List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Maryland

Firsts in state history

Lawyer

• Everett Waring : First African American male lawyer in Maryland

  Judicial Officers

State

• E. Everett Lane : First African American male to serve as a judge of record in Maryland
• Robert B. Watts: First African American male to serve as a municipal court judge in Maryland
• Michael Waring Lee: First African American male to serve as a chief judge of any Maryland court

  District Court

• J. Franklyn Bourne, Jr. : First African American male to serve as a district court judge in Maryland

  Circuit Court

• George L. Russell Jr. : First African American male to serve as a circuit court judge in Maryland

  Court of Special Appeals (Intermediate Appellate Court)

• David T. Mason: First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Maryland Special Court of Appeals. He is considered the first African American appellate court judge.

  Court of Appeals (Supreme)

• Harry A. Cole : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals
• Robert M. Bell : First African American male appointed as the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals

  Federal

District Court

• Joseph C. Howard Sr. : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• Theodore D. Chuang : First Asian American appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He is considered the first Asian American male judge to sit on the federal bench in Maryland's history.

  Assistant Attorney General

• Harry A. Cole : First African American male to serve as the Assistant Attorney General of Maryland

  Assistant United States Attorney

• John R. Hargrove Sr. : First African American male appointed as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland

  County Attorney

• Larnzell Martin, Jr.: First African American male to serve as a County Attorney in Maryland

  Bar Association

• Harry S. Johnson: First African American male to serve as the President of the Maryland Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Anne Arundel County

• Clayton Greene Jr. : First African American male judge in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

  Baltimore, City of

• Everett Waring : First African American male lawyer admitted to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City on October 10, 1885
• George L. Russell Jr. : First African American male appointed as a City Solicitor and Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, Maryland
• Joseph C. Howard Sr. : First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Baltimore City Supreme Court
• John R. Hargrove Sr. : First African American male appointed as the Administrative Judge of the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City
• George L. Rosedom: First African American male to serve as an Assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore

  Baltimore County

• Michael L. "M.L." McCampbell: First African American male judge in Baltimore County, Maryland
• James R. Benjamin, Jr.: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney of Baltimore County, Maryland

  Cecil County

• William Davis, Jr.: First African American male judge in Cecil County, Maryland

  Dorchester County

• George Ames: First African American male judge in Dorchester County, Maryland

  Howard County

• Richard "Rich" Gibson: First African American male to serve as the State’s Attorney for Howard County, Maryland

  Montgomery County

• DeLawrence Beard : First African American male judge in Montgomery County, Maryland
• Brian G. Kim: First Asian American male judge in Montgomery County, Maryland

  Prince George's County

• J. Franklyn Bourne, Jr. : First African American to set up a law practice and serve as a Judge of the District 5 Court in Prince George’s County, Maryland
• Larnzell Martin, Jr.: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney for Prince George's County, Maryland
• James H. Taylor: First African American male to serve as the Assistant State’s Attorney and a Circuit Court Judge for Prince George’s County, Maryland. He was also the first African American male member of the Prince George’s County Bar Association.
• Alexander Wiliiams Jr. : First African American male elected as the State's Attorney in Prince George's County, Maryland. He would later become a district court judge.

  Worchester County

• Gerald Purnell: First African American male lawyer in Berlin, Maryland Worcester County, Maryland|

  Other topics of interest

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