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Lawyers/Judges

Marilyn Aboussie (Midwestern State) Chief Justice, Third Court of Appeals, Texas (since 1998), the state’s first woman justice (1986). First woman district judge in Tom Green County, Texas (1983-86).

Jane H. Barrett (CSU/Long Beach) Los Angeles attorney and president of the American Bar Endowment. First woman to serve as chairperson of the American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division (1980-81). First woman in 104 years to be elected to the Association’s board of governors (1982).

Carol Manhood Huddart (Toronto) Appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal, the highest court in the province (1996). Appointed to County Court (1981) and Supreme Court (1987).

Veronica "Ronni" Mathein (Illinois) Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., the world’s largest unified court system. Domestic Relations Division (since 1996).

Dorothy Wright Nelson (UCLA) Senior judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, appointed in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter (senior judge since 1995). Former dean of the University of Southern California Law Center.

Mildred Davis Ramynke (South Dakota) Retired judge serving for 27 years. First and only woman to serve as a South Dakota circuit judge.

Louise Grant Smith (Missouri) First woman assistant attorney general of Missouri (1944). Past president of Kappa Beta Pi international law fraternity. Delegate from Missouri to the National Women's Conference in Houston (1977).

Susan Pierson Sonderby (Illinois) First woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Illinois. Elevated to chief judge (1998).
 

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