 after a Supreme Court decision in her favor, no female rabbi had joined a religious council until Lisitsa joined Mevasseret Zion’s in 2012. She was appointed to the council three years before that, but the Religious Affairs Ministry delayed approving her appointment until Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered it to. Lisitsa was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and is a Reform rabbi. She works at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish

neg: Alona Lisitsa Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. Alona Lisitsa Alona Lisitsa is the first female rabbi in Israel to join a religious council. Although Leah Shakdiel, who was not a rabbi, joined the Yerucham religious council in 1988 after a Supreme Court decision in her favor, no female rabbi had joined a religious council until Lisitsa joined Mevasseret Zion’s in 2012. She was appointed to the council three years before that, but the Religious Affairs Ministry delayed approving her appointment until Israel’s High Court of Justice ordered it to. Lisitsa was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and is a Reform rabbi. She works

neg: Mary Mullarkey place to stay during parents' court appearances. Prior to retiring, Mullarkey worked to bring to fruition the state-of-the-art Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center in Denver. Mary Mullarkey Mary Mullarkey is a former chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and the first female Supreme Court chief justice in the state of Colorado. Mullarkey was born on September 28, 1943 to John and Isabelle Mullarkey in New London, Wisconsin. She would attend St. Norbert College and Harvard Law School. On July 24, 1971 she married Thomas E. Korson. Mullarkey began her career in Washington, D.C. with the Office of the

neg: Dana Fabe Dana Fabe Dana Anderson Fabe (born March 29, 1951) was a member of the Alaska Supreme Court from March 1996 until her retirement in June 2016. She served three terms as the court's Chief Justice (2000–2003, 2006–2009, 2012–2015). She was the first woman appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court and the Alaska Supreme Court's first female Chief Justice. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood and attended The Seven Hills School. She attended Cornell University (BA 1973) and Northeastern University School of Law (JD 1976), before moving to Alaska in the 1970s. Following