Elizabeth Anne Hirz

The first woman to hold the job of Erie County district attorney, Hirz was hired in 2002 as an assistant district attorney and became district attorney at the end of 2021. She is a board member of the Bradley Foulk Children’s Advocacy Center, Mercy Center for Women and Fairview Parks and Recreation Authority Board and has volunteered with Attorney and Kids Together Program since 2004.

Susan Paradise Baxter

Appointed the first female District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Paradise Baxter serves on the Judicial Conference of the United States, Committee on Administration of the Magistrate Judges System. As a result of her contributions, she has received accolades for her commitment to women and her work in the justice system including Congressional Certificate of Achievement and The Women’s Roundtable of Erie’s Woman of the Year Award.