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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kentucky

List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kentucky

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This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Kentucky. 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 graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in Kentucky's history

Amul Thapar: First South Asian American male Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2007)

Lawyer

  • First African American male: Nathaniel Harper (1871)[1][2]

State judges

Federal judges

Attorney General of Kentucky

Assistant Attorney General

  • First African American male: Darryl T. Owens[15]

United States Attorney

  • First African American male: Steven S. Reed in 1999[16]

Assistant United States Attorney

Kentucky Bar Association

  • First Jewish American male president: Fred Stepner around 1999[18]

Faculty

Firsts in local history

See also

Other topics of interest

References

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