List of first women lawyers and judges in Texas

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

Law School

  • 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

  • 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

State

Judges
  • 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
  • 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 R. Chacón:[30][31] First Latino American female elected as a judge of a major county in Texas (c. 1990s)
Municipal Court
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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)
  • Gisela Triana:[49] First Latino American female to serve as a Judge of the Third District Court of Appeals (2018)
  • Robbie Partida-Kipness:[50] First Hispanic American (female) to serve as a Judge of the Fifth Court of Appeals in Texas (2018)
  • Dori Contreras:[47] First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Thirteenth Court of Appeals in Texas (2019)[51]
  • Frances Bourliot:[52] First Asian American female elected as an appellate court judge in Texas (2020)[53]
  • Yvonne T. Rodriguez:[54] First Latino American female to serve as the Chief Justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals (2021)
Criminal Court of Appeals
  • Sharon Keller (1978):[55] First female to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals (2000)
  • Elsa Alcala:[55] First Latino American female to serve as a Judge of the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals (2011)
Supreme Court
  • Margaret Harris Amsler (1937):[56] First female to serve as the Marshall of the Supreme Court of Texas (1941)
  • Ruby Kless Sondock (1961):[57] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1982)
  • Rose Spector:[58] First female (who was also Jewish) elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (1992)
  • Eva Guzman:[59] First Hispanic female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (2009)

Federal

District Court
  • Sarah T. Hughes (1922):[15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Federal District Court (1961) in Texas
  • Barbara M.G. Lynn (1976):[60] 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:[61][62] First Hispanic American female to serve as an appellate judge in Texas[63]
  • Alia Moses (1986):[64][65] 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:[66][67] 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:[68] First female appointed as a Magistrate Judge of the U.S. States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • Karen Gren Scholer:[69] First Asian American (female) U.S. district court judge in Texas (2018)
  • Ada E. Brown:[70] 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

Deputy Attorney General

Assistant Attorney General

  • Ethel F. Hilton:[73][74] First female to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for Texas (1927-1931)

District Attorney

  • Bonnie Leggat Hagan:[75] 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

  • Sarah Menezes:[76][77] First female to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Texas

United States Attorney

County Attorney

Political Office

  • Barbara Jordan (1959):[81] First African American female lawyer elected to the Texas Senate (1966)
  • Irma L. Rangel (1969):[82][83][84] First Hispanic American female elected to the Texas State Legislature (1976)
  • Sylvia Garcia (1978) and Veronica Escobar:[85][86] First Hispanic American females (both former judges) elected to Congress in Texas (2018)
  • Nandita Berry (1995):[58] 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):[87] 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

  • Harriet Miers (1970):[88] First female to serve as President of the State Bar of Texas (1992)
  • Lisa Tatum:[89] 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:[90] First Hispanic American female to serve as the President of the State Bar of Texas (2020)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Regions

Anderson County

Andrews County

Aransas County

  • Lola L. Bonner:[99] First female to serve as the President of the Aransas County Bar Association, Texas

Austin County

Bastrop County

Bee County

Bell County

Bexar County

  • Judge Antonia “Toni” Arteaga - 1st woman to be elected to the historic 57th District Court which was created in 1899.
  • Irene Gertrude Brown (1911):[105] First female lawyer in San Antonio, Texas [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Lanette Heilbron Glasscock (1931):[106] One of the first practicing female lawyers in Bexar County, Texas
  • Mary Agnes Aird:[107] First female law graduate of St. Mary's University (1936) [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Elizabeth Carrie Jandt:[107] 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:[107] First female district court judge in Bexar County, Texas
  • Janice S. McCoy:[108] First female to serve as a Judge of the San Antonio Municipal Court (1977) [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Sparta Christ Bitsis:[107] 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:[109][110] First female to serve as the District Attorney for Bexar County, Texas (1998)
  • Jane Macon:[111] First female to serve as the City Attorney for San Antonio, Texas (1977-1983) [Bexar County, Texas]
  • Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez:[112] First openly LGBT (female) judge in Bexar County, Texas (2019)
  • Kimberly Burley:[113] First female and African American to preside in the Bexar County Children’s Court (2021)

Bosque County

Bowie County

Brazoria County

Brazos County

Brewster County

Brooks County

Burnet County

Caldwell County

Cameron County

Camp County

Cass County

Chambers County

Cherokee County

  • Kelley Denney Peacock:[128] First female to serve as the County Attorney and Judge of the Cherokee County Court at Law

Childress County

Collin County

Comal County

Dallas County

  • Louise Raggio (c. 1939):[132] First female prosecutor in Dallas County, Texas
  • Lillian Brock:[133] First female lawyer in Dallas, Texas [Dallas County, Texas]
  • Adelfa B. Callejo: (1961)[134] First Hispanic American female lawyer in Dallas, Texas [Dallas County, Texas]
  • Harriet Miers (1970):[88] First female to serve as President of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas (1986)
  • Laura Benitez Geisler:[135] First Hispanic American female (and Hispanic American in general) to serve as the President of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas (2018)
  • Joan Winn:[136][137][138] First African American female judge in Dallas, Texas (1975) [Dallas County, Texas]
  • Margaret Keliher:[139] First female to serve as the Dallas County Judge, Texas (2002-2006)
  • Susan Hawk:[140] First female District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas (2015-2016)
  • Faith Johnson:[141] First African American female District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas (2016)
  • Audrey Moorehead:[142] First female (and African American female) elected as the Judge of Dallas County Criminal Court #3 in Texas (2018)

Delta County

Denton County

Ector County

El Paso County

  • Edith Shirley Abbott:[146] First female lawyer in El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Edelmira Navarro:[146] Reputed to be the first Latino American female lawyer in El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Kitty Schild (1972) and Janet Reusch:[146][147] First female judges in El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Maxine Shaprow (1979):[146] First African American female Assistant District Attorney for El Paso, Texas [El Paso County, Texas]
  • Yvonne Rosales:[148] First female District Attorney for El Paso County, Texas

Ellis County

Erath County

Falls County

  • Nita Wuebker:[151] First female to serve on the Falls County Commissioners Court (2015)

Fannin County

Fort Bend County

  • Kathleen Lindsey:[153][154] First female lawyer in Fort Bend County, Texas
  • Toni Wallace:[155] First African American female judge in Fort Bend County, Texas (2016)
  • Juli Mathew:[156] 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:[157] 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:[158] First Latino American (female) to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Fort Bend County, Texas (2023)

Galveston County

Gray County

Grayson County

Gregg County

Grimes County

Guadalupe County

Harris County

  • Gloria K. Bradford:[165] First African American female to try a case in the Harris County District Court
  • Hannah Chow:[10][166] 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:[167] First Latino American female elected as a Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas (2001)
  • Pat Lykos:[168] First female District Attorney for Harris County, Texas (2009)
  • Debra Ibarra Mayfield:[36][169][170] First Latino American female to serve as a county court judge in Harris County, Texas (2011)
  • Lina Hidalgo:[171][172] First female (and Hispanic woman of Colombian descent) elected as the Harris County Judge (2018)
  • Shannon Baldwin:[173] First openly LGBT African American female judge in Harris County, Texas (2018)
  • Fran Watson:[174] First African American (female) to serve as a probate judge in Harris County, Texas (2024)
  • Sofia Adrogué:[175] First (Latino American) female to serve as a Judge of the 11th Division Texas Business Court in Harris County, Texas (2024)
  • Joyce M. Burg (1926):[176] 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:[177] First female municipal judge in Pasadena, Texas [Harris County, Texas]

Hidalgo County

  • Micaela Alvarez (1989):[178] 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):
  • Carina Garza De Luna:[179] First female to serve as a municipal judge for Palmhurst, Hidalgo County, Texas (2021)

Hood County

Hudspeth County

Hunt County

Hutchinson County

Jeff Davis County

Jefferson County

Karnes County

Kaufman County

Kleberg County

Liberty County

Limestone County

Llano County

Lubbock County

  • Emma K. Boone (1918):[193] First female lawyer in Lubbock County, Texas
  • Patsy L. Smith Moore (1949):[194] 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. She was also the first female lawyer in Lubbock and became the first female President of the Lubbock County Bar Association in 1953.[195]
  • Aurora Chaides Hernandez (1995):[196] First Hispanic American female to serve as Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace (1994) in Lubbock, Texas [Lubbock County, Texas]

McLennan County

Medina County

Midland County

Montague County

Montgomery County

  • Barbara Hale (1982):[202] First female to become the Assistant County Attorney for Montgomery County, Texas (1982-1989)

Morris County

Nacogdoches County

Newton County

Nueces County

Orange County

Panola County

Potter County

  • Nancy Tanner:[211] First female judge in Potter County, Texas
  • Nancy "N.S." Garms:[212] First female to serve as the President of the Amarillo Bar Association

Presidio County

Randall County

Real County

Rockwall County

San Patricio County

Shackelford County

Shelby County

Smith County

  • Ruth Blake (1966):[220] First female judge in Smith County, Texas
  • Ruth Yeager:[68] First female to serve as the President of the Smith County Bar Association, Texas

Tarrant County

  • Shirley W. Butts (1954):[41] First female Assistant District Attorney in Tarrant County, Texas
  • Brooke Allen:[221] First female probate court judge in Tarrant County, Texas
  • Dionne Phillips Bagsby:[222] First African American female elected to the Tarrant County Commissioners Court (1988)
  • Sharen Wilson:[223] 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.[224]

Taylor County

  • J.M. “Jo” Jameson:[225] First female lawyer and judge (1968) in Taylor County, Texas
  • Shawna Joiner:[226] First female to serve as Justice of the Peace in Taylor County, Texas (2022)

Terrell County

Titus County

Tom Green County

  • Marilyn Aboussie (1974):[228] First female district judge in Tom Green County, Texas
  • Barbara Walther:[229] First female elected as a Judge of the 51st District Court in Tom Green County, Texas (1992)

Travis County

  • Anna Sandbo:[230] First female lawyer in Austin, Texas [Travis County, Texas]
  • Gloria K. Bradford:[165] First African American female to graduate from the University of Texas School of Law (1954)
  • Mary Pearl Williams:[231] First female judge in Travis County, Texas (1973)
  • Leslie Taylor:[231] First female Justice of the Peace in Travis County, Texas (1977)
  • Margaret Moore:[231] First female to serve as Travis County Attorney (1981)
  • Elena Diaz:[232] First Hispanic American (female) to serve as a justice of the peace in Travis County, Texas (1995)
  • Julie Kocurek:[233] First female district court judge in Travis County, Texas (1999)
  • Rosemary Lehmberg:[234] First female District Attorney for Travis County, Texas (2009)
  • Sarah Eckhardt (1998):[235] First female to serve as a County Judge in Travis County, Texas (2015)
  • Dimple Malhotra:[236] First female of South Asian descent to serve as a judge in Travis County, Texas (2019)
  • Aurora Martinez Jones:[237] First African American female to preside over the 126th District Court in Travis County, Texas (2022)
  • Denise Hernández:[238] First openly lesbian Latino American female elected as a county court judge in Travis County, Texas (2022)
  • Velva L. Price:[239] First African American female to serve as the President of the Austin Bar Association
  • Amanda Arriaga:[240] First Latino American female to serve as the President of the Austin Bar Association (2022)

Upshur County

Upton County

Van Zandt County

Victoria County

Webb County

Wichita County

  • Charlye O. Farris (1953):[12] First female lawyer (and African American female) to practice law in Wichita County, Texas
  • Arthur Beatrice "Bea" Williams:[246][247] First African American (female) to serve as a justice of the peace and Wichita County judge
  • Pat Norriss:[248] First female to serve on the commissioner’s court in Wichita County, Texas

Willacy County

Williamson County

Wilson County

Winkler County

Wise County

Zapata County

See also

Other topics of interest

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