This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in
Tennessee. 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 Tennessee's history
Lutie Lytle: First (African American) female lawyer in Tennessee (1897)Bernice B. Donald: First African American female judge in Tennessee (1982)
Law School
First (African American) female law graduate:
Lutie Lytle in 1897[1][2]
First African American (female) executive director: Joycelyn Stevenson[37]
Firsts in local history
Susan Marttala:[38] First female to serve as District Attorney in the State of Tennessee as well as for the Thirty-First Judicial District in Tennessee (1986) [
Van Buren and
Warren Counties, Tennessee
Ann Pugh (1976):[57] First female judge in Shelby County, Tennessee
Camille McMullen:[12] First female from Shelby County to serve as an intermediate appellate court judge
Nancy B. Sorak:[58] First female elected as a judge in Memphis,
Shelby County, Tennessee. She was also the first female Public Defender for the City Court.
^
abcdeRobertson, Suzanne Craig (August 2003). "Judge Martha Craig "Cissy" Daughtrey to Receive Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award: This 'Uppity Woman' has Made a Difference in Tennessee Justice". Tenn. B.J. 39: 16.
^Judge Bernice Bouie Donald elected the First African American Female Judge in Tennessee’s history (1982). Donald went on to become the first African American female bankruptcy judge in the history of the United States of America in June 1988. Donald became the first African female judge to serve on the U. S. District Court, W. D. Tennessee in 1995 when President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the Court and she was confirmed by the U. S. Senate. In 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Donald to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit where she became the first African American female judge so serve on that Court. She was confirmed by the U. S. Senate by a vote of 96/2 in September 2011.
This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in
Tennessee. 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 Tennessee's history
Lutie Lytle: First (African American) female lawyer in Tennessee (1897)Bernice B. Donald: First African American female judge in Tennessee (1982)
Law School
First (African American) female law graduate:
Lutie Lytle in 1897[1][2]
First African American (female) executive director: Joycelyn Stevenson[37]
Firsts in local history
Susan Marttala:[38] First female to serve as District Attorney in the State of Tennessee as well as for the Thirty-First Judicial District in Tennessee (1986) [
Van Buren and
Warren Counties, Tennessee
Ann Pugh (1976):[57] First female judge in Shelby County, Tennessee
Camille McMullen:[12] First female from Shelby County to serve as an intermediate appellate court judge
Nancy B. Sorak:[58] First female elected as a judge in Memphis,
Shelby County, Tennessee. She was also the first female Public Defender for the City Court.
^
abcdeRobertson, Suzanne Craig (August 2003). "Judge Martha Craig "Cissy" Daughtrey to Receive Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award: This 'Uppity Woman' has Made a Difference in Tennessee Justice". Tenn. B.J. 39: 16.
^Judge Bernice Bouie Donald elected the First African American Female Judge in Tennessee’s history (1982). Donald went on to become the first African American female bankruptcy judge in the history of the United States of America in June 1988. Donald became the first African female judge to serve on the U. S. District Court, W. D. Tennessee in 1995 when President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the Court and she was confirmed by the U. S. Senate. In 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Donald to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit where she became the first African American female judge so serve on that Court. She was confirmed by the U. S. Senate by a vote of 96/2 in September 2011.