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First female to clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals: Carmel “Kim” Prashker Ebb in 1945 [46] [47] First female to clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: Doris Gray [48] [49] First African American female to clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Janene D. Jackson [50]
First Chinese American female (federal judge): Dolly M. Gee (1984) in 2010 [118] First Korean American female (federal judge): Lucy H. Koh (1993) in 2010 [119] First South Asian female (federal judge): Cathy Bissoon (1993) in 2011 [120] First Filipino American female (federal judge): Lorna G. Schofield (1981) in 2012 [121]
Motley was also the first Caribbean-American woman appointed to the federal judiciary, serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. [2] In 1965, Motley was elected President of the Borough of Manhattan to fill a one-year vacancy. She was the first woman to hold the office. [6]
She was the only female judge appointed by President Kennedy, the first female federal judge in Texas and the third female to serve in the federal judiciary. She assumed senior status on August 4, 1975. Her service terminated on April 23, 1985, due to her death. [6]
She took her oath of office in the Cleveland Federal Building on June 5, 1928, [4] becoming the first American woman ever appointed to the federal bench, serving as an Article I federal judge. [5] Her service terminated on March 1, 1953, due to her retirement. [1] She was succeeded by Judge Mary H. Donlon. [1]
Catalina Rojas and Joaquina Vega: [236] [237] [238] First female judges in Nicaragua (1948-1949). Vega would later become the first female district court judge in Nicaragua (c. 1964). [239] Vilma Núñez de Escorcia: [240] [241] [242] First female to serve as a Judge and Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Nicaragua (1979)
The U.S. will have its first Bangladeshi American and first Muslim woman federal judge after the Senate confirmed Nusrat Choudhury on Thursday.
She was the first female federal judge appointed to the district. She assumed senior status on December 31, 1997, serving in that status until her death. [2]