Black History Month Episode - Judge Yvette McGee Brown, Female Trailblazer in Law

Send us a comment about the Be a Baller Podcast Episode. Thanks for support. BAB Podcast Black History Month Episode. Judge Yvette McGee Brown. Judge Brown was the first African American woman elected to the Franklin County Common Pleas Court in 1992, and in January 2011, she became the first African American woman to serve as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Ohio. Judge Brown graduated from Columbus City Schools and attended Ohio University with a degree in Journalism/Public Relations, followed by her Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She has honorary degrees from Urbana University, Ohio Dominican University, and Wilberforce University.Judge Brown has three children and two grandchildren. She is married to Tony Brown, a retired educator.Support the show