List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Arizona

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Arizona. 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
Raúl Héctor Castro: First Mexican American male to serve as a superior court judge in Arizona (1959)
John Lopez IV: First Latino American male Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (2016)
Raner Collins (1975): First African American male to serve as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (2013)

Lawyers
  • Joseph C. Padilla (1936):[1] First Hispanic American male lawyer in Arizona
  • Hayzel B. Daniels (1948):[2][3] First African American male lawyer in Arizona
  • Lawrence Huerta (1953):[2] First Native American (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) male lawyer in Arizona
  • Cecil B. Patterson Jr. (1971):[2][4] First African American male lawyer to work in Arizona's Attorney General’s Office
  • Rodney B. Lewis (1972):[5][6][7] First Native American (Gila River Indian Community) male lawyer to win a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court (1980)
Judges
  • Charles Bernstein (1929):[8] First Jewish male judge in Arizona (1946). He later served as the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
  • Hayzel B. Daniels (1948):[2][3] First African American male judge in Arizona (1965)
Superior Court
Appellate Court
  • Joe W. Contreras:[12] First Hispanic American male appointed as a Judge of the Appeals Court in Arizona (1979)
  • Cecil B. Patterson Jr. (1971):[2][4][12] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Appeals Court in Arizona (1985)
Supreme Court
  • John Lopez IV (1998):[13] First Latino American male appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona (2016)
Circuit Court
  • Thomas Tang (1950):[2][14] First Asian American male appointed as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Arizona (1977)
District Court
  • Valdemar Aguirre Cordova (1950):[2] First Hispanic American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court in Arizona (1979)
  • Raner Collins (1975):[15] First African American male judge appointed as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (2013)

Attorney General

Assistant Attorneys General
  • Albert García (1937):[17][8] First Hispanic American male to be appointed as an Assistant Attorney General in Arizona
  • Hayzel B. Daniels (1948):[2][3] First African American male to be appointed as an Assistant Attorney General in Arizona

County Attorney

Political Office

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Maricopa County
  • Greg Garcia:[8] Reputed to be the first Hispanic American male lawyer in Maricopa County, Arizona
  • Cecil B. Patterson Jr. (1971):[2][4] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court

Pima County

Pinal County
  • James Don:[18] First Chinese American male to serve as the Pinal County Attorney and a Judge of the Pinal County Superior Court, Arizona

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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  16. "Tom Horne visits Yeshiva High School". www.jewishaz.com. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
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