List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Florida explained

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Florida. 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 Florida's history

Law degree

• First African American male law graduate: W. George Allen in 1962^{[1] [2]}

Lawyers

• First Jewish American male: David Levy Yulee (1832)^[3]
• First African American male: Harvey S. Harmon (1869)^{[4] [5]}
• First African American male (licensed): Matthew M. Lewey^[6]
• First African American male (after Reconstruction Era): James Weldon Johnson (1897)^[7]
• First Italian American male: Anthony J. DiMedio (1925)^[8]
• First openly gay male: Robert Eimers (1976)^{[9] [10]}
• First undocumented male: Jose Godinez-Samperio (2014)^[11]

State judges

• First African American male elected: James Dean (1884) in 1888^{[12] [13]}
• First Jewish American male (circuit court): Harry N. Sandler in 1933
• First African American male (municipal court): Lawson E. Thomas (1923) in 1950^{[14] [15]}
• First Cuban American male: Carlos Benito Fernandez in 1961^[16]
• First African American male (Florida Supreme Court): Joseph W. Hatchett (1959) in 1975^{[17] [18] [19]}
• First Hispanic American male (Industrial Claims Court): Mario P. Goderich (1969) in 1975^{[20] [21]}
• First Jewish American male (Florida Supreme Court; justice and chief justice): Arthur J. England, Jr. (1961) in 1975 and 1978 respectively^{[22] [23] [24]}
• First Hispanic American male (Seventeenth Judicial Circuit): Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (1957)^[25]
• First African American male (Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court): Wilkie D. Ferguson (c. 1960s) in 1977^[26]
• First Hispanic American male (Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court): Mario P. Goderich in 1978
• First African American male (Fourth Judicial Circuit): Henry Lee Adams Jr. (1969) in 1979^[27]
• First African American male (Third District Court of Appeal): Wilkie D. Ferguson (c. 1960s) in 1980
• First Hispanic American male (Third Judicial Circuit Court): Mario P. Goderich in 1980
• First African American male (Seventh Judicial Circuit): Hubert Grimes in 1988^[28]
• First African American male (Chief Justice; Florida Supreme Court): Leander J. Shaw Jr. (1952) in 1990^[29]
• First openly gay male: Rand Hoch in 1992^{[30] [31]}
• First African American male (Twelfth Judicial Circuit): Charles Williams in 1998^[32]
• First Haitian American male: Fred Seraphin in 2001^{[33] [34]}
• First Korean American male: Sonny Im (1991) in 2002^[35]
• First Hispanic American male (Florida Supreme Court): Raoul G. Cantero III (1985) in 2002^[36]
• First African American male (Eighteenth Judicial Circuit): James E.C. Perry in 2003^[37]
• First Hispanic American male (Seventh Judicial Circuit): Raul A. Zambrano in 2005^[38]
• First Hispanic American male (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit): Adalberto Jordan (1987) in 2012^[39]

Federal judges

• First African American male (Northern District Court of Florida): Stephan P. Mickle in 1970
• First Hispanic American male (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida): Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (1957) in 1978
• First openly gay African American male (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida): Darrin P. Gayles (1993) in 2014^[40]
• First openly gay male (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida): Mac McCoy in 2015^[41]
• First South Asian American male (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida): Anuraag Singhal (1989) in 2019^[42]

Attorney General of Florida

• First Jewish American male: Robert L. Shevin in 1971

Assistant Attorney General of Florida

• First African American male: Charles F. Wilson in 1963^[43]

United States Attorney

• First Cuban American male (Southern District of Florida): Roberto Martinez
• First Haitian American male (Southern District of Florida): Markenzy Lapointe in 2023^[44]

State Attorney

• First Hispanic American male: E.J. Salcines^[45]

Assistant State Attorney

• First African American male (Second Judicial Circuit): Roosevelt Randolph^[46]
• First African American male (Chief Assistant State Attorney; Fourth Judicial Circuit): Brian J. Davis (1980) in 1994^[47]

Public Defender

• First Hispanic American male elected: Carlos J. Martinez in 2008^[48]

Assistant Public Defender

• First African American male: Delano Stewart in 1966

Florida Bar Association

• First African American male admitted (post-Reconstruction Era): James Weldon Johnson (1897)^[49]
• First Jewish American male president: Burton Young in 1970^[50]
• First Hispanic American male (Cuban descent) president: Stephen Zack in 1989^{[51] [52]}
• First Cuban-born male president: Frank Angones in 2007^[53]
• First African American male president: Eugene K. Pettis in 2013^[54]

Firsts in local history

• Charles Wilson: First African-American male in Tampa Bay appointed to the Eleventh Circuit of Florida
• Elijah Smiley:^[55] First African American male to serve as the Chief Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit in Florida (2015) [<nowiki/>[[Bay County, Florida|Bay]], Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and Washington Counties, Florida]
• James E.C. Perry: First African American male to serve on the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in Florida (2003) [<nowiki/>[[Brevard County, Florida|Brevard]] and Seminole Counties, Florida]
• Hubert Grimes: First African American male to serve on the Seventh Judicial Circuit in Florida (1988) [Flagler], Putnam, St. John's and Volusia Counties, Florida]
• Stephen Everett:^[56] First African American male to serve on the Second Judicial Circuit in Florida (2019) [<nowiki/>[[Franklin County, Florida|Franklin]], Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and Wakulla Counties, Florida]
• Stephan P. Mickle (1970):^[57] First African American male judge in Alachua County, Florida. He later became the first African American district judge of the Northern District of Florida.
• Theodore R. Bowers (1962):^[58] First African American lawyer in Bay County, Florida
• Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (1957): First Hispanic American male to serve on the Broward Circuit Court (1964)
• Thomas J. "T.J." Reddick Jr.:^{[59] [60]} First African American male to serve as a circuit court judge in Broward County, Florida (1972)^[61]
• Zebedee Wright:^[62] First African American male appointed as a County Court Judge in Broward County, Florida (1982)
• Robert Lee:^[63] First openly LGBT male judge in Broward County, Florida (1997)
• Anuraag Singhal (1989):^[64] First South Asian American male judge in Broward County, Florida (2011)
• Abraham Bellamy (1822):^[65] First male lawyer to settle in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
• Joseph E. Lee (1873):^[66] First African American male lawyer in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
• Francis M. Robles (c. 1890):^{[67] [68]} First Hispanic American male lawyer in Hillsborough County, Florida. He would later become a judge.
• M. Henry Cohen (1894) and Samuel Borchardt (1895): First Jewish American male lawyers in Hillsborough County, Florida
• Peter W. Bryant (c. 1898): First African American male lawyer in Hillsborough County, Florida
• George Edgecomb:^[69] First African American male judge in Hillsborough County, Florida
• Ignatio C. "Nelson" Spoto:^[70] First Italian American male judge in Hillsborough County, Florida (1949)
• Martin Caraballo: First Latino American male to serve as the President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association (1919)
• Lanse Scriven: First African American male to serve as the President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association. He is also the first African American member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors from Hillsborough County.
• Ted Taylor:^[71] First African American male lawyer in Plant City, Hillsborough County, Florida
• William Castagna: First Italian American male to serve as a federal judge in Tampa, Florida
• Casimiro Hernandez: First Latino American male to serve as the judge of the Ybor City Justice of the Peace Court
• Armstrong Purdee:^[72] First African American male lawyer in Jackson County, Florida
  • James Durden:^[73] First African American male lawyer in Lake County, Florida Isaac Anderson, Jr.:^[74] First African American male judge in Lee County, Florida (1981)
• Augustus D. Aikens: First African American male judge in Leon County, Florida
• Remus Allen: First African American male to serve as the Assistant Public Defender of Leon County, Florida
• Layon Robinson:^[75] First African American male lawyer in Manatee County, Florida
• Willie E. Gary:^[76] First African American male lawyer in Martin County, Florida
• Lawson E. Thomas (1923): First African American male judge in Miami, Florida (1950) [Miami-Dade County, Florida]
• Calvin Mapp:^[77] First African American male county court judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Carlos Benito Fernandez:^{[78] [79]} First Hispanic American male lawyer and judge (1961) in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
• Wilkie D. Ferguson (c. 1960s): First African American male to serve on the Dade County Circuit Court (1977)
• Fred Seraphin:^[80] First Haitian American male judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida (2001)
• Frank Angones: First Cuban-born male to serve as the president of the Miami-Dade County Bar Association, Florida
• James Dean (1884): First African American male elected as a county court judge in Monroe County, Florida (1888)
• James C. Collier (c. 1950):^[81] First African American male lawyer in Orlando, Orange County, Florida
• Emerson R. Thompson Jr.:^[82] First African American male judge in Orange County, Florida (1976)
• Mel Martínez (1973):^{[83] [84]} First Hispanic American male lawyer in Orlando, Orange County, Florida
• Jose Rodriguez:^[85] First Hispanic American male to serve as a Judge of the Orange-Osceola Judicial Circuit (1987)
• William Meredith "Bill" Holland Sr.:^{[86] [87]} First African American male lawyer in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
• Joseph Lesser (1927):^[88]

Notes and References

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5. Web site: Members of the Bench & Bar Tenth Judicial Circuit's Centennial 1911-2011. Jackson. David H.. June 10, 2011. Tenth Judicial Circuit History Committee and Virgil Hawkins Bar Association. October 10, 2016.
6. News: . Dogan . Reginald T . Historic home of Florida's first black lawyer/editor goes up in smoke . Pensacola News Journal . 29 June 2006 . C.1 .
7. Web site: James Weldon Johnson . 2024-05-11 . www.litencyc.com . en.
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11. Web site: Undocumented immigrant Jose Godinez-Samperio tells of becoming lawyer . 2022-10-26 . Tampa Bay Times . en.
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14. Web site: Longa . Ernesto . January 1, 2005 . LAWSON EDWARD THOMAS AND MIAMI'S NEGRO MUNICIPAL COURT . University of New Mexico.
15. Thomas was also the first African American judge in the South since Reconstruction (1950)
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38. Web site: 2022-10-04 . Flagler's 'Victory Lap' as Circuit's 1st Black Women Judges Are Celebrated, With Pointed Sidebars . 2022-10-28 . FlaglerLive . en-US.
39. News: Held Hostage: Judicial Nominee Adalberto Jose Jordan. Cohen. Andrew. The Atlantic. 2018-01-19.
40. News: Black Openly Gay Judge Would Be Federal Bench's First. NPR.org. 2018-01-15.
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52. Web site: Miami lawyer Stephen N. Zack to receive ABA 2017 Spirit of Excellence Award. www.americanbar.org. en. 2019-01-03.
53. Web site: Francisco R. Angones – The First Cuban-born President of The Florida Bar. The Florida Bar. en-US. 2019-01-07.
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55. Web site: McDONALD . ZACK . History in the making: As court digitizes, new chief judge steps forward . 2020-03-14 . Panama City News Herald . en.
56. Web site: 2019-05-17 . First Black male Circuit Judge appointed to the Second Judicial Circuit . 2019-07-17 . WTXL . en.
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58. Web site: Attorney Theodore Bowers leaves legacy of justice. McDONALD. ZACK. Panama City News Herald. en. 2020-03-14.
59. Web site: Broward courthouse wings to be named for Coral Springs mayor and county's first black judge. Barszewski. Larry. Sun-Sentinel.com. 20 November 2018 . en-US. 2019-01-22.
60. Web site: Broward County Attorneys. BCBA. en-US. 2019-01-22.
61. Reddick was also the first African American to serves as an Assistant Public Defender, judge of the Court of Record, and judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
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66. News: Jacksonville's First African-American Lawyer: Joseph E. Lee. Florida Memory Blog. 2017-09-24.
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68. News: Light shed on Tampa's "legal lights'. Hawes. Leland. August 4, 1996. Tampa Tribune. 8. 2018-02-16.
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75. Web site: Anderson: Confederate monument among traces of the past all around us. Anderson. Chris. Daily Commercial. en. 2020-03-05.
76. Book: McCarthy, Kevin M.. African American Sites in Florida. 2007. Pineapple Press Inc. 978-1-56164-385-1. en.
77. News: Funeral scheduled for Calvin Mapp, Miami-Dade's first black county court judge. Daily Business Review. 2018-01-12.
78. Web site: Katherine Fernandez Rundle . 2024-05-15 . Florida Women's Hall of Fame . en-US.
79. Web site: 2020-08-21 . La Esquinita de Reme . 2024-05-15 . diariolasamericas.com . es-US.
80. Web site: Torres . Glenna . Milberg . Andrea . 2022-07-26 . Commissioner stands by deceitful flyer attacking Miami-Dade's 1st Haitian-American judge . 2023-12-19 . WPLG . en.
81. News: Lawyer Was Among 1st To Bridge Segregation Gap. tribunedigital-orlandosentinel. 2017-09-23.
82. Web site: CHILES APPOINTS ORANGE COUNTY'S 1ST BLACK JUDGE TO 5TH DISTRICT COURT. McBreen. Sharon. 4 March 1993. OrlandoSentinel.com. en-US. 2019-10-09.
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84. News: Mel Martinez. Forbes. 2018-11-13. en.
85. News: . Roy . Roger . NEW JUDGE IS A FIRST FOR ORANGE HISPANIC LAWYER, 34, JOINS COUNTY BENCH . Orlando Sentinel . 21 April 1987 . B1 .
86. News: For lawyer and son, Civil Rights Act was personal. https://web.archive.org/web/20140816055547/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-06-28/news/fl-pb-civil-rights-50th-20140626_1_northboro-elementary-school-civil-rights-act-palm-beach-school-board. dead. August 16, 2014. Sweeney. Dan. June 28, 2014. Sun Sentinel.
87. News: A Fine Romance. 2005-09-29. New Times Broward-Palm Beach. 2018-02-13.
88. News: Edward Rodgers, civil rights pioneer and county's first black judge, dead at 91. Marra. Andrew. The Palm Beach Post. 2018-11-13. en.
89. Web site: Black, Hispanic candidates could shake up face of county judiciary. Musgrave. Jane. The Palm Beach Post. en. 2020-03-13.
90. News: Frank H. White, second African-American judge in Pinellas County's history, dies at 84. 2012-06-22. 2018-01-12.
91. Web site: Carrying on the Life's Legacy of Winter Haven's First Black Attorney. Winter Haven CoC Winter Haven, FL. en. 2020-03-05.
92. Web site: Black educator banished from St. Lucie County for voting rights activities. Gould. Janie. news.wqcs.org. 3 March 2011. en. 2020-03-16.
93. FEDERATION NAMES PB ATTORNEY TO POST. (2004, December 23). <em>Palm Beach Daily News (FL)</em>, p. 12. Available from NewsBank: Access World News: https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/107499C3D851C3A6. First Jewish American male lawyer in Palm Beach County, Florida
    • Edward Rodgers:^[88] First African American prosecutor, judge, and chief judge in Palm Beach County, Florida
    • Bradley Harper:^[89] First African American male elected as a Judge of the Palm Beach County Circuit Court (2016)
    • Luis Delgado: First Hispanic American male elected as a Judge of the Palm Beach County Circuit Court (2016)
    • James B. Sanderlin (1963):^[90] First African American male judge in Pinellas County, Florida
    • Thomas E. Stringer, Sr.: First African American male to graduate from the Stetson University College of Law (1974) [<nowiki/>[[Pinellas County, Florida]]]
    • David Wilson III:^[91] First African American male lawyer in Winter Haven, Florida [<nowiki/>[[Polk County, Florida]]]
    • Ralph Flowers:^[92] First African American male judge in St. Lucie County, Florida
    • Emerson R. Thompson Jr.: First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach, Florida (1993) [Volusia County, Florida]

    See also

    • List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States

    Other topics of interest

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

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