List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Maryland

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Maryland. 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 state history
Robert M. Bell: First African American male Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals (1996)

Lawyer
  • Everett Waring (1885):[1] First African American male lawyer in Maryland

State
  • E. Everett Lane (1923):[2] First African American male to serve as a judge of record in Maryland (1957)
  • Robert B. Watts:[3] First African American male to serve as a municipal court judge in Maryland (1960)
  • Michael Waring Lee:[4][5] First African American male to serve as a chief judge of any Maryland court (1984)[6]
District Court
  • J. Franklyn Bourne, Jr. (1948):[7][8] First African American male to serve as a district court judge in Maryland (1971)
Circuit Court
  • George L. Russell Jr. (1954):[9][10][8] First African American male to serve as a circuit court judge in Maryland (1966)
Court of Special Appeals (Intermediate Appellate Court)
  • David T. Mason:[11] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Maryland Special Court of Appeals (1974). He is considered the first African American (male) appellate court judge.
Court of Appeals (Supreme)
District Court
  • Joseph C. Howard Sr. (1955):[14][15] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (1979)
  • Theodore D. Chuang (1994):[16][17][18] First Asian American appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He is considered the first Asian American male judge to sit on the federal bench in Maryland's history.

Assistant Attorney General
  • Harry A. Cole (1949):[19] First African American male to serve as the Assistant Attorney General of Maryland (1953)

Assistant United States Attorney
  • John R. Hargrove Sr. (1950):[20] First African American male appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland (1957)

County Attorney
  • Larnzell Martin, Jr.:[21] First African American male to serve as a County Attorney in Maryland (1986)

Bar Association
  • Harry S. Johnson:[22] First African American male to serve as the President of the Maryland Bar Association (2003)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Anne Arundel County

Baltimore, City of
  • Everett Waring (1885):[24] First African American male lawyer admitted to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City on October 10, 1885
  • George L. Russell Jr. (1954):[9] First African American male appointed as a City Solicitor and Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Maryland
  • Joseph C. Howard Sr. (1955):[14][15] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Baltimore City Supreme Court (1968)
  • John R. Hargrove Sr. (1950):[20] First African American male appointed as the Administrative Judge of the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City (1971)
  • George L. Rosedom:[25] First African American male to serve as an Assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore

Baltimore County

Cecil County

Dorchester County

Howard County


Montgomery County

Prince George's County
  • J. Franklyn Bourne, Jr. (1948):[7][8] First African American to set up a law practice (c. 1950s) and serve as a Judge of the District 5 Court (1971) in Prince George’s County, Maryland
  • Larnzell Martin, Jr.:[21] First African American male to serve as the County Attorney for Prince George's County, Maryland (1986)
  • James H. Taylor:[7] First African American male to serve as the Assistant State’s Attorney and a Circuit Court Judge for Prince George’s County, Maryland. He was also the first African American male member of the Prince George’s County Bar Association.
  • Alexander Wiliiams Jr. (1973):[36] First African American male elected as the State's Attorney in Prince George's County, Maryland. He would later become a district court judge.

Worchester County

See also

Other topics of interest

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