Arleigh M. Woods
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Arleigh Maddox Woods was a retired judge of the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four. She was the first African-American woman to be appointed to a state court of appeal, and the first female supervising judge in Los Angeles Superior Court. She was also the first woman to chair the California Commission on Judicial Performance. She was a lecturer at various CEB, Legal and Judicial seminars, and published in the fields of legal medicine, consumer rights, industrial health & safety, and legal ethics. At the age of 22, she was the youngest woman ever to be admitted to the California Bar.
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