List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Ohio

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Ohio. 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
Nathaniel R. Jones: First African American male to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio (1962)
Robert Morton Duncan: First African American male Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1969)
Eric Brown: First Jewish American male Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2010)

Lawyer
  • John Mercer Langston (1854):[1] First African American male lawyer in Ohio
Judges
  • Perry B. Jackson (1922):[2][3] First African American male judge in Ohio (1942)
  • Charles W. White:[4] First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Common Pleas Court in Ohio (1955)
  • Robert V. Franklin, Jr.:[5] First African American male elected to serve as a Judge of the Common Pleas Court in Ohio (1968)
  • Joseph Flores (1964):[6][7][8] Reputed to be the first Latino American male elected judge in Ohio (1981)
Supreme Court
  • Robert Morton Duncan (1952):[9] First African American male appointed as a Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1969)
  • Eric Brown (1979):[10][11] First Jewish American male to serve as the Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (2010-2011)
District Court
  • George Washington White (1955):[12] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio (1980) and to serve as its Chief Judge (1995)
Court of Military Appeals
  • Robert Morton Duncan (1952):[9] First African American male as the first Judge of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals (1971)

Assistant United States Attorney
  • Nathaniel R. Jones (1957):[13] First African American male appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio (1962). He would later become a judge.

Bar Association

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

Athens County

Hamilton County
  • William L. Mallory (1986):[17] First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Hamilton County First District Court of Appeals of Ohio

Lorain County

Lucas County
  • Robert V. Franklin, Jr.:[18] First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Toledo Municipal Court (1960) and later the Lucas County Common Pleas Court (1968)

Massillon County
  • Robert A. Pinn (1879):[19][20] First African American lawyer in Massillon County, Ohio and Stark County, Ohio[21]

Montgomery County
  • Moses H. Jones:[22][23] First African American male lawyer in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
  • Arthur Fisher:[24] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Common Pleas Court (Domestic Relations) in Montgomery County, Ohio
  • Gerald Parker:[24] First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court General Division, Ohio

Richland County

Stark County
  • Robert A. Pinn (1879):[19][20] First African American lawyer in Massillon County, Ohio and Stark County, Ohio[21]
  • Clay E. Hunter:[26] First African American male judge in Stark County, Ohio (upon his appointment to the Canton Municipal Court in 1962)

Summit County
  • Joseph D. Roulhac:[27] First African American male judge in Akron, Ohio (Summit County, Ohio; 1967). He was also the first African American Assistant Summit County Prosecutor.

See also

Other topics of interest

References
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