List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Oklahoma

Firsts in state history

Lawyers

• Sugar T. George: First known African American male lawyer in Oklahoma
• Simon R. Walking-Stick : First Cherokee Indian male lawyer in Oklahoma
• Buck Colbert Franklin : First African American male admitted to practice law in Oklahoma

  Judicial Officers

State

Judges

• Charles L. Owens : First African American male judge in Oklahoma
• Amos T. Hall: First African American male elected judge in Oklahoma

  Appellate Court

• David Lewis: First African American male appointed as a Judge and Presiding Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

  Supreme Court

• Tom Colbert : First African American male appointed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, as well as serve as its Chief Justice

  Federal

District Court

• Michael Burrage : First Native American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Northern District of Oklahoma, and Western District of Oklahoma
• Bernard M. Jones: First African American male to serve as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

  Appellate Court

• Jerome Holmes : First African American male to be appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Oklahoma

  Assistant Attorney General

• Charles L. Owens : First African American male to become an Assistant Attorney General in Oklahoma

  Political Office

• E. Melvin Porter : First African American male to attain an Oklahoma State Senate seat

  Firsts in local history

Rogers County

• Steve Pazzo: First Hispanic American male judge in Rogers County, Oklahoma

  Other topics of interest

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