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Maxine F. Thomas (1972): [127] First African American female appointed as a Presiding Judge of Los Angeles Municipal Court (1987) Miriam Krinsky: [ 415 ] First (female) lawyer from the public sector to serve as the President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, California (2002)
Delbert E. Wong (1948): [40] [41] [42] First Chinese American male judge Los Angeles County, California (1959) Carlos Teran: [31] [174] First Mexican American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court in Los Angeles County, California (1959). He was also the first Mexican American male appointed as a municipal court judge in East Los ...
Associate District Attorney of Los Angeles who gained fame as a prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson trial Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939) [7] Founder of the Children's Defense Fund: Lani Guinier (1950–2022) [8] Voting rights scholar; first African American woman tenured by Harvard Law School: William Henry Harrison Hart (1857–1934) [9]
Polls suggest nearly two-thirds of L.A. County voters are undecided in the Los Angeles County district attorney's primary. From the death penalty to sentencing enhancements to juvenile justice ...
Sally Erin Fitzgerald is a New Zealand judge who assumed the role of Chief Judge of the High Court on 20 December 2023, following the appointment made by Attorney-General Judith Collins. Fitzgerald graduated with an LLB (Senior Scholar) from Victoria University of Wellington in 1992 and was admitted to the New Zealand bar in the same year.
This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. As of December 20, 2024 [update] , 301 African-Americans have served on the federal bench. United States Supreme Court
The 2-1 ruling by the three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals highlighted the powerful court's conservative-liberal divide, particularly on matters of police accountability, and ...
Los Angeles Municipal Court (1983–1988); Los Angeles County Superior Court (1998–2002) California: deceased: Robert F. Kumor Jr. [64] [153] Springfield District Court (retired in 2009) Massachusetts: deceased: Stephen Lachs [154] Los Angeles County Superior Court (Commissioner: 1975-1979; Judge: 1979–1999) California: retired: Jonathon ...