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Was Leah Ward Sears the first African-American woman judge of the Supreme Court?
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Leah Ward Sears was the first African-American woman to serve as Chief Justice on a supreme court in the United States. She presided over the Georgia Supreme Court from 2005-2009, and is considered to have potential as a future US Supreme Court justice.
Sears retired from the Supreme Court in June 2009 and entered private practice as a partner in the Atlanta office of Schiff Hardin. She has a special interest in white collar crime.
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