Throughout history, there have been many women lawyers & judges who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female lawyers & judges such as Kimberly Guilfoyle, Elena Kagan, Valerie Jarrett, Marine Le Pen, Amal Alamuddin.The women lawyers & judges featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg15 March 1933, American
Associate Justice of US Supreme Court
Amal Clooney03 February 1978, Lebanese, British
Lawyer, Activist
Maya Harris30 January 1967, American
Lawyer
Kimberly Guilfoyle09 March 1969, American
News Anchor
Sonia Sotomayor25 June 1954, American
Judge
Jeanine Pirro02 June 1951, American
TV Personality
Marcia Clark31 August 1953, American
Lawyer, Author, TV Correspondent
Sunny Hostin20 October 1968, American
Lawyer
Elena Kagan28 April 1960, American
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the
Greta Van Susteren11 June 1954, American
News Anchor
Janet Reno21 July 1938, American
78th Attorney General of the United States
Marine Le Pen05 August 1968, French
Political Leader
Valerie Jarrett14 November 1956, American
Lawyer
Sally Yates20 August 1960, American
Lawyer
Barbara Jordan21 February 1936, American
Lawyer
Marilyn Milian01 May 1961, American
Judge
Eboni Williams09 September 1988, American
Attorney & News Personality
Faith Jenkins1977 AD, American
Attorney
Virginia Thomas23 February 1957, American
Lawyer
Shirin Ebadi21 June 1947, Iranian
Human Rights Activist
Vicki Iovine13 January 1954, American
Model, Writer, Lawyer
Judith Sheindlin21 October 1942, American
Judge, Reality TV Personality
Kimba Wood21 January 1944, American
Judge
Karenna Gore Schiff06 August 1973, American
Author, Attorney
Holly Bankemper23 November 1964, American
Cris Collinsworth’s Wife
Sandra Day O’Connor26 March 1930, American
Former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court
Patricia Lipoma28 October 1965
Entrepreneur
Vanessa Nadal18 August 1982, American
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Wife
Sushma Swaraj14 February 1952, Indian
Politician
Amy Klobuchar25 May 1960, American
Politician
Kirsten Gillibrand09 December 1966, American
Politician
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond31 January 1945, British
Politician, Judge, Lawyer
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Liz Cheney28 July 1966, American
Politician
Elizabeth May09 June 1954, Canadian
Writer, Politician, Journalist, Lawyer
Christine Lagarde01 January 1956, French
Economist, Lawyer, Diplomat, Politician,
Juliana of the Netherlands30 April 1909, Dutch
Politician, Judge
Kim Campbell10 March 1947, Canadian
19th Prime Minister of Canada
Nicola Sturgeon19 July 1970, British, Scottish
Political Leader
Harriet Harman30 July 1950, British
Politician, Lawyer, Solicitor
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend04 July 1951, American
Attorney
Kyrsten Sinema12 July 1976, American
Politician
Maryanne Trump Barry05 April 1937, American
Magistrate, Lawyer, Judge
Nancy Grace23 October 1959, American
Journalist, Lawyer, Television presenter
Jackie Speier14 May 1950, American
Politician
Lisa Bloom20 September 1961, American
Attorney at law, Journalist, Lawyer
Anna Soubry07 December 1956, British
Politician
Kirstjen Nielsen14 May 1972, American
Attorney
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands17 May 1971
Economist, Judge
Tipper Gore19 August 1948, American
Advocate
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands31 August 1880, Dutch
Head of state, Judge
Anita Hill30 July 1956, American
Attorney
Gesine Bullock-Prado06 March 1970, American
Chef, Lawyer
Christine Pelosi05 May 1966, American
Political adviser
Julie Bishop17 July 1956, Australian
Jurist, Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer
Angela Rye26 October 1979, American
Political commentator
Geraldine Ferraro26 August 1935, American
Politician
Phyllis Schlafly15 August 1924, American
Radio personality, Lawyer, Political activist,
Janet Napolitano29 November 1957, American
Politician
Cherie Blair23 September 1954, British
Lawyer, Barrister
Tammy Baldwin11 February 1962, American
Political Leader
Shirley Phelps-Roper31 October 1957, American
Lawyer
Barbara Olson27 December 1955, American
Journalist, Lawyer
Pam Bondi17 November 1965, American
Lawyer, Politician
Kate Brown21 June 1960, American
Lawyer
Miriam Defensor Santiago15 June 1945, Filipino
Judge, Journalist, Lawyer
Gloria Allred03 July 1941, American
Attorney
Victoria Reggie Kennedy26 February 1954, American
Lawyer
Lynn Toler25 October 1959, American
Lawyer, Judge
Heidi Heitkamp30 October 1955, American
Business Woman
Lauren Lake12 August 1969, American
Lawyer
Maggie Hassan27 February 1958, American
Politician
Shannon Miller10 March 1977, American
Artistic gymnast, Lawyer
Lis Wiehl09 August 1961, American
lawyer
Deborah Coyne24 February 1955, Canadian
Lawyer
Terri Sewell01 January 1965, American
Politician
Amy Chua26 October 1962, American
Lawyer
Star Jones24 March 1962, American
Lawyer, Journalist
Mary McAleese27 June 1951, Irish
President ,Lawyer , Journalist, Politician
Elizabeth Edwards03 July 1949, American
Attorney at law, Lawyer, Teacher, Writer
Simone Veil13 July 1927, French
Politician, Judge
Kay Bailey Hutchison22 July 1943, American
Politician
Judy Smith27 October 1958, American
Crisis manager
Catharine MacKinnon07 October 1946, American
Feminist
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw1959 AD, American
lawyer, university teacher
Tzipi Livni08 July 1958, Israeli
Politician, Lawyer, Diplomat, Manager
Shana Madoff29 April 1967, American
Attorney
Beverley McLachlin07 September 1943, Canadian
Judge, Lawyer
Ophelia Dahl12 May 1964, American
Human rights activist
Susan Cain20 March 1968, American
Writer
Mablean Ephriam23 April 1949, American
Lawyer, Judge
Quentin Bryce23 December 1942, Australian
Teacher, Lawyer
Tarja Halonen24 December 1943, Finnish
Politician, Diplomat, Lawyer
Michelle Alexander07 October 1967, American
Lawyer
Pauli Murray20 November 1910, American
Lawyer
Sandra Fluke17 April 1981, American
Lawyer
Asma Jahangir27 January 1952, Pakistani
Human rights activist, Lawyer