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Delbert E. Wong (1948): [40] [41] [42] First Chinese American male judge Los Angeles County, California (1959) Carlos Teran: [31] [173] 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]
Judge Circuit State Began active service Ended active service Ended senior status Reason for termination Appointed by 1: William H. Hastie: Third: VI: October 21, 1949
Williams was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court from 1956, and served there until 1962. He was a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court from 1962 to 1969. [2] As a judge, Williams developed a reputation as a tough sentencer. Following the 1965 Watts riots, Williams volunteered to preside over about 4,000 of the resulting criminal ...
Kevin Brazile – judge, Superior Court of Los Angeles County; first African American man to serve as presiding judge of the same court; Janice Rogers Brown – former judge, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals; former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
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 ...
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)
Pages in category "African-American history in Los Angeles" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...