List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Washington D.C. (Federal District)

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Washington, D.C. (Federal District). It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in the federal district's history
Robert Heberton Terrell: First African American male judge in Washington, D.C.
Eric Holder: First African American male to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (1993)

Law Degree

Lawyer

Justice of the Peace
  • John A. Moss:[4] First African American male Justice of the Peace in Washington, D.C. (1873)

Judges
  • Robert Heberton Terrell (1893):[5] First African American male judge in Washington, D.C.
  • Spottswood William Robinson III (1939): First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1966) and the Chief Justice of the District of Columbia Circuit (1981)
  • Austin L. Fickling:[6] First African American to serve as a Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1968)
  • William B. Bryant (1939):[7][8] First African American male appointed as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1977)
  • David S. Tatel (1966):[9][10] First blind male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1994)
  • Theodore Roosevelt Newman Jr. (1958):[11] First African American male appointed as the Chief judge of the Washington Court of Appeals (1976)
  • Ricardo M. Urbina (1970):[12] First Latino American male judge in Washington, D.C. (1981). He would later become a district court judge.
  • Sri Srinivasan (1995):[13][14][15] First South Asian American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2013) and serve as its Chief Judge (2020)
  • Amit P. Mehta (1997):[16] First Asian Pacific American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2013)

Attorney General

United States Attorney

Assistant United States Attorney
  • William B. Bryant (1939):[7][8] First African American male as the Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (1951-1954)

Bar Association
  • Charles Duncan:[8][20] First African American male to serve as the President of the D.C. Bar Association

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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