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

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. 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 Colorado's history

State judges

* First African American male: James C. Flanigan in 1957 * First Hispanic American male (district court): Don Pacheco in 1971 * First Hispanic American male (

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): Luis Rovira in 1979 * First Latino American male (

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): Jose D.L. Marquez (1970) in 1988 * First African American male (18th Judicial District): Robert Russell: * First Hispanic American male (Chief Justice;

): Luis Rovira in 1990 * First African American male (

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): Gregory Kellam Scott in 1992: * First openly gay male (district court): David Brett Woods in 2009 * First Latino American male (Chief Judge;

): Gilbert M. Román in 2021

Federal judges

*First African American male (U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado):

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(1971) in 1995 *First Hispanic American male (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit):

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(1964) in 1995

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* First Hispanic American male:

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(1981) from 1999-2005

United States Attorney

* First Hispanic American male (U.S. Attorney for the

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): Charles S. Vigil in 1951

District Attorney

* First African American male: Norman S. Early, Jr. in 1983

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*First African American male admitted: Edwin Henry Hackley (1883) *First Hispanic American male (president):

(1964) from 1977-1978 *First African American male (president):

(1971) in 1991

Firsts in local history

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