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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
First African-American woman licensed to practice law in Illinois, and the third in the United States Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911) [14] First Black American female lawyer in the United States Scovel Richardson (1912–1982) [15] Party to a housing desegregation case anticipating Shelley v. Kraemer; also a judge in federal courts from 1957
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each state. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to graduate from law school.
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After law school, Jackson served as a law clerk to Judge Patti B. Saris of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1996 to 1997, [22] then to Judge Bruce M. Selya of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1997 to 1998. [25]
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William Henry Hastie Jr. (November 17, 1904 – April 14, 1976) was an American lawyer, judge, educator, public official, and civil rights advocate. He was the first African American to serve as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, as a federal judge, [1] and as a federal appellate judge. [2]
Matthew T. Abruzzo: [29] First Italian American male to serve as a federal judge in New York (upon his appointment to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1936) Henry Bramwell: [64] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1974)