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*First females: [[Minnie Anderson Hale]], [[Betty Reynolds Cobb]] and [[Mary C. Johnson]] (1916)[{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lawyers_xxx_2005_00_6256|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/lawyers_xxx_2005_00_6256/page/89 89]|quote=georgia%20betty%20reynolds%20cobb%20mary%20johnson.|title=Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader|last=Carle|first=Susan D.|date=2005-08-22|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814716397}}] |
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*First females: [[Minnie Anderson Hale]], [[Betty Reynolds Cobb]] and [[Mary C. Johnson]] (1916)[{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lawyers_xxx_2005_00_6256|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/lawyers_xxx_2005_00_6256/page/89 89]|quote=georgia%20betty%20reynolds%20cobb%20mary%20johnson.|title=Lawyers' Ethics and the Pursuit of Social Justice: A Critical Reader|last=Carle|first=Susan D.|date=2005-08-22|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814716397}}] |
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*First African American female to practice law in Georgia: Estella Henderson c. 1919[{{Cite news |date=April 12, 1919 |title=First Negro Woman Lawyer in Georgia Opens Office |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth278256/m1/1/zoom/?resolution=2&lat=5916&lon=2681.5 |work=The Dallas Express |volume=26 |issue=26}}] |
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* First female to practice before the [[Georgia Court of Appeals]] and the [[Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)|Supreme Court of Georgia]]: [[Viola Ross Napier]] (1920) in 1922[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owfkLL-gvXAC&pg=PA98|title=Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol|last1=Crimmins|first1=Timothy|last2=Farrisee|first2=Anne H.|date=2007|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820329116}}] |
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* First female to practice before the [[Georgia Court of Appeals]] and the [[Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)|Supreme Court of Georgia]]: [[Viola Ross Napier]] (1920) in 1922[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owfkLL-gvXAC&pg=PA98|title=Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol|last1=Crimmins|first1=Timothy|last2=Farrisee|first2=Anne H.|date=2007|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820329116}}] |
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*First African American female: [[Rachel E. Pruden-Herndon]] (1942)[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1EvAQAAIAAJ|title=Georgia State Bar Journal|date=1990|publisher=State Bar of Georgia}}{{title?}}] |
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*First African American female (admitted to the [[State Bar of Georgia]]): [[Rachel E. Pruden-Herndon]] (1942)[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1EvAQAAIAAJ|title=Georgia State Bar Journal|date=1990|publisher=State Bar of Georgia}}{{title?}}] |
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*First Asian American (female; Filipino descent): Ruby Carpio Bell (1964)[{{Cite web |title=Member Directory Search |url=https://www.gabar.org/MemberSearchDetail.cfm?ID=MDQ5NDAw |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=www.gabar.org}}][{{Cite web |title=236 S.E.2d 98 (Ga.App. 1977), 53677, Lexington Developers, Inc. v. O'neal Const. Co., Inc. |url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/236-s-2d-98-612244047 |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=vLex |language=en}}] |
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*First Asian American (female; Filipino descent): Ruby Carpio Bell (1964)[{{Cite web |title=Member Directory Search |url=https://www.gabar.org/MemberSearchDetail.cfm?ID=MDQ5NDAw |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=www.gabar.org}}][{{Cite web |title=236 S.E.2d 98 (Ga.App. 1977), 53677, Lexington Developers, Inc. v. O'neal Const. Co., Inc. |url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/236-s-2d-98-612244047 |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=vLex |language=en}}] |
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*First Japanese American female: Vicky Ogawa Kimbrell (1980)[{{Cite web |title=Vicky Ogawa Kimbrell |url=https://www.gapaba.org/resources/2023%20Events/2023%20PubServ/Vicky%20Ogawa%20Kimbrell%20-%20Bio.pdf |website=GAPABA}}] |
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*First Japanese American female: Vicky Ogawa Kimbrell (1980)[{{Cite web |title=Vicky Ogawa Kimbrell |url=https://www.gapaba.org/resources/2023%20Events/2023%20PubServ/Vicky%20Ogawa%20Kimbrell%20-%20Bio.pdf |website=GAPABA}}] |
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