List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Nevada

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Nevada. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions, such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in Nevada's history

Lawyers

First Hispanic American male: John F. Mendoza (1951) First African American males: Earle W. White Jr. and Robert L. Reid (1964)

State judges

First Hispanic American male (justice of the peace): John F. Mendoza (1951) from 1955-1957Upon Mendoza's appointment as a Judge of the Eighth Judicial District for Nevada First African American male: Robert L. Reid (1964) in 1966 First Hispanic American male (district court): John F. Mendoza (1951) in 1966 First African American (district court): Addeliar Dell Guy (1957) in 1975Upon Guy's appointment to the Eighth Judicial District Court, Dept. XI in 1975 First African American male (elected judge; non-attorney): Robert E. “Moon” Mullen in 1969 First Filipino American male (municipal court judge): Cedric Kerns in 1997Salcedo, J., Mallari, C., & Wong-Padoongpatt, G. (2022). Nevada, filipina/x/o americans in. In The SAGE encyclopedia of filipina/x/o american studies (Vol. 2, pp. 696-697). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071828960.n250 First African American male (Nevada Supreme Court): Michael L. Douglas (1974) in 2004 First Asian American male: Jerome "Jerry" Tao (1992) in 2011 First African American male (Chief Justice; Nevada Supreme Court): Michael L. Douglas (1974) in 2011

Federal judges First Hispanic American male: Brian Sandoval (1989) from 2005-2009Upon Sandoval's appointment as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada

Attorney General of Nevada

First Hispanic American male: Brian Sandoval (1989) from 2003-2005 First African American male: Aaron D. Ford in 2019

Deputy Attorney General

First Latino American male: Vincent Ochoa in 1982

United States Attorney

First African American male: Jason Frierson in 2022

Deputy District Attorney

First Hispanic American male: John F. Mendoza (1951) from 1951-1955 First African American male: Addeliar Dell Guy (1957) in 1966

Nevada State Bar Association

First African American male (pass Nevada bar exam): Charles Kellar (1961)Keller was denied the right to practice law. First African American male (president): Bryan K. Scott (1991) from 2016-2017

Firsts in local history Addeliar Dell Guy (1957): First African American male to serve as a Deputy District Attorney in Clark County, Nevada (1966) and Judge of the Eighth Judicial District Court, Dept. XI (1975) John F. Mendoza (1951): First Hispanic American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace (1955-1957) for the Las Vegas Township, City Attorney for North Las Vegas (1958-1959) and District Attorney (1960) for Clark County, Nevada Bryan K. Scott (1991): First African American male to serve as the President of the Clark County Bar Association, Nevada. In 2020, Scott became the first African American male to serve as the City Attorney of Las Vegas. Fidel Salcedo: First Latino American male to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Reno, Nevada [Washoe County, Nevada] David Dean (1974): First African American male lawyer in Reno, Nevada [Washoe County, Nevada] Kenneth R. Howard: First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Reno Municipal Court (1999) [Washoe County, Nevada]

See also

List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States

Other topics of interest

List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States List of first women lawyers and judges in Nevada

References