List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Arizona

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

• Joseph C. Padilla : First Hispanic American male lawyer in Arizona
• Hayzel B. Daniels : First African American male lawyer in Arizona
• Lawrence Huerta : First Native American male lawyer in Arizona
• Cecil B. Patterson Jr. : First African American male lawyer to work in Arizona's Attorney General’s Office
• Rodney B. Lewis : First Native American male lawyer to win a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• Charles Bernstein : First Jewish male judge in Arizona. He later served as the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
• Hayzel B. Daniels : First African American male judge in Arizona

  Superior Court

• Raúl Héctor Castro : First Mexican American male to serve as a superior court judge in Arizona

  Appellate Court

• Joe W. Contreras: First Hispanic American male appointed as a Judge of the Appeals Court in Arizona
• Cecil B. Patterson Jr. : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Appeals Court in Arizona

  Supreme Court

• John Lopez IV : First Latino American male appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona

  Federal

Circuit Court

• Thomas Tang : First Asian American male appointed as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Arizona

  District Court

• Valdemar Aguirre Cordova : First Hispanic American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court in Arizona
• Raner Collins : First African American male judge appointed as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona

  Attorney General

• Tom Horne : First Jewish male Attorney General of Arizona

  Assistant Attorneys General

• Albert García : First Hispanic American male to be appointed as an Assistant Attorney General in Arizona
• Hayzel B. Daniels : First African American male to be appointed as an Assistant Attorney General in Arizona

  County Attorney

• Raúl Héctor Castro : First Mexican American male appointed as a County Attorney

  Political Office

• Raúl Héctor Castro : First Mexican American male to serve as the Governor of Arizona

  Firsts in local history

Maricopa County

• Greg Garcia: Reputed to be the first Hispanic American male lawyer in Maricopa County, Arizona
• Cecil B. Patterson Jr. : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court

  Pima County

• Raúl Héctor Castro : First Mexican American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Pima County, Arizona

  Pinal County

• James Don: First Chinese American male to serve as the Pinal County Attorney and a Judge of the Pinal County Superior Court, Arizona

  Other topics of interest

• List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
• List of first women lawyers and judges in Arizona