This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New Hampshire. 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 graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in New Hampshire's history

Lawyers

First female: Marilla Ricker (1890) First female litigator: Laura J. Kahn (1968)

List of first women lawyers and judges in New Hampshire

State judges

First female (municipal court): Idella Jenness in 1935

First female: Jean K. Burling (1973) in 1979

First female (superior court): Linda S. Dalianis (1970) in 1980

First female (Supreme Court of New Hampshire): Linda S. Dalianis (1970) in 2000

First female (Chief Justice; Supreme Court of New Hampshire): Linda S. Dalianis (1970) in 2010

List of first women lawyers and judges in New Hampshire

Federal judges

First female (U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire): Landya B. McCafferty (1991) in 2013 First Black female (U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire): Talesha Saint-Marc (2009) in 2023

List of first women lawyers and judges in New Hampshire

Attorney General of New Hampshire

First female law clerk: Jennie Blanche Newhall (1920) First female: Kelly Ayotte (1993) from 2004-2009

Assistant Attorney General

First female: Marilla Ricker (1890) in 1893

United States Attorney

First female: Emily Gray Rice (1984) in 2016

Bar associations

First female admitted (New Hampshire Bar Association): Agnes Winifred "Winnie" McLaughlin (1917) First female presidents (New Hampshire Bar Association): Patti Blanchette and Susan B. Carbon from 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 respectively First female president (New Hampshire Women's Bar Association): Maureen Raiche Manning in 1998