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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Massachusetts

List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Massachusetts

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This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Massachusetts. 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 state history

George Lewis Ruffin: First African American male law graduate (1869) and judge in (1883) Massachusetts

Law school

Lawyers

State judges

Federal judge

Attorney General of Massachusetts

Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts

Assistant District Attorney

  • First African American male: John W. Schenck in 1922[43]

Massachusetts Bar Association

  • First African American male (president): Wayne Budd from 1979-1980[44]
  • First openly LGBT male (president): Mark Mason in 2006[45]
  • First Hispanic American male (president): Robert Harnais in 2015[46]

Firsts in local history

See also

Other topics of interest


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