List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Louisiana

Firsts in state history

Lawyer

• C. Clay Morgan : First African American male lawyer in Louisiana

  Judicial Officers

State

• Israel M. "I.M." Augustine: First African American male judge in Louisiana
• Ernest "Dutch" Nathan Morial: First African American male to serve as a juvenile court judge in Louisiana
• Don Johnson and Ron Johnson : First set of twins to serve simultaneously as judges in Louisiana

  District Court

• Israel M. "I.M." Augustine: First African American male to serve as a district court judge in Louisiana
• Freddie Pitcher : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District of Louisiana

  Circuit Court of Appeal

• Ernest "Dutch" Nathan Morial: First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal

  Supreme Court

• Jesse N. Stone: First African American male to serve as an Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Revius Ortique Jr.: First African American male appointed as a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

  Federal

• Robert Frederick Collins: First African American male to serve as a federal court judge in Louisiana

  District Court

• Ivan L.R. Lemelle : First African American male to serve as the United States Magistrate of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Ralph E. Tyson : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

  United States Attorneys

• Eddie Jordan, Jr.: First African American male to serve as a U.S. Attorney in Louisiana
• Donald W. Washington: First African American male to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana

  Assistant United States Attorney

• Ernest "Dutch" Nathan Morial: First African American male to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Louisiana

  District Attorney

• Charles Shropshire: First African American male elected as a District Attorney in Louisiana

  Assistant District Attorney

• J. Edward "Eddie" Hines Jr.: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Louisiana

  Bar Association

• Wayne J. Lee: First African American male to serve as the President of the Louisiana State Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Ascension Parish

• Alvin Turner Jr.: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney and a Judge of the 23rd Judicial District

  Assumption Parish

• Alvin Turner Jr.: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney and a Judge of the 23rd Judicial District

  Bossier Parish

• Jesse N. Stone: First African American lawyer in Shreveport, Louisiana

  Caddo Parish

• Jesse N. Stone: First African American lawyer in Shreveport, Louisiana
• James E. Stewart, Sr.: First African American male to serve as the District Attorney of Caddo Parish, Louisiana

  East Baton Rouge Parish

• Ernest Nathan Morial: First African American male to receive a law degree from Louisiana State University
• Freddie Pitcher : First African American male judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Ralph E. Tyson : First African American male to serve as a federal judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Nathan E. Wilson: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

  East and West Feliciana Parishes

• Charles Shropshire: First African American male elected as the District Attorney for East and West Feliciana Parishes, Louisiana

  Jefferson Parish

• Lionel R. Collins: First African American male judge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

  Lafourche Parish

• Anthony Lewis: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

  Lincoln Parish

• John Belton: First African American male to serve as the District Attorney for the Third Judicial District in Louisiana

  Orleans Parish

• Earl J. Amedee: First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana
• Ernest Nathan Morial: First African American male to serve as the mayor and a judge in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
• Okla Jones II : First African American male to serve as the City Attorney for the City of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. He would later become a district court judge.
• Eddie Jordan, Jr: First African American male to serve as the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana

  Ouachita Parish

• Charles Jones: First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana

  Rapides Parish

• J. Edward "Eddie" Hines, Jr.: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney of Rapides Parish, Louisiana

  St. James Parish

• Alvin Turner Jr.: First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney and a Judge of the 23rd Judicial District

  Terrebonne Parish

• Juan Pickett: First African American male judge in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

  Union Parish

• John Belton: First African American male to serve as the District Attorney for the Third Judicial District in Louisiana

  Other topics of interest

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