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This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New Jersey. 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 or become a political figure.

Firsts in New Jersey's history

Joseph H. Rodriguez: First Hispanic American male Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1985)

Lawyers

State judges

  • First Jewish American male: Daniel Nunez in 1722
  • First Jewish American male (New Jersey Supreme Court): Samuel Kalisch in 1911
  • First Italian American male: Themistocles Mancusi-Ungaro in 1914
  • First African American male: Roger M. Yancey in 1960
  • First Latino American male: John Joseph (J.) Dios in 1976
  • First Dominican American male: Hector DeSoto in 1991
  • First Asian American male: Randolph M. Subryan in 1993
  • First openly gay male (municipal court): Albert J. Mrozik Jr. in 1993
  • First African American male (New Jersey Supreme Court): James H. Coleman Jr. in 1994
  • First Korean American male: Sy Kim in 1999
  • First Hispanic American male (New Jersey Supreme Court): Roberto A. Rivera-Soto in 2004
  • First Arab American and Muslim American male (superior court): Hany Mawla (1998) in 2010
  • First Indian American male: Sohail Mohammed (1993) in 2011
  • First Latino American male (assignment judge): Julio Mendez in 2011
  • First Palestinian American male: Abdel Majid Abdel Hadi in 2019
  • First Native American (Cherokee Nation) male: Joshua David Sanders in 2021
  • First Bangladeshi American male (superior court): Rahat N. Babar in 2022
  • First Egyptian American male (superior court): David J. Labib in 2023

Federal judges

Attorney General of New Jersey

Public Advocate

New Jersey State Bar Association

  • First Hispanic American male president: Joseph H. Rodriguez (1958) around 1979
  • First openly gay male president: Thomas H. Prol in 2016
  • First Latino American male president (New Jersey State Bar Foundation): Norberto A. Garcia in 2019

Firsts in local history

See also

Other topics of interest

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