Linda K. Neuman (born 1948) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the

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from August 4, 1986, to July 11, 2003. She was appointed from

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Early life and education

Neuman was born in

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in 1948. She moved to

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with her family in 1956. Neuman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

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in 1970 and a Juris Doctor from the

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in 1973.

Career

After marrying her husband in 1977, Neuman moved to the

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region. She worked as a trust officer at a local bank and was a professor at the

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before her appointment as a judicial magistrate for

. She was appointed to the

by Governor

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in 1986, becoming the first woman to serve on the court. Neuman was inducted into the

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in 2015.

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Early life and education

Career

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