List of first women lawyers and judges in Alaska

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Alaska. 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 obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history
Sharon L. Gleason: First female Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska (2012)
Morgan Christen: First female Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012)

Lawyers
Judges
Superior Court
  • Beverly Cutler:[11][12][13] First female appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court of Alaska (1982)
District Court
  • Nora Guinn:[14] First Alaska Native female (non-attorney) to serve as a District Court Judge in Alaska (1967)
Appellate Court
  • Marjorie Allard (1999):[1][15] First female appointed as a Judge of the Alaska Court of Appeals (2012)
Supreme Court
  • Dana Fabe (1976):[1] First female appointed as a Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1996)
District Court
  • Sharon L. Gleason (1984):[16] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska (2012)
Appellate Court
  • Morgan Christen (1986):[17] First female appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2012)

Attorney General

United States Attorney

District Attorney
  • Catherine Stevens (née Bittner Chandler):[20] First female to serve as a District Attorney in Alaska (c. 1960s-1970s)

Bar Association
  • Donna Willard-Jones:[21] First female to serve as the President of the Alaska Bar Association (1979-1980)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetically arranged by borough

Municipality of Anchorage

Fairbanks
  • Aline Chenot Baskerville Bradley Beegler (1920):[14][24] First female lawyer in Fairbanks, Alaska

City and Borough of Juneau

Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Beverly Cutler:[11][12][13] First female judge of the Superior Court of Palmer (1982) [Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska]

Utqiagvik (Barrow)
  • Sadie Neakok:[4][5] First female magistrate in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska (1960)
Bethel
  • Nora Guinn:[14] First Alaska Native female (non-attorney) to serve as a magistrate of Bethel, Alaska (1959)

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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