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Alfred J. Hernandez: [103] First Hispanic American male judge in Harris County, Texas; A.D. Azios: [104] First Hispanic American male elected as a criminal district judge in Harris County Texas; Roland Garcia, Jr.: [105] First minority male elected as the President of the Harris County Bar Association, Texas
First Greek American male (federal judge/chief judge): Thomas Demetrios Lambros in 1967 and 1990 respectively [135] First Korean American male (federal judge): Herbert Choy (1941) in 1971 [ 29 ] First Pacific Islander male (magistrate judge): [ 136 ] Richard R. Komo in 1971
Harrel Gordon Tillman Sr. (January 18, 1925 - June 19, 1998) was an actor who became an ordained minister and moved to Houston Texas where he also became a lawyer and judge. He was the first African-American judge in Texas. [1] [2] Tillman was born January 18, 1923, in Wadesboro, North Carolina.
Clemente Ruiz Nazario (1921): [16] First Puerto Rican male appointed as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1952); Juan R. Torruella (1957): [17] First Puerto Rican male appointed as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1984) and to serve as its chief judge (1994)
The associate justices were the judges of the eight district courts of Texas. The district judges, whose first session was January 13, 1840, served with the chief justice as associate justices from January 13, 1840 to December 29, 1845, when Texas was admitted into the United States:
Pages in category "Lists of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
First African-American woman licensed to practice law in Illinois, and the third in the United States Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911) [14] First Black American female lawyer in the United States Scovel Richardson (1912–1982) [15] Party to a housing desegregation case anticipating Shelley v. Kraemer; also a judge in federal courts from 1957
Madoche Jean: [30] First African American male judge in the 17th Judicial District [Adams County, Colorado; 2020] Martin Gonzales: [31] First Hispanic American male judge in Alamosa County, Colorado (2000) James C. Flanigan: [8] [9] First African American male to serve as a Deputy District Attorney and municipal court judge in Denver, Colorado ...