List of first minority male lawyers and judges in New Jersey

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New Jersey. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history
Joseph H. Rodriguez: First Hispanic American male Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1985)

Lawyers
Judges
  • Roger M. Yancey:[4] First African American male judge in New Jersey (1960)[5]
  • Randolph M. Subryan:[6] First Asian American male judge in New Jersey (1993)
  • Sohail Mohammed (1993):[7] First Indian American male judge in New Jersey (2011)
Superior Court
  • Hany Mawla (1998):[8][9] First Arab American appointed as a Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court (2010)
Supreme Court
District Court
  • Joseph H. Rodriguez (1958):[13][14] First Hispanic American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1985)
  • Jose L. Linares (1978):[15] First Hispanic American male judge appointed as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (2017)
  • Zahid N. Quraishi:[16][17] First Asian American male (who is of Pakistani descent) appointed as a federal judge in New Jersey (2019)[18]
Magistrate Judge
  • Michael A. Shipp (1994):[19] First African American male appointed as a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (2007)

Attorney General

Bar Association
  • Thomas H. Prol:[22] First openly LGBT male to serve as President of the New Jersey State Bar Association (2016)
  • Norberto A. Garcia:[23] First Latino American male to serve as the President of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation (2019)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Atlantic County

Bergen County

Burlington County
  • Roger Lai:[28] First Asian American male to serve as the President of the Burlington County Bar Association, New Jersey (2014)

Camden County

Essex County

Gloucester County

Mercer County

Middlesex County

Monmouth County

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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