Diversity & Inclusion

Women’s History Month: Wake-up Wednesday Bar Association Firsts Alabama Alyce Manley was the first female to become President of the Alabama State Bar Association (2010). Joy Lambert Phillips was the first female to serve as the President of the Mississippi Bar Association (2005). Mississippi Patricia W. Bennett was the first African-American female to serve as… Read More

Women’s History Month: Wake-up Wednesday Bar Association Firsts Georgia Linda Klein was the first female President of the State Bar of Georgia (1997). Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker was the first African-American female (and African-American in general) to serve as President of the State Bar of Georgia (2014). Florida Patricia A. Seitz was the first female to… Read More

Women’s History Month: Wake-up Wednesday Bar Association Firsts North Carolina Ann Reed was the first female to serve as the President of the North Carolina State Bar (2000-2001). South Carolina Elaine Fowler was the first female to serve as the President of the South Carolina Bar Association (1993).

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Vernis and Bowling recognizes these legal firsts from women in states where we practice: North Carolina Tabitha Ann Holton (1878): First female lawyer in North Carolina Ruth Whitehead Whaley (1933): First African American female lawyer in North Carolina South Carolina James M. Perry (1918): First female lawyer in South… Read More