List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Michigan

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

• John C. McLeod : First African American male lawyer in Michigan
• David "D." Augustus Straker: First African American lawyer to appear before the Michigan Supreme Court
• Arthur K. Ozawa : First Asian American male lawyer in Michigan
• Michael Berry : First Arab American and Muslim-American male lawyer in Michigan

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• David "D." Augustus Straker: First African American male jurist in Michigan
• Charles W. Jones: First African American male judge in Michigan
• George La Plata : First Latino American male judge in Michigan

  Circuit Court

• Harry B. Keidan: First Jewish American male appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in Michigan

  Supreme Court

• Otis M. Smith : First African-American male appointed as a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
• Conrad Mallett, Jr. : First African American to serve as the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
• Richard H. Bernstein : First blind male elected as a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

  Assistant Attorney General

• Harold E. Bledsoe: First African American male to serve as the Assistant Attorney General of Michigan

  United States Attorney

• Saul A. Green: First African American male to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Michigan
• Patrick Miles Jr.: First African American male to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan

  Bar Association

• William H. Ellmann: First Jewish American male to serve as the President of the Michigan Bar Association
• Dennis Archer : First African American male to serve as the President of the Michigan Bar Association

  Faculty

• Harry T. Edwards : First African-American male to teach at University of Michigan Law School. He would later become a judge.

  Firsts in local history

Bay County

• Oscar W. Baker: First African-American male lawyer in Bay City, Michigan

  Calhoun County

• James Golden : First African American male lawyer in Battle Creek, Michigan

  Clinton County

• Stuart Dunnings Jr. : First African-American male lawyer in Lansing, Michigan

  Eaton County

• Stuart Dunnings Jr. : First African-American male lawyer in Lansing, Michigan

  Genesee County

• Ollie B. Bivins Jr.: First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Flint Municipal Court and Genesee County Circuit Court, Michigan
• Elisha Scott: First African American male to serve as an administrative judge in Flint, Michigan
• Claude W. Haywood: First African American male admitted to the Genesee County Bar Association, Michigan
• William Price III: First African American male to serve as President of the Genesee County Bar Association, Michigan

  Ingham County

• Stuart Dunnings Jr. : First African-American male lawyer in Lansing, Michigan

  Isabella County

• Stuart Black: First African American judge in Isabella County, Michigan

  Kalamazoo County

• Charles A. Pratt: First African American male judge in Kalamazoo County, Michigan
• Leroy Densmore Jr.: First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Kalamazoo County, Michigan

  Kent County

• Olivier M. Green: First African American male elected as a member of the Grand Rapids Bar Association
• John T. Letts: First African American male elected as a judge in Kent County, Michigan

  Oakland County

• Oliver Green: First African-American male lawyer in Pontiac, Michigan
• Michael Martinez: First Hispanic American male judge in Oakland County, Michigan

  Saginaw County

• Terry L. Clark: First African American male judge in Saginaw County, Michigan

  Wayne County

• Elvin L. Davenport: First African American male elected as a Judge of the Common Pleas Court for the City of Detroit and later the Recorder’s Court for the City of Detroit
• Damon J. Keith: First African American male lawyer for the Wayne County Friend of the Court
• Harry B. Keidan: First Jewish American male appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit in Michigan
• Wade McCree Jr.: First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court in Michigan

  Other topics of interest

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