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List of attorneys general. See Attorney General of Jamaica for a listing of the individuals who served pre-1962. Victor B. Grant Q.C. [11] (1962-1972)
Daisy Lucille Chambers (1948): First female lawyer in Jamaica [183] [184] Ena Joyce Collymore-Woodstock (1947; Bar's Gray Inn, England): [184] [185] [186] First female judge in Jamaica (upon her appointment as the Resident Magistrate in 1959). She was also the first female appointed as the Clerk of the Courts (1950).
The chief justice of Jamaica is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Jamaica. This article lists chief justices from before and after Jamaica's independence in 1962.
The Jamaican Bar Association is a voluntary organisation of attorneys-at-law called to the Jamaican Bar. [1] It was formed on 16 January 1973. The association is not a regulatory or disciplinary body and has no power to hear complaints against attorneys, even if they are members of the association.
The Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in Jamaica; it is superior to the Supreme Court. [1] [2] [4] The Court is composed of a President and six other Judges.The Chief Justice is also a judge ex officio of the Court of Appeal, but participates only when asked to do so by the President.
Tanya Chutkan, Jamaican born American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district court for the District of Columbia. She is the judge overseeing the criminal trial of former president Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 general election including events leading up to the January 6, 2021, United States Capitol attack.
Ffolkes-Abrahams is the daughter of Eugene Ffolkes and Greta Ffolkes. [1] She received her early education at the Immaculate Conception High School in Kingston, Jamaica.She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados, where she obtained her first degree in law.