List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Mississippi

Firsts in state history

Lawyer

• James Henry Piles : First African-American male lawyer in Mississippi

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• John R. Lynch: First African American male to serve as a judicial officer in Mississippi
• Reuben V. Anderson : First African-American male to serve as a judge since Reconstruction in Mississippi

  County Court

• Reuben V. Anderson : First African-American male to serve as a county court judge in Mississippi

  Supreme Court

• Reuben V. Anderson : First African-American male appointed as a Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court

  Federal

Appellate Court

• James E. Graves Jr. : First African-American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Mississippi

  United States Attorney

• Tyree Irving: First African American male to serve as the U.S. Attorney for Mississippi

  District Attorney

• Willis E. Mollison : First African American male to serve as a District Attorney in Mississippi

  Assistant District Attorney

• Clell Ward: First African American to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Mississippi

  Bar Association

• Reuben V. Anderson : First African American male to serve as the President of the Mississippi Bar Association

  Firsts in local history

Region

• Scott Colom: First African American male to serve as the district attorney for a majority-white district in Mississippi

  Hinds County

• Reuben V. Anderson : First African-American male judge in Hinds County, Mississippi

  Lee County

• Rickey Thompson: First African American male judge in Lee County, Mississippi

  Lowndes County

• Scott Colom: First African American to serve as the prosecutor for Columbus, Mississippi. He was also the African American male judge in Lowndes County, Mississippi.

  Monroe County

• Scott Colom: First African American male to serve as a municipal court judge in Aberdeen, Mississippi

  Noxubee County

• Rod Hickman: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney of Noxubee County, Mississippi

  Tallahatchie County

• John Wilchie: First African American male to serve as a Justice Court Judge in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

  Washington County

• Clell Ward: First African American to serve as the Assistant District Attorney of Washington County, Mississippi

  Other topics of interest

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