Marilyn Aboussie (ΓΩ-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). Outstanding
Democratic Woman Officeholder of 1994. Chair of the State
Bar of Texas. First recipient of the Outstanding Jurist
Award by the Texas chapter of the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).
Jane H. Barrett
(ΓΚ-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).
Martha DeGraff (Omicron-Missouri)
Judge for the United States Civilian
Board of Contract Appeals since January
6, 2007.
Carol Manhood Huddart (Ξ-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
(ΒΑ-Illinois) Judge,
Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., the
world’s largest unified court system.
Domestic Relations Division (since
1996).
Mary Murguia (Gamma Delta-Kansas)
First Latina to be a federal judge in
the district of Arizona, serving a
lifetime appointment since 2001. Former
director of the Executive Office for
U.S. Attorneys at the Department of
Justice, appointed by Janet Reno in
1991.
Dorothy Wright Nelson
(ΒΔ-UCLA)
Senior judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit,
appointed in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter (senior judge
since 1995). Winner of the American Bar Association’s
D’Alemberte/Raven Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Dispute Resolution (2000). Former dean of the University of
Southern California Law Center. Inspired the creation of the
Dorothy Wright Nelson Justice Award at the University of
Southern California.
Mildred Davis Ramynke (Ψ-South
Dakota) Retired
judge serving for 27 years. First woman to serve as a South Dakota
circuit judge.
Louise Grant Smith
(Ο-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 (ΒΑ-Illinois) First woman appointed to the
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Bankruptcy
Court, Northern District of
Illinois. Elevated to chief judge
(1998).
