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Manuel Clemente Rojo: [160] First Latino (Peruvian-born) lawyer in Los Angeles County, California (1848) Agustín Olvera: [161] [162] First (Mexican) male to serve as a Judge of the Court of Sessions for the newly-formed Los Angeles County (1850) Francisco P. Ramirez (1869): [163] First Mexican American male lawyer in Los Angeles County, California
This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. As of December 20, 2024 [update] , 301 African-Americans have served on the federal bench. United States Supreme Court
Associate District Attorney of Los Angeles who gained fame as a prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson trial Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939) [7] Founder of the Children's Defense Fund: Lani Guinier (1950–2022) [8] Voting rights scholar; first African American woman tenured by Harvard Law School: William Henry Harrison Hart (1857–1934) [9]
Polls suggest nearly two-thirds of L.A. County voters are undecided in the Los Angeles County district attorney's primary. From the death penalty to sentencing enhancements to juvenile justice ...
Michelle Williams Court (born 1966) [2] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California since 2024. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2012 to 2024.
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that a tactic used by federal immigration agents in Southern California to arrest people in their homes without a judicial warrant is unconstitutional and ...
The National Bar Association (NBA) was founded in 1925 and is the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges. It represents the interests of approximately 67,000 lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students.
Maxine F. Thomas (1972): [127] First African American female appointed as a Presiding Judge of Los Angeles Municipal Court (1987) Miriam Krinsky: [ 415 ] First (female) lawyer from the public sector to serve as the President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, California (2002)