Lorna E. Lockwood
| Lorna E. Lockwood | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court | |
|
In office 1965-1966, 1970-1971 |
|
| Preceded by | Jesse Addison Udall |
| Succeeded by | Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr. |
| Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court | |
|
In office 1961–1975 |
|
| Preceded by | Marlin T. Phelps |
| Succeeded by | Frank X. Gordon, Jr. |
| Arizona House of Representatives | |
|
In office 1939-1940, 1941-1942, 1947-1948 |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 24, 1903 Douglas, Arizona Territory |
| Died | September 23, 1977 (aged 74) Phoenix, Arizona |
| Education |
University of Arizona (B.A., 1923) James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D., 1925) |
Lorna Elizabeth Lockwood (March 24, 1903–September 23, 1977) was an American lawyer and judge who served as justice (and at times chief justice) of the Arizona Supreme Court.
Born in what was then Arizona Territory, Lockwood was the daughter of Alfred Collins Lockwood, who later served as chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Lockwood attended the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona College of Law before entering private practice and serving several terms in the Arizona House of Representatives. Lockwood spent a decade on the bench of the Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County, the first woman to serve in that role. In 1960, Lockwood was elected to the Arizona Supreme Court. She served as chief justice from 1965 to 1966 and 1970 to 1971, become the first female chief justice of a state supreme court in the United States. She retired from the court in 1975 and died three years later.
Lockwood was born on March 24, 1903, in Douglas, Arizona Territory, a mining town, to Daisy Maude Lincoln and Alfred Collins Lockwood.
Her father was an attorney and later chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. In 1913, the family moved to Tombstone and Lorna graduated from Tombstone High School in 1920.
Lockwood received her B.A. from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1923, where she was a Spanish major, and earned her J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1925. Lockwood was the only woman in her law-school class and the second woman to ever attend the school. She was elected president of the student bar association.
...
Wikipedia