List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Louisiana
List of first African-American male lawyers and judges in Louisiana, U.S.
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Louisiana. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such as becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Firsts in state history
Ernest Morial: First African American male Judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal (1970)Ivan L.R. Lemelle: First African American male U.S. Magistrate of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1984)
Lawyers
C. Clay Morgan (1860):[1] First African American male lawyer in Louisiana
David A. Kattán:[2] One of the first Latino American male lawyers in Louisiana
Israel M. "I.M." Augustine:[4][5][6] First African American male judge in Louisiana (1969)
Ernest "Dutch" Nathan Morial:[7][8][9] First African American male to serve as a juvenile court judge in Louisiana (1970) and serve on the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal (1974)
Don Johnson (1982) and Ron Johnson (1984):[10] First set of (African American) twins to serve simultaneously as judges in Louisiana
Freddie Pitcher (1973):[11][12] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District of Louisiana (1987)
Ivan L.R. Lemelle (1974):[18] First African American male to serve as the United States Magistrate of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1984)
Ralph E. Tyson (1973):[19] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana (1998)
Charles Shropshire:[26] First African American male elected as a District Attorney in Louisiana (1996)
Assistant District Attorney
J. Edward "Eddie" Hines Jr.:[27][28] First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Louisiana (1979)
Bar Association
Wayne J. Lee:[29] First African American male to serve as the President of the Louisiana State Bar Association
Firsts in local history
Alvin Turner Jr.:[30] First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney and a Judge of the 23rd Judicial District [Ascension, Assumption, and St. James Parishes, Louisiana]
John Belton:[31] First African American male to serve as the District Attorney for the Third Judicial District in Louisiana [Lincoln and Union Parishes, Louisiana]
James E. Stewart, Sr.:[32][33] First African American male to serve as the District Attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana (2015)
Okla Jones II (1971):[42] First African American male to serve as the City Attorney for the City of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana (1986). He would later become a district court judge.
Bruce James McConduit:[43] First African American (male) elected to a municipal court judgeship in Orleans Parish, Louisiana (1986)
Eddie Jordan, Jr:[44][45] First African American male to serve as the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana (2003)
Charles Jones:[46] First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
