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Delbert E. Wong (1948): [40] [41] [42] First Chinese American male judge Los Angeles County, California (1959) Carlos Teran: [31] [173] First Mexican American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County, California (1959). He was also the first Mexican American male appointed as a municipal court judge in East Los ...
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.
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 ...
The Mendez family won in federal court in 1946, with Judge Paul J. McCormick writing, “A paramount requisite in the American system of public education is social equality. It must be open to all ...
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 ...
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
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)