08/03/2025
Thank You to the Emerge Gavel In Program.
I am honored to have been selected to participate in the 2025 Emerge Gavel In program, a rigorous two-month training specifically created to prepare women attorneys of color for potential roles on the bench.
The experience not only broaden my understanding of what it means to serve as a fair and effective judge. It also sharpened my focus on leadership, integrity and community responsibility within the legal profession. Being surrounded by a cohort of talented, driven women attorneys of color from across the nation was both empowering and inspiring.
Thank you to the Emerge Gavel In team for your commitment to diversity in the judiciary and for creating a space where women like me can envision and prepare for a possible future on the bench.
Congratulations to the Gavel In Class of 2025! Gavel In is Emerge’s award-winning judicial training program for women who want to run for judge.
The graduating class is made up of women across seven states: Washington, Arizona, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Georgia, New York, and Maryland. 90% of the class are a part of the New American Majority. We are excited to see what these incredible jurists accomplish in future!
🏛️2025 Gavel In Class 🏛️
Huma Ahsan
Founder and Attorney, Madison Immigration Law
State: Wisconsin
Mireya Arroyo for Justice of the Peace
Moon Valley Justice of the Peace
State: Arizona
Christy McKinley
Founder of the Village Firm; Co-Founder of Litigation Survival School
State: Washington
Denice Gagner
2026 Candidate for King County District Court Judge, Northeast Electoral District
State: Washington
"CJ" Cindy Joseph Meyers RN, ESQ.
State: Arizona
Jolevette Mitchell, Esq.
State: Washington, DC
Ami Nguyen, Esq.
State: Washington
Attorney Dondell Patterson
State: Georgia
Brenda Stallings, Esq.
State: Arkansas