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This is a list of the '''first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s)''' in [[California]]. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
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[[File:John Rollin Ridge.jpg|thumb|250x250px|John Rollin Ridge: First Native American (Cherokee) male lawyer in California (c. 1840s)]]
| genre = [[Mockumentary]]<br />[[Comedy]]
| runtime = 10–50 minutes (web series)<br />22 minutes (TV series)
| creator = Jarett Cale<br />Geoff Lapaire
| starring = Jarett Cale<br />Geoff Lapaire<br />Joel Gardiner
| executive_producer = [[Derek Harvie]]<br />Catherine Tait<br />[[Ron Mann]]
| producer = Jarett Cale<br />Geoff Lapaire
| country = Canada
| language = English
| location = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]]
| network = [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]] (TV series)
| first_aired = Web series: {{Start date|2004|5|11}} – {{End date|2008|8|23}}<br />Television series: {{Start date|2010|3|12}} – {{End date|2010|4|30}}
| last_aired =
| num_seasons = 2 (web series)<br />1 (TV series)
| num_episodes = 18 (web series)<br />8 (TV series)
| list_episodes = List of Pure Pwnage episodes
}}
 
'''''Pure Pwnage''''' (pronounced "pure ownage")<ref name="pwn">The word "pwnage" can be pronounced several different ways. The show's creators pronounce it "ownage". Jeremy justifies this pronunciation with the following statements: "When people say [[Pwn|{{IPA|/ˈpoʊn/|cat=no}}]], they sound like a complete fag, and I'm not cool with being a fag, so I pronounce it {{IPA|/ˈoʊn/}}." {{" '}}Pwn' was originally a typo of 'own', because the 'P' is near the 'O' on the keyboard. The person is still trying to say 'own'." [TeamSpeak chat, December 13, 2005].</ref> is a Canadian [[web series|Internet-distributed]] [[mockumentary]] series from [[Roflmao|ROFLMAO]] Productions. The fictional series purports to chronicle the life and adventures of Jeremy (played by Jarett Cale), a [[Canadians|Canadian]] and self-proclaimed "[[pro gamer]]". In 2010, an adaptation of the [[web series]] began airing on [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]], a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] [[cable television]] [[specialty channel|channel]], but the series failed to be picked up for a second season.
== Firsts in state history ==
[[File:R C O Benjamin.jpg|thumb|250x250px|R.C.O. Benjamin: First African American male lawyer in California (1884)]]
[[File:Xavier Becerra, Official Portrait.JPG|thumb|250x250px|Xavier Becerra: First Latino American male Attorney General for California (2017)]]
 
=== LawPremise school ===
''Pure Pwnage'' is a web series that follows the life of Jeremy, a skilled gamer who struggles with social interactions due to his self-centered and lazy nature. The show focuses on Jeremy's interactions within the gaming community and with non-gamers. Jeremy's brother Kyle documents his experiences, creating a documentary-style narrative.
 
== Cast ==
*[[You Chung Hong]]<ref name=":62">{{Cite web|url=http://chineseamericanheroes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CAH-Attorneys.pdf|title=Chinese American Heroes - Attorneys|last=Zheng|first=Connie}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web|url=http://hometown-pasadena.com/history/y-c-hong/118583|title=Y. C. Hong|website=Hometown Pasadena|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref> (1923): First Chinese American male law graduate in California (1925)
{{main|List of Pure Pwnage characters}}
 
=== LawyersEpisodes ===
{{main|List of Pure Pwnage episodes}}
There are currently eighteen web episodes available to the public and eight TV episodes.
{{:List of Pure Pwnage episodes}}
 
== History ==
*[[John Rollin Ridge]] (Yellow Bird) (c. 1840s):<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Strickland|first=Rennard|date=1993|title=Yellow Bird's Song: The Message of America's First Native American Attorney|url=https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2291&context=tlr|journal=Tulsa Law Review|volume=29:2|pages=247–262}}</ref> First Native American ([[Cherokee]]) lawyer in California
''Pure Pwnage'' was created by Geoff Lapaire and Jarett Cale who also play the show's main protagonists. Originating in 2004, eighteen Internet-distributed episodes of the series have been released to date. In 2007, the series creators estimated their current viewer base to be over three million.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Infancy of Internet Television | author = Geoff Lapaire | publisher = Pure Pwnage | url = http://www.purepwnage.com/index.php?GUID=19150 | access-date = 2007-11-17 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071215065150/http://www.purepwnage.com/index.php?GUID=19150 | archive-date = 2007-12-15 }}</ref> The series is filmed primarily in [[Toronto]], Ontario, but has also included scenes filmed in [[Calgary]], Alberta; [[Montreal]], Quebec; [[Aurora, Ontario]]; [[Hamilton, Ontario]]; and the [[Netherlands]].
*[[R. C. O. Benjamin|R.C.O. Benjamin]] (1884):<ref name=":60">{{Cite news|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article44404029.html|title=Black History Month: The life of Robert Charles O'Hara Benjamin|newspaper=kentucky|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><ref name=":61">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lOIjQUG4aoC&q=first+african+american+lawyer+in+california&pg=PA519|title=Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944|last=Smith |first=J. Clay Jr.|date=1999-01-01|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0812216851}}</ref> First African American male lawyer in California
*[[Hong Yen Chang]] (1888):<ref name=":14">{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-chinese-lawyer-20150317-story.html|title=Ruling gives posthumous law license to victim of anti-Chinese 1890s|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2016-10-10|date=2015-03-17}}</ref> First Chinese American male lawyer in the U.S., but was denied the right to practice law in California<ref name=":17">Chang was awarded the right to practice posthumously in 2015. The admission year shown is for Chang's admission to New York's bar association in 1888.</ref>
*Theodore Grady (1897):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH18970831.2.55&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=A Deaf Mute Lawyer|date=August 31, 1897|website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}</ref> First deaf male lawyer in California
* Charles S. Darden (1906):<ref name=":41">{{Cite news|url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/fighting-for-leisure-african-americans-beaches-and-civil-rights-in-early-20th|title=Fighting for Leisure: African Americans, Beaches, and Civil Rights in Early 20th Century L.A.|date=2014-05-16|work=KCET|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{Cite news|url=https://afamwilsonnc.com/2018/02/25/charles-s-darden-esq/|title=Charles S. Darden, Esq.|date=2018-02-25|work=Black Wide-Awake|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":43">{{Cite web|url=https://charleshoustonbar.org/newsletters/2005.pdf|title=Golden Anniversary Judicial Luncheon|date=2005|website=THE CHARLES HOUSTON BAR ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER}}</ref> First African American male lawyer to argue a case before the [[Supreme Court of California]] (c. 1920s)
*Oscar Hudson (1911):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://default.sfplanning.org/Preservation/african_american_HCS/AfricanAmericanHistoricContextStatement_Draft_Jan2016.pdf|title=African American Citywide Historic Context Statement|date=January 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419101944/http://default.sfplanning.org/Preservation/african_american_HCS/AfricanAmericanHistoricContextStatement_Draft_Jan2016.pdf|archive-date=2019-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.calbar.ca.gov/archive/calbar/pdfs/cbj/75th-Anniversary.pdf|title=Celebrating 75 Years|website=State Bar of California}}</ref> First African American male admitted to the [[State Bar of California]]
*[[Chan Chung Wing]] (1918):<ref name=":44">{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-chinese-lawyer-20150317-story.html|title=Ruling gives posthumous law license to victim of anti-Chinese 1890s|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=2015-03-17}}</ref><ref name=":45">{{Cite web|url=http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/MemberSearch/QuickSearch?FreeText=Chan%20chung%20wing|title=Attorney Search : The State Bar of California|last=California|first=The State Bar of|website=members.calbar.ca.gov|access-date=2017-08-12}}</ref> First Chinese American male lawyer to pass the California Bar exam
* Kenji Ito (1945):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/aug/14/local/me-ito14|title=Kenji Ito, 94; Attorney Was Found Not Guilty at Spy Trial in 1942|last=Woo|first=Elaine|date=2003-08-14|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2016-10-15|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/191074105/|title=The Los Angeles Times|date=August 14, 2003|access-date=2018-01-23|page=122|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> First Japanese American male lawyer post-WWII in California
*[[Cruz Reynoso]] (1959):<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":52" /> First Latino American male admitted to the [[State Bar of California]]
*Paul C. Lo (1994):<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":15">{{Cite book |last=Yang |first=Kou |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8o0DwAAQBAJ |title=The Making of Hmong America: Forty Years after the Secret War |date=2017-10-05 |publisher=Lexington Books |isbn=978-1-4985-4646-1 |language=en}}</ref> First Hmong American male admitted to the [[State Bar of California]]
*[[Sergio C. Garcia]] (2014):<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Sahl|first1=John P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Es3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT112|title=Professional Responsibility in Focus|last2=Cassidy|first2=R. Michael|last3=Cooper|first3=Benjamin P.|last4=Tarkington|first4=Margaret C.|date=2017-09-26|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Law & Business|isbn=9781454893998}}</ref> First undocumented immigrant male admitted to the [[State Bar of California]]
 
During an interview, director Geoff Lapaire (although as "Kyle"; Lapaire maintained his "Kyle" identity among fans and media) insisted that all of the characters on the show are not acting.<ref name="teamspeak">Starting with Episode 8, the ''Pure Pwnage'' cast and crew hold a public [[TeamSpeak]] interview soon after the release of each episode, revealing many details about the show and the personalities involved in its creation. The recordings of each episode are linked in a [http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54783 post] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010003/http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=54783 |date=2007-09-27 }} on the forums.</ref> He suggested that the personalities on ''Pure Pwnage'' display their true-to-life abilities and eccentricities. The characters took great pains to maintain that the ''Pure Pwnage'' world is simply an extension of the real world. Lapaire has finally admitted that they are, in fact, actors. The sixth fanchat with the crew was out-of-character, where the fact that the characters within ''Pure Pwnage'' are exaggerated versions of the actors was confirmed.
=== Judicial officers ===
 
On August 6, 2009, it was announced that a ''Pure Pwnage'' TV series had been commissioned by [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]].<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/tV6cjKxZFOM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724221004/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6cjKxZFOM&;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable%2Ecom%2F2009%2F08%2F06%2Fpure%2Dpwnage%2F&;feature=player_embedded Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV6cjKxZFOM| title = Pure Pwnage special announcement | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 6 August 2009 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Upon the announcement, many members of the ''Pure Pwnage'' fan community raised concerns. The main complaints were that the series was only announced to be airing in Canada, and the assumption that it would be changed in order to appeal to viewers not familiar with [[internet culture]]. Jarett Cale, who writes the show and plays Jeremy, tried to quell the complaints on the ''Pure Pwnage'' forums, saying "We're doing our best to get it broadcast in the USA, UK, Australia, etc., but it's really up to each country's respective broadcasters. ''[...]'' Geoff and I are still the main creative force&nbsp;– we're producers and writers. We've also brought on many new people with experience in traditional television to help us out both story-wise and production-wise. FPS Doug will still be there, and he will still be played by Joel Gardiner."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=92459&view=findpost&p=1770140 |title=''Pure Pwnage'' forum post |last=Cale |first=Jarett |date=2009-08-06 |publisher=ROFLMAO Productions |access-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616054549/http://purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?s= |archive-date=June 16, 2010 }}</ref> In response to a user asking if the TV series meant there would be no more web episodes, he said "Nope, it only means there's a new TV series."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=92541&view=findpost&p=1772872 |title=''Pure Pwnage'' forum post |last=Cale |first=Jarett |date=2008-08-10 |publisher=ROFLMAO Productions |access-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616054549/http://purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?s= |archive-date=June 16, 2010 }}</ref>
==== State ====
 
Despite this, the future of the web series was uncertain. Geoff Lapaire, director of all previous episodes of ''Pure Pwnage'', left the show in September 2008 to focus on the then-unannounced TV series, and Troy Dixon, who played T-Bag in the series, died in a car accident on December 6, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=84552&view=findpost&p=1600457 |title=''Pure Pwnage'' forum post |date=2008-12-09 |publisher=ROFLMAO Productions |access-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616054549/http://purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?s= |archive-date=June 16, 2010 }}</ref> Jarett Cale announced in January 2009 that work on the next web episode had begun, with him as the director, however, the episode has not been released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepwnage.com/index.php?GUID=86392 |title=''Pure Pwnage'' news post |last=Cale |first=Jarett |date=2009-01-27 |publisher=ROFLMAO Productions |access-date=2009-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720025702/http://www.purepwnage.com/index.php?GUID=86392 |archive-date=July 20, 2009 }}</ref>
===== Justice of the Peace =====
 
In a short Livestream cast on March 15, 2010, a user posted a comment regarding the web series and Jarett replied that the web series is back in production and is in progress. He has not given out an ETA.
* Charles S. Darden (1906):<ref name=":41" /><ref name=":42" /><ref name=":43" /> First African American male to seek a judgeship in California (he was nominated for the police court in 1906, though he would withdraw from the nomination).
*Oscar Overr:<ref name=":28">{{Cite web|url=https://blackpast.org/perspectives/history-allensworth-california-1908|title=The History of Allensworth, California (1908- ) {{!}} The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|website=blackpast.org|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18|date=2017-09-28}}</ref><ref name=":29">{{Cite web|url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/allensworth%20chl%20draft.pdf|title=State of California - The Resources Agency Primary DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION - Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park|date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> First African American to serve as a Justice of the Peace in California (1914)
 
On January 19, 2011, Jarett announced on the Pure Pwnage forums that the TV series had not been picked up for a second season. Additionally, the web series has been put on indefinite hold. In his own words: "My hope that Pure Pwnage will see a proper ending to its illustrious web series has nearly vanished. I've let Geoff know that should he be willing at any time to resume some of his traditional, critical roles on the web series I will fly home to Toronto in a heartbeat to help make it happen."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101262 |title=''Pure Pwnage'' forum post |last=Cale |first=Jarett |date=2011-01-19 |publisher=ROFLMAO Productions |access-date=2020-08-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071607/http://www.purepwnage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101262 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref>
===== Judges =====
 
On September 18, 2012 The Pure Pwnage YouTube channel uploaded a video titled "010100100100010101010100010101010101001001001110" which is a binary encoding of the word "Return", signalling the return of the Pure Pwnage.
*Henry A. Lyons:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Postal |first=Bernard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_h1AAAAMAAJ&q=lyons+first+jewish+judge+in+california&dq=lyons+first+jewish+judge+in+california&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUxdOuiYSGAxVCFlkFHYgqB_YQ6AF6BAgKEAM |title=American Jewish Landmarks: The West |last2=Koppman |first2=Lionel |date=1986 |publisher=Fleet Press |isbn=978-0-8303-0164-5 |language=en}}</ref> First Jewish American judge in California (upon his appointment to the California Supreme Court in 1849)
*Edwin L. Jefferson (1931):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-22/local/me-954_1_black-judge|title=Pioneer Black Judge Edwin Jefferson Dies|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|date=1989-08-22|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-10|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First African American male judge in California (1941)
*[[Ralph Moradian]] (1934):<ref name="Bulbulian 2000">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRV2AAAAMAAJ|title=The Fresno Armenians: History of a Diaspora Community|last=Bulbulian|first=Berge|date=2000|publisher=Press at California State University, Fresno|isbn=9780912201351|language=en}}</ref> First male of Armenian descent to become a judge in California (1963)
*[[David W. Williams]] (1937):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/10/local/me-28552|title=David Williams Dies; Was First Black Federal Judge in West|last=Woo|first=Elaine|date=2000-05-10|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-18|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> He was considered "the first African-American federal judge west of the Mississippi."<ref>Upon his appointment as a Judge of U.S. District Court for the Central District of California</ref> (1969)
*[[John F. Aiso|John Aiso]] (1941):<ref name=":31">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfFcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|title=Encyclopedia of Japanese American Internment|last=Okihiro|first=Gary Y.|date=2013-06-11|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313399169}}</ref><ref name=":32">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzEVCgAAQBAJ|title=Citizens of Asian America: Democracy and Race During the Cold War|last=Cheng|first=Cindy I.-Fen|date=2014-10-22|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9781479880737}}</ref><ref name=":33">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZg6Ft_jvJ0C&pg=PA98|title=Japanese American History: An A-to-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present|last1=Niiya|first1=Brian|last2=Calif.|first2=Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles)|date=1993|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=9780816026807}}</ref><ref name=":34">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-12-31/local/me-7802_1_john-aiso|title=John Aiso, Prominent Nisei and Jurist, Dies After Mugger's Attack|last1=Morrision|first1=Patt|date=1987-12-31|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-23|last2=O'Donnell|first2=Santiago|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First Japanese American male judge in California (1952)
*[[Delbert E. Wong]] (1948):<ref name=":46">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX43KGyuIlsC&pg=PA9534|title=Congressional Record, V. 152, PT. 7, May 18, 2006 to May 26, 2006|date=July 2010|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160861543}}</ref><ref name=":473">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uS22EezKY7kC&pg=PA105|title=Citizens of Asian America: Democracy and Race during the Cold War|last=Cheng|first=Cindy I.-Fen|date=2013-05-31|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814759356}}</ref><ref name=":483">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/12/local/me-wong12|title=Delbert E. Wong, 85; First Chinese American Judge in the Continental U.S.|last=Thurber|first=Jon|date=2006-03-12|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-23|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First Chinese American male judge in California (1959)
*[[Allen Broussard]] (1954):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt0v19n4dr;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=d0e144&toc.id=0&brand=oac4|title=A California Supreme Court Justice Looks at Law and Society, 1964-1996|website=oac.cdlib.org|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First African American male judge to serve as the President of the California Judges Association (1972)
*[[Stephen Lachs]] (1963):<ref name=":152">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1999/sep/02/local/me-6025|title=Nation's 1st Openly Gay Judge to Retire|date=1999-09-02|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-15|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male judge in California (1979)
*Kenneth Chang (1963):<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/almID/1202538205520|title=Lim Ruger Scoops Up 4-Lawyer Firm to Gain Toehold in San Francisco|work=The Recorder|access-date=2018-01-26}}</ref> First Korean American male judge in California (1980)
* Fred W. Gabourie (1965):<ref name=":37">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S5tJAQAAIAAJ|title=The story of the California Judges Association: the first sixty years|last1=Andersen|first1=Cameron Estelle|last2=Committee|first2=California Judges Association History|date=1992|publisher=Bancroft-Whitney}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EElRnt06QUkC|title=Reimagining Indian Country: Native American Migration and Identity in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles|last=Rosenthal|first=Nicolas G.|date=2012-05-15|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=9780807869994}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FoI5w-OhhusC|title=American Indian Chronology: Chronologies of the American Mosaic|last=White|first=Phillip M.|date=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313338205}}</ref> First Native American ([[Seneca people]]) male judge in California (1976)
*Mel Red Recana (1974):<ref name=":35">{{Cite news|url=http://asianjournal.com/news/fil-am-julian-recana-sworn-as-la-county-superior-court-judge/|title=Fil-Am Julian Recana sworn in as LA County Superior Court judge {{!}} News|work=News|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref><ref name=":36">{{Cite news|url=http://asianjournal.com/aj-magazines/mel-recana-and-son-julian-share-valuable-experience-on-trials-in-court-and-in-life/|title=Mel Recana and son Julian share valuable experience on trials in court and in life {{!}} AJ Magazines|work=AJ Magazines|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref><ref name=":37" /> First Filipino American male judge in California (1981)
*Thang Nguyen Barrett (1988):<ref name=":26">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/11/first-vietnamese-american-college-president-relies-on-refugee-past-to-connect-with-students/|title=First Vietnamese-American college president relies on refugee past to connect with students|date=2017-08-11|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref><ref name=":27">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi00kimh|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/distinguishedasi00kimh/page/28 28]|title=Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary|last1=Cordova|first1=Dorothy C. L.|last2=Chuong|first2=Chung H.|last3=Kim|first3=Robert H. Hyung Chan|last4=Ng|first4=Franklin|last5=Singh|first5=Jane|date=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313289026|language=en}}</ref> First Vietnamese American male judge in California (1997)
*Paul C. Lo (1994):<ref name=":22">{{Cite news|url=http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/article3282727.html|title=First Hmong American judge in U.S. appointed in Merced County|work=mercedsunstar|access-date=2017-10-26}}</ref><ref name=":15" /> First Hmong American male judge in California (2013)
*Firdaus Dordi (1996):<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/nation-s-first-parsi-judge-appointed-to-los-angeles-superior/article_27701c26-d79d-11e6-b97c-6f0848e29085.html|title=Nation's First Parsi Judge Appointed to Los Angeles Superior Court|last=SOHRABJI|first=SUNITA|date=January 10, 2017|website=India-West}}</ref> First [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] male judge in California (2017)
*[[Halim Dhanidina]] (1997):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17552|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First Muslim American male judge in California (2012)
*Aruna P. Rodrigo (2008):<ref name=":47">{{Cite web |title=Aruna Rodrigo The first Sri Lankan-American Judge in California - Life {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/life/Aruna-Rodrigo-The-first-Sri-Lankan-American-Judge-in-California/243-216912 |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":48">{{Cite web |title=First Sri Lankan-American appointed to the Judicial Bench in State of California |url=https://www.srilankafoundation.org/newsfeed/first-sri-lankan-american-appointed-to-the-judicial-bench-in-state-of-california/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Sri Lanka Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> First Sri Lankan American male judge in California (2021)
 
=====Pure AppellatePwnage CourtTeh ===Movie==
On September 19, 2012, an official [[crowd funding]] campaign was announced to aid in the funding of a Pure Pwnage movie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiegogo.com/purepwnage|title = Pure Pwnage: Teh Movie}}</ref> The $75,000 goal was raised in just over 24 hours, due to overwhelming support from fans all over the world. At the end of the campaign, a total of $211,300 was raised.
 
On November 22, 2015, the official trailer was released. The movie premiered in Toronto on January 23, 2016, at the Bloor Cinema. Further screenings took place around the US and in the UK.
*[[Cruz Reynoso]] (1959):<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":52">{{Cite journal|last=Reynoso|first=Cruz|date=June 2005|title=ARTICLE: A Survey of Latino Lawyers in Los Angeles County - Their Professional Lives and Opinions|journal=U.C. Davis L. Rev.|volume=38|pages=1563}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed to the California Court of Appeal (1976)
* Stephen K. Tamura:<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/coa100booklet.pdf|title=Striving for Justice: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - A History of the California Courts of Appeal On the Occasion of Their Centennial Celebration|date=2005|website=Administrative Office of the Courts}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rafu.com/2012/12/remembering-wintersburg/|title=Remembering Wintersburg|website=www.rafu.com|access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> First Japanese American male appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeal in California (1966)
*Rosendo Peña (1980):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17824|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in California (2012)
*[[Jim Humes]] (c. 1983):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17825|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male appointed as a Judge of the California Court of Appeals (2012)
*Richard T. Fields (1983):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19635|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Fourth District Court of Appeals in California (2016)
* Luis A. Lavin (1985):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19016|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male appointed as a Judge of the Second District Court of Appeals in California (2015)
* M. Bruce Smith (1988):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18780|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in California (2014)
* Miguel Márquez (1996):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17550|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/06/27/first-latino-justice-set-to-be-confirmed-to-6th-district-court-of-appeals/|title=First Latino justice set to be confirmed to 6th District Court of Appeals|date=2012-06-27|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the Sixth District Court of Appeals in California (2012)
* [[Gabriel P. Sanchez]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hwchronicle.com/alumnus-appointed-to-first-district-court-of-appeals/|title=Alumnus appointed to First District Court of Appeals {{!}} The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle|website=hwchronicle.com|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the First District Court of Appeals in California (2018)
* Maurice Sanchez:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Commission Confirms 2 Newsom Appointees to Courts of Appeal|url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/2022/01/06/commission-confirms-two-newsom-appointees-to-courts-of-appeal/|access-date=2022-02-16|website=The Recorder|language=en}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal in California (2022)
 
On May 7, 2016, Pure Pwnage Teh Movie was released for streaming and digital download via Vimeo.
===== Supreme Court =====
 
=== Reception and awards ===
*[[Henry A. Lyons]]:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1912-12-08/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=1789&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=A+Henry+Lyons&proxdistance=5&date2=1924&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Henry+A.+Lyons&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|title=American-Jewish History, a book review of 'History of Jews in America'|date=December 8, 1912|work=The San Francisco call|access-date=August 1, 2017|publisher=Library of Congress Historic Newspapers|page=4|quote=Among the men prominent in the affairs of California mentioned in the book are Solomon Heydendeldt,...Henry A. Lyons.}}</ref> First Jewish American male appointed as a Justice of the California Supreme Court (1849)
Pure Pwnage Teh Movie received the Canadian Comedy Awards 2016 award for best feature film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://canadiancomedyawards.org/awards.php|title=Awards {{!}} Canadian Comedy Awards|website=canadiancomedyawards.org|access-date=2016-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104141148/http://canadiancomedyawards.org/awards.php|archive-date=2016-11-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was well-received by general audiences.<ref>{{Citation|last=Lapaire|first=Geoff|title=Pure Pwnage|date=2016-02-03|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682866/|access-date=2016-11-22}}</ref>
*[[Solomon Heydenfeldt]]:<ref name="albert">{{cite journal|last1=Friedenberg|first1=Albert M.|date=1902|title=Solomon Heydenfeldt: A Jewish Jurist Of Alabama and California|journal=Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society|volume=10|issue=10|pages=129–140|jstor=43059669}}</ref> First Jewish American male elected as a Justice of the California Supreme Court (1852)
*[[Wiley Manuel]] (1954):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-wiley-manuel-19810106-story.html|title=From the Archives: Wiley Manuel, First Black on State High Court, Dies|last=ENDICOTT|first=WILLIAM|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2018-01-29|date=1981-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPDqMQv0Y6QC&pg=PA294|title=Historic U.S. Court Cases: An Encyclopedia|last=Johnson|first=John W.|date=2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415937559}}</ref> First African American male appointed as a Justice of the California Supreme Court (1977)
*[[Cruz Reynoso]] (1959):<ref name=":23">{{Cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Kevin|date=2012|title=An Interview with Justice Cruz Reynoso|url=https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/probono_public_service/ls_pb_pbp_reynoso_interview_jj_2012_su.authcheckdam.pdf|journal=Judges' Journal|volume=51:3|pages=4–8}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Justice of the California Supreme Court (1981)
*[[Martin Jenkins]] (1981):<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Newsom names first openly gay justice to the California Supreme Court|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-10-05/newsom-cal-supreme-court|access-date=2020-11-03|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Governor Newsom Selects Justice Martin Jenkins (Ret.) for California Supreme Court|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/10/05/governor-newsom-selects-justice-martin-jenkins-ret-for-california-supreme-court/|access-date=2020-11-03|website=California Governor|language=en}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT (African-American) male appointed as a Justice of the California Supreme Court (2020)
 
==== FederalSpin-offs ====
 
===== DistrictTV Courtseries =====
On August 6, 2009, it was announced that a ''Pure Pwnage'' TV series had been commissioned by [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.purepwnage.com/index.php?GUID=92459|title=Pure Pwnage announcement: "Project X Revealed"|publisher=ROFLMAO Productions|access-date=2009-08-16|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811220757/http://www.purepwnage.com/index.php?GUID=92459|archive-date=2009-08-11}}</ref> The announcement was made in the form of a mini-episode where Kyle tries to convince Jeremy to stop playing on his [[Nintendo DS Lite]] and make the announcement. The series had been teased for several months under the name "Project X". The TV series premiered on [[Showcase (Canadian TV channel)|Showcase]] March 12, 2010, and premiered on Australia's [[ABC2]] on October 4, 2010. According to creator Jarett Cale, the TV series itself takes place in a fictional world within the Pure Pwnage universe (webseries) where Kyle ironically got a TV series, thus explaining the lack of consistency between shows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc2/201010/programs/ZX1389A001D2010-10-04T210600.htm?program=Pure%20Pwnage|title=Pure Pwnage - Life Of A Pro Gamer|website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref>
 
=== Jeremy's Mail Sac ===
*[[Manuel Real]]:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bias |first=United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit) Task Force of the District of Columbia Circuit on Gender, Race, and Ethnic |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iz6yNsy55NcC&pg=RA1-PA11 |title=The Gender, Race, and Ethnic Bias Task Force Project in the D.C. Circuit |date=1995 |publisher=Task Force |language=en}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1966)
Starting in March 2010, the ''Pure Pwnage'' website began letting fans send Jeremy questions via e-mail. Jeremy then answered the fan questions in video segments posted on the website titled ''Jeremy's Mail Sac''.
*[[Earl Ben Gilliam]] (1957):<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsUkHDFJJK8C|title=Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session ....|date=1981|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://ebgba.org/history/hon-earl-b-gilliam|title=Hon. Earl B. Gilliam|date=2017-04-24|work=Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref> First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (1980)
*[[Robert Aguilar]] (1958):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wl3NkAyS3hQC&pg=PA43|title=ABA Journal|date=November 1990|publisher=American Bar Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/02/14/senate-confirms-santa-clara-county-judge-davila-to-federal-bench/|title=Senate confirms Santa Clara County judge Davila to federal bench|date=2011-02-14|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref><ref>Judge Aguilar would resign in 1996 and the next Hispanic American male judge, Hon.[[Edward J. Davila]] (1979), would not be appointed to the Northern District Court of California bench until 2011.[https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/05/20/white-house-nominates-san-jose-judge-edward-davila-to-federal-bench/]</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (1980)
*[[Dickran Tevrizian]] (1965):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.usc.edu/22466/USC-Institute-Gala-Honors-Federal-Judge/|title=USC Institute Gala Honors Federal Judge|date=2005-10-19|website=USC News|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> First male of Armenian descent to become a Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|U.S. District Court for the Central District of California]] (1985)
*[[Ronald S. W. Lew]] (1971):<ref name=":38">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pli.edu/Content/Faculty/Hon_Ronald_S_W_Lew/_/N-4oZ1z1374x|title=HONORABLE RONALD S.W. LEW|website=www.pli.edu|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref><ref name=":39">{{Cite web|url=https://www.swlaw.edu/alumni-careers/alumni/trailblazers/ronald-sw-lew-71|title=Hon. Ronald S.W. Lew '71|website=Southwestern Law School|access-date=2018-01-23}}</ref> First Chinese American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1987)
*[[Thelton Henderson]] (1962):<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hon. Thelton E. Henderson {{!}} Berkeley Law |work=Berkeley Law |url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/thelton-e-henderson-center-for-social-justice/who-we-are/hon-thelton-e-henderson/ |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> First African American male appointed as the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of Northern California (1990)
*[[Garland Ellis Burrell Jr.]] (1976):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-06-19/news/mn-16503_1_federal-judges|title=U.S. Judge in Unabomber Case Is Called Deliberate, in Control|last=Jacobs|first=Paul|date=1996-06-19|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-19|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California (1991)
*[[Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woo |first=Elaine |date=2009-08-07 |title=Robert M. Takasugi dies at 78; Japanese American federal judge had been interned in World War II relocation camp |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-robert-takasugi7-2009aug07-story.html |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> First Japanese American male to serve as Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|U.S. District Court for the Central District of California]] (1996)
*[[Edward M. Chen]] (1980):<ref name=":12">{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/edward-chen-79-nominated-to-u-s-district-court-in-san-francisco/|title=Edward Chen '79 Nominated to U.S. District Court in San Francisco {{!}} Berkeley Law|work=Berkeley Law|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Asian-magistrate-is-a-first-in-S-F-Chen-was-2927327.php|title=Asian magistrate is a first in S.F. / Chen was discrimination specialist at ACLU|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref> First Asian American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2011)
*[[Michael W. Fitzgerald]] (1985):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Michael-Fitzgerald-1st-openly-gay-U-S-judge-in-CA-3411266.php|title=Michael Fitzgerald 1st openly gay U.S. judge in CA|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Californias-First-Openly-Gay-Federal-Judge-Confirmed-142996365.html|title=CA's First Openly Gay Judge Confirmed|work=NBC Bay Area|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2012)
* [[Jay C. Gandhi|Vijay Gandhi]] (1997):<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/vijay-gandhi-becomes-first-indian-american-judge-in-california/articleshow/5831137.cms|title=Vijay Gandhi becomes first Indian-American judge in California|date=2010-04-19|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-01-26}}</ref> First Indian American male judge appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2010)
*[[Vince Chhabria]] (1998):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.times-standard.com/article/ZZ/20150823/NEWS/150828492|title=Bay Area Obama appointees: a breakdown|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First Indian American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2014)
*Steve B. Chu:<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-18 |title=Steve B. Chu Appointed as U.S. Magistrate Judge |language=en |work=FBA San Diego |url=https://www.fbasd.org/post/steve-b-chu-appointed-as-u-s-magistrate-judge |access-date=2023-08-28}}</ref> First Asian American male to serve as a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California (2023)
*[[P. Casey Pitts]]:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Egelko |first=Bob |date=2023-12-05 |title=Biden is bringing unprecedented diversity to the federal bench, new report says |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/biden-diversity-judges-18535268.php |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> First openly gay male to serve as a Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of California]] (2023)
 
===== BankruptcyPro Courtat Cooking =====
Starring Dave (Dawei) as himself, ''Pro at Cooking'' is a spin-off of ''Pure Pwnage''. A cooking show for gamers with Dave hosting as the main chef. When his female assistants do not perform as expected, Dave constantly fires each one of them usually after every episode. Directed by Davin, it has only aired seven 5- to 10-minute episodes. No other characters from ''Pure Pwnage'', excluding Dave, Davin, and Geoff, appear on the show.
 
=== ''Pure Pwnage: The Comic'' ===
* Robert Kwan:<ref>{{Cite web|title=LACBA Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Honorees|url=https://www.lacba.org/about-us-menu/lacba-featured-members/lacba-asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-month-honorees|access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.lacba.org}}</ref> First male of Chinese ancestry to serve as a Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California (2007)
From February 28, 2006 to March 7, 2007, the ''Pure Pwnage'' website featured a regularly issued comic, of which a new page was released once every two to three weeks. Apparently set in the "real world" rather than in the fictional world of ''Pure Pwnage'', the comic breaks most of the [[fourth wall]] of the show. For example, Dave said in the show that he was leaving it due to unfinished business in China, the comic claims that the real reason was that he had found a new job in [[Vancouver]].
 
However, both the show and comic clearly contain elements that are either symbolic representations of reality (for example, [[pwn]]ing an opponent with "micro balls" as a possible metaphor for pwning them in an actual video game) or are not based in reality whatsoever.
===== Circuit Court =====
 
=== Pure Pwnage: Teh Movie ===
*[[Arthur Alarcón]]:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-arthur-alarcon-20150201-story.html|title=Arthur L. Alarcón, 9th U.S. Circuit's first Latino judge, dies at 89|last=Bermudez|first=Esmeralda|date=2015-01-31|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-12|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ce9/view.php?pk_id=0000000005|title=Ninth Circuit Recalls First Hispanic Judge|website=www.ca9.uscourts.gov|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California (1979)
In September 2012, series creators Jarett Cale and Geoff Lapaire announced an indiegogo campaign to raise funds for a Pure Pwnage feature-length film. Within 24 hours of the campaign being launched, the project had received its goal of $75,000, and by the end of the campaign, they had reached a total of $211,300. Despite this being a relatively small film budget, Jarett Cale and Geoff Lapaire have said that with their experience of making the web series with an extremely limited amount of funds, they are confident that they would be able to make a quality film shot in countries across the world, mentioning hopes of filming in South Korea. Pre-production began in earnest in early 2013, with weekly twitch.tv live streams in which Lapaire, Cale, and guests such as Joel Gardiner (fps_doug) and Miranda Plant (Tagi) discuss the film and interact with fans.
 
The film also featured Nathan Adams as an Accounting Associate, [[Ajay Fry]] as himself, and actors [[Gwenlyn Cumyn]], Thomas Finn, and Alberta Mayne<ref>{{Citation|title=Pure Pwnage|date=3 February 2016|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682866/|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
=== Attorney General ===
 
The film premiered on January 23, 2016, in Toronto, Ontario. Following this, Cale and Lapaire took the film to the road, screening the project around the world in a touring limited release.
* [[Xavier Becerra]] (1985):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/politics/xavier-becerra-california-attorney-general/index.html|title=Becerra to leave Congress for California AG post|first=Tal |last=Kopan|work=CNN|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref> First Latino American male lawyer to be appointed as the [[Attorney General of California]] (2017)
*[[Rob Bonta]] (1999):<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oriel|first=Christina M.|date=2021-03-24|title=Rob Bonta makes history as California's first Filipino American attorney general|url=https://www.asianjournal.com/usa/california/rob-bonta-makes-history-as-californias-first-filipino-american-attorney-general/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Asian Journal News|language=en-US}}</ref> First Filipino American male lawyer to be appointed as the [[Attorney General of California]] (2021)<ref>Bonta is the second Asian American to serve as the Attorney General of California, as Kamala Harris was the first from 2011-2017.</ref>
 
On May 7, 2016, Pure Pwnage Teh Movie was released for streaming and digital download on Vimeo.
=== Deputy Attorney General ===
 
== Notes ==
* [[Delbert E. Wong]] (1948):<ref name=":462">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX43KGyuIlsC&pg=PA9534|title=Congressional Record, V. 152, PT. 7, May 18, 2006 to May 26, 2006|date=July 2010|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160861543}}</ref><ref name=":473"/><ref name=":483"/> First Chinese American male appointed as a Deputy Attorney General in California (1952)
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== References ==
=== Assistant Attorney General ===
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== External links ==
* Franklin Williams:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/williams-franklin-hall-1917-1990/|title=Franklin Hall Williams (1917-1990) • BlackPast|date=2014-08-23|website=BlackPast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-22}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Assistant Attorney General of California (1959)
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* [http://www.ppartchive.com ''Pure Pwnage Artchive'']
 
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=== United States Attorney ===
 
*[[Cecil F. Poole]] (1939):<ref name=":20">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/16/us/cecil-f-poole-83-a-legal-leader-for-blacks.html|title=Cecil F. Poole, 83, a Legal Leader for Blacks|date=1997-11-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-01-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":51">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Legal-pioneer-Cecil-Poole-dies-at-83-3090659.php|title=Legal pioneer Cecil Poole dies at 83|last1=Coile|first1=Zachary|last2=Staff|first2=Of the Examiner|date=1997-11-14|website=SFGate|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (1961)
*[[André Birotte Jr.]] (1991):<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://lasentinel.net/u-s-attorney-andre-birotte-jr-a-prosecutor-s-prosecutor.html|title=U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte, Jr., a Prosecutor's Prosecutor - Los Angeles Sentinel|date=2010-10-14|work=Los Angeles Sentinel|access-date=2018-01-19}}</ref> First African American male U.S. Attorney for the Central District (2010). He would later become a district court judge.
 
=== District Attorney ===
 
* Christopher W. Smith (1959):<ref name=":30">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-23/news/ga-5624_1_victor-kaleta/2|title=Assistant Prosecutor Takes Reins Riding Tall|last=HASTINGS|first=DEBORAH|date=1986-03-23|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-03-19|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref name=":40">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1986-03-23/news/ga-5624_1_victor-kaleta|title=Assistant Prosecutor Takes Reins Riding Tall|last=HASTINGS|first=DEBORAH|date=1986-03-23|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2019-03-19|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First African American male to serve as a District Attorney in California (1977-1981)
 
=== City Attorney ===
 
* Mikio Uchiyama (1953):<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":53">{{Cite web |title=Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 26 (Thursday, February 16, 2012) |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2012-02-16/html/CREC-2012-02-16-pt1-PgE220.htm |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.govinfo.gov}}</ref> First Japanese American male to serve as a City Attorney in California
 
=== Political office ===
 
*[[Charles Calderon]] (1976):<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Spring 2008|title=State Roll Call|url=https://law.ucdavis.edu/publications-broadcasts/files/Counselor-Spring-2008.pdf|journal=Counselor (UC Davis, School of Law)}}</ref> First Hispanic American male lawyer to become a Senate Majority Leader in California (1996)
 
=== Bar Association ===
 
* [[Samuel L. Williams]]:<ref name=":19">{{cite web|url=http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/bog/bot_ExecDir/2014_PastPresidentsTableWeb_091614.pdf|title=The State Bar of California Past Presidents of the Board of Trustees, Revised 09/16/14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09gDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|title=Upward Moves on the Legal Front|date=October 1985|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the President of the [[State Bar of California]] (1981)
* Luis Rodriguez:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calbarjournal.com/October2013/TopHeadlines/TH1.aspx|title=Luis Rodriguez: First Latino bar president paves the way forward|website=www.calbarjournal.com|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/usa/ca/news?news=850714|title=President of the State Bar: Who is Luis J. Rodriguez?|website=AllGov California|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as the President of the State Bar of California (2013)
* Michael Colantuono:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/new-california-bar-president-michael-colantuono-88-eager-drive-reforms/|title=New California Bar President Michael Colantuono '88 Eager to Drive Reforms|website=Berkeley Law|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male to serve as the President of the State Bar of California (2017)
*Ronald E. Albers:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/news///239987|title=Gov appoints first openly gay judge|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en|access-date=2019-01-06}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male to serve as the Vice-President of the State Bar of California
 
== Firsts in local history ==
''Alphabetized by [[List of counties in California|county]] name''
 
=== Region ===
 
* Lewis A. Franklin (1853):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/1975/july/franklin/|title=The Franklin Brothers of San Diego|website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> First Jewish male lawyer in Southern California (c. 1850s) (specifically San Diego, California)
*Wayne M. Kanemoto (1943):<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.scu.edu/winter2008/memoriam.cfm|title=Santa Clara Magazine - In Memoriam|website=magazine.scu.edu|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/santaclarauniversity/docs/centennial-book-web|title=Santa Clara Law Centennial Book|work=Issuu|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.scu.edu/summer2011/editor.cfm|title=Santa Clara Magazine - Editor|website=magazine.scu.edu|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref> First Japanese American male judge in [[Northern California]] (Santa Clara County, California; 1962)
*[[Cecil F. Poole]] (1939):<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":51" /> First African American male to serve as a federal judge in [[Northern California]] (1976)
*Mikio Uchiyama (1953):<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.blackradionetwork.com/asian_bar_nominates__trailblazers_|title=Asian Bar Nominates|work=BlackRadioNetwork|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.japaneseamericanisseipioneermuseum.com/english/stories/issei_stories/Issei%20Pioneer%20-%20Shunsuke%20Uchiyama.pdf|title=Issei Pioneer: Shunsuke Uchiyama|last=Takemura|first=Yoshiaki G.|website=Japanese American Issei Pioneer Museum}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2012-02-16/html/CREC-2012-02-16-pt1-PgE220.htm|title=Congressional Record, Volume 158 Issue 26 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)|website=www.gpo.gov|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref><ref name=":53" /> First Japanese American male judge in [[Central California]] (Fresno County, California; 1968)
*[[Edward M. Chen]] (1980):<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" /> First Asian American male federal district court judge in [[Northern California]]'s history
*Sunil Kulkarni (1996):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18184|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First South Asian American male judge in [[Northern California]] (2013)
 
=== Alameda County ===
 
*James Wilson:<ref name=":43" /> First African American male to apply for admittance to the Alameda County Bar Association. He was denied entry.
*Washington J. Oglesby:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Washington J. Oglesby - Oakland - LocalWiki|url=https://localwiki.org/oakland/Washington_J._Oglesby|access-date=2021-05-31|website=localwiki.org}}</ref> Admitted to practice in 1897, he is one of the first African American attorneys to practice law in the City of Oakland, Alameda County, California.
*[[Motoyuki Negoro]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Far Away Long Ago |url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/far-away-long-ago/ |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Berkeley Law |language=en-US}}</ref> First Japanese male to graduate with a degree from the [[UC Berkeley School of Law]] (1907). He was unable to practice law due to being a [[Alien (law)|resident alien]].
*Lawrence Sledge (1908):<ref name=":43" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Friedman|first1=Lawrence M.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrY4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|title=The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910|last2=Percival|first2=Robert V.|date=2017-10-10|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-1-4696-3978-9|language=en}}</ref> An early African American male lawyer who practiced law in the City of Oakland, Alameda County, California, around 1908.
*[[Walter A. Gordon|Walter Gordon]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiagoldenblogs.com/2010/5/26/1488872/walter-gordon-cals-amazing-first|title=Walter Gordon - Cal's Amazing First All American|last=CalBear81|date=2010-05-26|website=California Golden Blogs|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> First African American male law graduate from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] (1922) [Alameda County, California]
*[[Lionel Wilson (politician)|Lionel Wilson]] (1950):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/wilson-lionel-1915-1998|title=Wilson, Lionel (1915-1998) {{!}} The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|website=www.blackpast.org|access-date=2018-01-12|date=2008-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Lionel-Wilson-Ex-Mayor-of-Oakland-Dies-First-3014258.php|title=Lionel Wilson, Ex-Mayor of Oakland, Dies / First black to hold post, he served three terms|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> First African American male judge in Alameda County, California (1960)
*Carl Metoyer (1953):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/10/01/dave-newhouse-metoyer-a-black-law-pioneer/|title=Dave Newhouse: Metoyer a black law pioneer|date=2011-10-01|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the President of the Alameda County Bar Association (1970)
*[[Ming Chin]] (1967):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWE8AQAAIAAJ|title=Bar Leader|date=1987|publisher=American Bar Association|language=en}}</ref> First Asian American male to serve as the President of the Alameda County Bar Association (c. 1987)
* Ken M. Kawaichi:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sccgov.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=56217|title=Resolution honoring Judge Ken Kawaichi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jew|first=Michelle D.|date=August 2009|title=Increasing Diversity In The Legal Profession: From One Helping Hand To Another|url=https://burnhambrown.com/site/files/Increasing%20Diversity%20In%20The%20Legal%20Profession.JE2.pdf|journal=AABA Newsletter}}</ref> First Asian American male judge in Alameda County, California (1980)
*Carlos Ynostroza (1969):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://repository.uchastings.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1116&context=alumni_mag|title=Class of 1968|date=Summer 2004|website=Hastings Community}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Alameda County, California (1980)
* Keith H. Fudenna (1974):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.acgov.org/board/bos_calendar/documents/DocsAgendaReg_11_07_17/PROCLAMATIONS_COMMENDATIONS/Supervisor%20Haggerty_256611.pdf|title=The Honorable Keith H. Fudenna / Judge of Superior Court/ Superior Court of California, County of Alameda}}</ref> First Asian American male appointed as a Judge of the Municipal Court to the Fremont-Newark-Union City Municipal Court (Alameda County, California; 1997)
* Tom Reardon:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Political Notebook: Gay attorney to join Alameda court|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//311000|access-date=2022-02-16|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref> First openly LGBT male to serve as a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court (c. 1998)
*Brendon Woods:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acgov.org/defender/about/history.htm|title=About - Public Defender - Alameda County|website=www.acgov.org|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Public Defender of Alameda County (2012)
* Somnath Raj Chatterjee (1995):<ref name=":69">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aaba-bay.com/press-releases/4847912|title=Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area - AABA Congratulates Somnath Raj Chatterjee and Benjamin T. Reyes II on Historic Appointments to the Superior Court in Alameda County and Contra Costa County|website=www.aaba-bay.com|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilatimes.com/article.php?id=80980|title=South Asian Bar Association hails the appointment of Raj Chatterjee as Alameda County Judge|website=ilatimes.com|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref> First South Asian male appointed as a Judge of the Alameda County Superior Court (2017)
 
=== Alpine County ===
 
* Christopher W. Smith (1959):<ref name=":30" /><ref name=":40" /> First African American male to serve as a District Attorney in Alpine County, California (1977-1981)
 
=== Butte County ===
 
* Jesus A. Rodriguez:<ref name=":24">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/01/03/governor-brown-swears-in-justice-groban-to-california-supreme-court-releases-judicial-appointment-data/|title=Governor Brown Swears In Justice Groban to California Supreme Court, Releases Judicial Appointment Data|date=January 3, 2019|website=Officer of Governor Edmund Brown, Jr.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/news/New-Butte-County-court-judge-starts-in-2018--466008393.html|title=New Butte County court judge starts in 2018|website=KHSL News|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Butte County, California (2018)
 
=== Contra Costa County ===
 
* [[George Carroll (judge)|George Carroll]] (1954):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alamedamagazine.com/January-February-2017/Lives-of-the-East-Bay-2016/index.php?cparticle=3&siarticle=2|title=Lives of the East Bay 2016|website=www.alamedamagazine.com|date=30 December 2016|access-date=2017-09-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/01/14/george-carroll-dies-was-first-black-richmond-mayor-and-contra-costa-county-judge/|title=George Carroll dies; was first black Richmond mayor and Contra Costa County judge|date=2016-01-15|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> First African American male lawyer in Richmond, California. He would later become the first African American male judge in Contra Costa County, California (1965).
*Henry Alvarado (1896):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cccba.org/article/the-law-in-these-parts/|title=The Law in these Parts|website=Contra Costa County Bar Association|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First Hispanic American male judge in Contra Costa County, California (1923)
*Christopher W. Bowen:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trellis: Legal Intelligence {{!}} California Legal Analytics|url=https://trellis.law/judge/christopher.r.bowen|access-date=2022-02-16|website=trellis.law}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male appointed as a Judge of Contra Costa County Superior Court (2010)
* Benjamin T. Reyes III (1993):<ref name=":69" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/07/05/first-filipino-american-judge-appointed-in-contra-costa-county/|title=First Filipino-American judge appointed in Contra Costa County|date=2017-07-05|work=East Bay Times|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://alamedasun.com/news/native-sworn-superior-court-judge|title=Native Sworn as Superior Court Judge|last=eikeme|date=2017-12-07|work=Alameda Sun|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref> First Filipino American male appointed as a Judge of Contra Costa County Superior Court (2017)
 
=== Fresno County ===
 
* Hugh W. Goodwin (1949):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWxigCA_ZR8C&pg=PA1848|title=Congressional Record (Bound Volumes)|last=Congress|date=2014-05-14|publisher=Government Printing Office}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://today.law.harvard.edu/in-memoriam-spring-2005-bulletin/|title=In Memoriam – Spring 2005 Bulletin |work=Harvard Law Today|access-date=2018-02-13}}</ref> First African American male lawyer (c. 1950s) and judge in Fresno County, California (1976)
*Tom Okawara:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/nisei/commencement/fre-ikeda.shtml|title=Commencement Ceremonies {{!}} Nisei Diploma Project {{!}} CSU|website=www.calstate.edu|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> First Japanese American male lawyer in Fresno County, California
*Armando Rodriguez (1965):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article143062419.html|title=Judge Armando Rodríguez, who broke barriers in law and politics, dead at 87|work=fresnobee|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Fresno County, California (1975)
*[[Simon Marootian]]:<ref name="Bulbulian 2000"/> First male of Armenian descent to become a Judge of the Superior Court of [[Fresno County]] (1975)
*Mikio Uchiyama (1953):<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":53" /> First Japanese American male judge in Fresno County, California. He was also the first Japanese American male to become the City Attorney for Fowler, California.
 
=== Imperial County ===
 
*[[Cruz Reynoso]] (1959):<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":52" /> First Latino American male lawyer to register with the Imperial County Bar Association
*Matias R. Contreras:<ref>Distad, K. (1981). Judicial Profile: Judge Matias R. Contreras. ''Daily Journal''.</ref> First Latino American male judge in Imperial County, California (upon his appointment to the municipal court in 1980)
*Marco D. Nunez (2002):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=19648|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male judge in Imperial County, California (2016)
 
=== Kern County ===
 
* Gregory A. Pulskamp:<ref name=":24" /> First Muslim male appointed as a Judge of the Kern County Superior Court, California (2018)
 
=== Kings County ===
 
* Thomas DeSantos:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hanfordsentinel.com/news/local-hispanic-leaders-hope-to-inspire-more-education/article_d5759e36-fec7-549f-b3fa-f0498e40ffc6.html|title=Local Hispanic leaders hope to inspire more education|last=Yamashita|first=Eiji|website=Hanford Sentinel|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> First Hispanic American male to serve as a Judge of the Kings County Superior Court (2003)
 
=== Los Angeles County ===
 
*[[Agustín Olvera]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Agustín Olvera - Los Angeles County's First Judge |url=http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi731.php |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.laalmanac.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hernandez |first=Dennis F. |date=January 2019 |title=Los Angeles County's First Judge |url=https://www.lacba.org/docs/default-source/lal-magazine/2019-featured-content/january-2019/olvera.pdf |journal=Los Angeles Lawyer}}</ref> First (Mexican) male to serve as a Judge of the Court of Sessions for the newly-formed [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] (1850)
*[[R. C. O. Benjamin]] (1884):<ref name=":60" /><ref name=":61" /> First African American male lawyer in Los Angeles, California
*Clarence B. Thomas:<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|url=https://gould.usc.edu/about/history/|title=History of USC Gould {{!}} USC Gould School of Law|website=gould.usc.edu|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> First African American male to graduate from [[USC Gould School of Law]] (1904) [Los Angeles County, California]
*[[Sei Fujii]]:<ref name=":18" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.usc.edu/127303/trojans-help-japanese-emigre-get-a-posthumous-law-license-six-decades-after-his-death/|title=Japanese émigré gets law license — six decades after his death — with help from USC alumni|date=2017-09-13|website=USC News|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> First Japanese-born male to graduate from [[USC Gould School of Law]] (1911) [Los Angeles County, California]
*James M. Alexander:<ref name=":61" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Beasley|first=Delilah Leontium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PA12AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA134|title=The Negro Trail Blazers of California: A Compilation of Records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley; and from the Diaries, Old Papers, and Conversations of Old Pioneers in the State of California ...|date=1919|publisher=R. and E. Research Associates|language=en}}</ref> First African American male to matriculate at the University of Southern California (1915) [Los Angeles County, California]
*[[You Chung Hong]]<ref name=":62" /><ref name=":16" /> (1923): First Chinese American male law graduate from the University of Southern California (1925) [Los Angeles County, California]
*Leon Whitaker (1928):<ref>{{Cite book|last=Widener|first=Daniel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVV9h3Uz2vQC&pg=PA44|title=Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles|date=2010-03-08|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-9262-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Flamming|first=Douglas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbIwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA117|title=Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America|date=August 2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-24990-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Segal|first=Geraldine R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbyRAAAAMAAJ|title=Blacks in the Law: Philadelphia and the Nation|date=1983|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-7854-5|language=en}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County, California (c. 1930s)
*Alfred Paonessa:<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gatto |first1=Marianna |last2=Moore |first2=Hayley |date=2015 |title=Judge Alfred Paonessa and The Early Civil Rights Movement in California |url=https://iamla.org/docs/Judge%20Paonessa%20Student%20Rev%202018.pdf |website=IAMLA}}</ref> First Italian American male judge in Los Angeles County (upon his appointment to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1931)
*Thomas L. Griffith (1931):<ref>{{Cite book|last=Inc|first=The Crisis Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41|title=The Crisis|date=February 1999|publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> First African American male lawyer admitted to the Los Angeles Bar Association (1950)
*[[John F. Aiso|John Aiso]] (1941):<ref name=":31" /><ref name=":32" /><ref name=":33" /><ref name=":34" /> First Japanese American male judge in Los Angeles County, California (1952)
*Carlos Teran:<ref name=":54">{{Cite book |last=Areyan |first=Alex Moreno |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SopTd5U40eYC |title=Mexican Americans in Los Angeles |date=2010 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-8006-7 |language=en}}</ref> First Mexican American male to serve as a municipal court judge in East Los Angeles (1957)
*[[Delbert E. Wong]] (1948):<ref name=":46" /><ref name=":473"/><ref name=":483"/> First Chinese American male judge Los Angeles County, California (1959)
*Marcus O. Tucker (1962):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.presstelegram.com/obituaries/20150810/marcus-o-tucker-1934-2015-superior-court-judge-who-helped-troubled-kids-turn-lives-around-dies-at-80|title=Marcus O. Tucker, 1934-2015: Superior Court judge who helped troubled kids turn lives around dies at 80|date=2015-08-10|website=Press Telegram|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First African American male to serve as a Judge of the Long Beach Municipal Court (1976)
*Fred W. Gabourie (1965):<ref name=":37" /><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> First Native American ([[Seneca people]]) male judge in Los Angeles County, California (1976)
*[[Samuel L. Williams]]:<ref name=":19" /> First African American male to serve as the President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (1977)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://homesteadmuseum.wordpress.com/2018/12/19/food-for-thought-the-los-angeles-bar-association-christmas-party-menu-19-december-1929/|title=Food For Thought: The Los Angeles Bar Association Christmas Party Menu, 19 December 1929|date=2018-12-20|website=The Homestead Blog|language=en|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref>
*[[Johnnie Cochran]] (1963):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lls.edu/alumni/inthespotlight/alumniprofiles/johnnielcochranjr62/|title=Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. '62 - Loyola Law School, Los Angeles|website=www.lls.edu|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney in Los Angeles County, California (1978)
*[[Stephen Lachs]] (1963):<ref name=":152"/> First openly L'''G'''BT male judge in Los Angeles County, California (1979)
*Mel Red Recana (1974):<ref name=":35" /><ref name=":36" /><ref name=":37" /> First Filipino American male judge in Los Angeles County, California (1981)
*[[Richard Paez]] (1972):<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wwinstein|first=Henry|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-01-27/local/me-29416_1_municipal-court|title=Clinton Appoints Paez to U.S. Appeals Court|date=1996-01-27|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-19|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First Mexican American male to serve as a federal judge in Los Angeles (1994)
*Rocky Delgadillo:<ref name=":54" /> First Latino American male to serve as the City Attorney for Los Angeles (2001)
*Rand Schrader:<ref>{{Cite web|date=1999-11-23|title=An Outpouring of Pride and Love|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-23-cl-36624-story.html|access-date=2020-06-13|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male lawyer to work for the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office
*Firdaus Dordi:<ref name=":24" /><ref name=":25" /> First [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrian]] male judge in Los Angeles County, California (2017)
*Ricardo García:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scvnews.com/2018/10/05/ricardo-garcia-sworn-in-as-la-countys-first-latino-public-defender/|title=Ricardo García Sworn in as LA County's First Latino Public Defender|date=2018-10-05|website=SCVNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as the Public Defender for Los Angeles County, California (2018)
*Kevin Brazile (1984):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lacba.org/docs/default-source/lal-magazine/2019-featured-content/brazileprofile_april-2019.pdf|title=New Leadership at the Los Angeles Superior Court|last=House|first=Mary Thornton}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court (2019)
*John W. Patton, Jr.:<ref>{{Cite web |title=John W. Patton, Jr., Esq. {{!}} Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science |url=https://www.cdrewu.edu/john-w-patton-jr-esq |access-date=2019-01-06 |website=www.cdrewu.edu}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the President of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Los Angeles County (1997)
*Eric Webber:<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2013 |title=Lambda Legal Honors Eric Webber at 2013 West Coast Liberty Awards |url=https://www.irell.com/media/news/40_2013%20Lambda%20Legal%20West%20Coast%20Liberty%20Awards%20_2_.pdf |website=Lambda Legal}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male to serve as the President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (c. 2013)
*Roy Jimenez:<ref>{{Cite web |title=LACBA Hispanic Heritage Month Honorees |url=https://www.lacba.org/about-us-menu/lacba-featured-members/lacba-hispanic-heritage-month-honorees |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=www.lacba.org}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as the Co-President of the LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles
 
=== Marin County ===
 
* William H. Stephens (1967):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/opinion/20160528/marin-ij-editorial-lichtblau-stands-out-in-a-talented-field-for-marin-county-judge|title=Marin IJ Editorial: Lichtblau stands out in a talented field for Marin County judge|date=2016-05-27|website=Marin Independent Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> First African American male judge in Marin County, California (c. 1979-1999)
*Mark Andrew Talamantes (1997):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17865|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Marin County, California (2012)
 
=== Merced County ===
 
* Paul C. Lo (1994):<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":15" /> First Hmong American male judge in Merced County, California (2013)
*Marc A. Garcia (1995):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.metnews.com/articles/2015/endyear123115.htm|title=2015 Year in Review|website=www.metnews.com|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/community/article21004380.html|title=Merced judge to resign from Superior Court|website=mercedsunstar|language=en|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Merced County, California (2007)
 
=== Monterey County ===
 
* Albert Maldonado (1974):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/albert-maldonado-monterey-county-s-first-latino-judge-retires/article_8cbebf00-141b-11e7-8c5f-3765152e48fd.html|title=Albert Maldonado, Monterey County's first Latino judge, retires.|last=Argueza|first=Marielle|work=Monterey County Weekly|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Monterey County, California (1995)
 
=== Orange County ===
 
* James O. Perez (1956):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ochba.org/about/|title=Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County - About|website=ochba.org|access-date=2017-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/08/local/me-perez8|title=O.C. Judge Faces Review|last=Pfeifer|first=Stuart|date=2002-05-08|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-01-12|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> First Latino American male lawyer and judge in Orange County, California
*Stephen K. Tamura:<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-10|title=Westminster courthouse re-named after first Asian American Orange County Superior Court judge|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2020/06/10/westminster-courthouse-re-named-after-first-asian-american-orange-county-superior-court-judge|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Orange County Register|language=en-US}}</ref> First Japanese American (and Asian American in general) male lawyer, county counsel and Superior Court Judge in Orange County, California.
*John Nho Trong Nguyen:<ref>{{Cite web |title=City to Honor First Vietnamese Judge {{!}} City of Garden Grove |url=https://ggcity.org/news-and-events/city-honor-first-vietnamese-judge |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=ggcity.org}}</ref> First Vietnamese American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Orange County (2000)
 
=== Placer County ===
 
* Michael W. Jones:<ref name=":24" /> First Latino American male appointed as a Judge of the Placer County Superior Court, California (2012)
*Todd D. Irby:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lawcomm.pepperdine.edu/todd-d-irby-jd-83-appointed-to-placer-county-superior-court-judgeship/|title=Todd D. Irby (JD '83) Appointed to Placer County Superior Court Judgeship|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Placer County Superior Court, California (2018)
 
=== Riverside County ===
 
* Richard Fields:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pe.com/articles/fields-821641-court-judge.html|title=Here's the latest Inland judge appointments|date=2016-12-23|website=Press Enterprise|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> First African American male judge in Riverside County, California (2000)
*Jack Lucky:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Choi|first=Sophia|date=March 2015|title=Judicial Profile: Judge Susanne Cho|url=http://www.riversidecountybar.com/Documents/Magazine-2015/Riverside-Lawyer-Magazine-volume-65-3-March-2015.pdf|website=Riverside Lawyer}}</ref> First Asian American male (who is of Korean descent) judge in Riverside County, California (2008)
*Godofredo (O.G.) Magno:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swlaw.edu/swlawblog/201711/three-southwestern-alums-appointed-county-superior-court-judgeships|title=Three Southwestern Alums Appointed to County Superior Court Judgeships|website=Southwestern Law School|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> First Filipino American male appointed as a Judge of the Riverside County Superior Court, California (2017)
 
=== Sacramento County ===
 
* Nathaniel Colley (1948):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w5dyurqkbSAC&q=first+black+lawyer+in+sacramento&pg=PA23|title=Black Politics After the Civil Rights Movement: Activity and Beliefs in Sacramento, 1970–2000|last=Covin|first=David|date=2009-03-12|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452989}}</ref> First African American male lawyer in Sacramento, [[Sacramento County, California]]
* Mamoru Sakuma (1950):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.orovillemr.com/article/zz/20130925/NEWS/130927950|title=OUHSD 2013 Hall of Fame: Oroville native Mamoru Sakuma blazed trails for Asian-Americans in Sacramento courts|access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2011|title=Mamoru Sakuma|url=https://www.aaba-bay.com/resources/Documents/Newsletters%202011/jan%20feb%202011.pdf|journal=AABA Newsletter|pages=17}}</ref> First Asian American male (Japanese American) judge in Sacramento County, California (1963)
* Gary E. Ransom (1974):<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cummings |first=Brandi |date=2024-02-06 |title=Celebrating Black History: Retired Judge Gary E. Ransom broke barriers in the courtroom |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/gary-ransom-sacramento-judge-black-history-month/46647140 |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=KCRA |language=en}}</ref> First African American male to work as an Assistant Public Defender for Sacramento County's Public Defender's Office (1974)
* Lorenzo Patino:<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 11, 2018 |title=Leonard Padilla, Sacramento bail bonds icon, declining in... |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/marcos-breton/article199515574.html |website=Sacramento Bee}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as a municipal court judge in Sacramento County, California
*Joginder Dhillon:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/2018/12/07/governor-brown-appoints-13-superior-court-judges/|title=Governor Brown Appoints 13 Superior Court Judges {{!}} Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> First Sikh male appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento (2018)
*Daniel J. Calabretta:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Political Notebook: CA appeal court vacancy offers Newsom historic LGBT pick|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//271290|access-date=2022-02-16|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male appointed as a Judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento (2019)
*Thien Ho:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzalez |first=Vicki |title=Interview: Sacramento District Attorney-elect Thien Ho on homelessness, community trust and more |url=https://www.capradio.org/179599 |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=www.capradio.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malone |first=Matthew |title=Thien Ho elected as Sac County district attorney |url=http://www.galtheraldonline.com/news/thien-ho-elected-as-sac-county-district-attorney/article_aeef1d8a-fcc4-11ec-9cb4-dbd862875363.html |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=The Galt Herald |language=en}}</ref> First Asian American male (of Vietnamese descent) to serve as the District Attorney for Sacramento County (2022)
 
=== San Benito County ===
 
* Alfredo A. Garcia:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_MPTzLJr44C&q=judge|title=San Benito|date=2010|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-8024-1|language=en}}</ref> First Hispanic American male judge in San Benito County, California
 
=== San Bernardino County ===
 
*[[Michael A. Ramos]]:<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bazelon|first=Lara|date=Winter 2018|title=ARTICLE: ENDING INNOCENCE DENYING|journal=Hofstra L. Rev.|volume=47|pages=393}}</ref> First Hispanic American male to serve as the District Attorney for San Bernardino County, California (2002)
*Winston S. Keh:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sb-court.org/news-notice/san-bernardino-superior-court-welcomes-two-new-judges-commissioner-winston-s-keh-and|title=San Bernardino Superior Court Welcomes Two New Judges: Commissioner Winston S. Keh and Antoine F. Raphael {{!}} Superior Court of California|website=sb-court.org|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> First Filipino American male appointed as a Judge of the San Bernardino County Superior Court, California (2017)
*Aruna P. Rodrigo (2008):<ref name=":47" /><ref name=":48" /> First Sri Lankan American male appointed as a Judge of the San Bernardino County Superior Court, California (2021)
 
=== San Diego County ===
 
* [[Joseph H. Stuart]]:<ref name=":50">{{Cite web|url=http://sandiegohistory.org/sites/default/files/journal/v60-1_2/v60-1_2fikes.pdf|title=Pioneers, Warriors, Advocates:San Diego's Black Legal Community, 1890-2013|last=Fikes|first=Robert|website=The Journal of San Diego History}}</ref> First African American male lawyers in San Diego County, California (1890)
*Duane E. Bennett:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://earlbgilliambar.org/files/2014/01/San-Diegos-Black-Legal-Community-1890-2010.pdf|title=Pioneers, Warriors, Advocates: A History of San Diego's Black Legal Community, 1890-2010|last=Fikes |first=Robert Jr.|website=Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://theedit.quarterlanebooks.com/quarterlane-journal-brit-bennet/|title=quarterlane Journal: Brit Bennet|date=2017-04-19|work=Quarterlane Books - The Edit|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.litlovers.com/reading-guides/13-fiction/10825-mothers-bennett?start=1|title=The Mothers - Brit Bennett - Author Biography|last=Lundquist|first=Molly|website=Litlovers|access-date=2018-02-14}}</ref> First African American male to become the City Attorney for Oceanside, [[San Diego County, California]]
*Ataulfo “A.F.” Molina (1923):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Ml5AAAAMAAJ|title=The Search for a Civic Voice: California Latino Politics|last=Burt|first=Kenneth C.|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Regina Books|isbn=978-1-930053-50-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kennethburt.com/cslf88.pdf|title=The Birth of Latino Politics and Bipartisanship in California|last=Burt|first=Kenneth|website=California State Library Foundation}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in San Diego County, California (1941)
*[[Earl Ben Gilliam]] (1957):<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> First African American male judge in San Diego County, California (1963)
*James D. Floyd (1968):<ref name=":50" /> First African American male to graduate from the University of [[University of San Diego School of Law|San Diego School of Law]] (1966)
*Ernest Borunda:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mobile.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/may19/judge.htm|title=Pioneering Hispanic Judge Retires|website=mobile.laprensa-sandiego.org|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref> First Hispanic American male judge in the South Bay judicial district in San Diego County (1979)
*Fred W. Alvarez:<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kearney|first=Christopher C.|date=Spring 2013|title=COLUMN: PRESIDENT'S REPORT: CHOOSE HOW TO MAKE YOUR MARK|journal=San Francisco Att'y|volume=39|pages=6}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as the President of the Bar Association of San Francisco (2000)
*Jesus "Jesse" Rodriguez:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/california/san-diego/sd-county-assistant-district-attorney-jesse-rodriguez-retiring|title=SD County Assistant District Attorney Jesse Rodriguez Retiring|date=2018-12-12|website=San Diego, CA Patch|language=en|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> First Hispanic American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for San Diego County, California (2003)
*Ted Weathers:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-12 |title=FACT SHEET: U.S. Government Efforts to Address Bias-Motivated Violence Against the LGBT Community Around the World |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/13/fact-sheet-us-government-efforts-address-bias-motivated-violence-against |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=whitehouse.gov |language=en}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male judge in San Diego County, California (2003)
*Dwain Woodley:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-06 |title=Longtime prosecutor appointed as 1st Black assistant DA in county history |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/longtime-prosecutor-appointed-as-1st-black-assistant-da-in-county-history/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=FOX 5 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for San Diego County, California (2021)
*Erik Weber (2012):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Erik-Weber-Passes-Bar-Exam-304505311.html|title=Man With Autism Passes Bar Exam, Breaks Barriers|last=Tevrizian|first=Megan|website=NBC 7 San Diego|language=en|access-date=2018-12-18}}</ref> First male with autism to graduate from the Cal Western School of Law and pass the California Bar Exam [San Diego County, California]
*CJ Mody:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=We congratulate Honorable CJ Mody, the first South Asian American to take a seat on the San Diego Superior Court - South Asian Bar Association of San Diego |url=https://sabasandiego.org/we-congratulate-honorable-cj-mody-the-first-south-asian-american-to-take-a-seat-on-the-san-diego-superior-court/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |language=en-US}}</ref> First South Asian male judge in San Diego County, California (2021)
 
=== San Francisco County ===
 
*[[R. C. O. Benjamin]] (1884):<ref name=":60" /><ref name=":61" /> First African American male lawyer admitted to the San Francisco Bar Association (1887)
*Thomas Pearson:<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://patch.com/california/suisuncity/calendar/event/20170218/96615/library-to-host-presentation-on-historic-solano-african-american-citizen|title=Library to host presentation on historic Solano African American Citizen|date=2017-02-03|work=Suisun City, CA Patch|access-date=2017-09-24}}</ref> First African American male lawyer to practice in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, California (1905)
*[[Chan Chung Wing]] (1918):<ref name=":44" /><ref name=":45" /> First Chinese American male lawyer in San Francisco, California
*Harold Dobbs (1942):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cbl.uchastings.edu/featured-alumni/harold-dobbs-class-of-1942/|title=Harold Dobbs Class of 1942 – Center for Business Law at UC Hastings|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-11}}</ref> First Jewish male graduate of UC Hastings College of the Law. He would later found his own law firm and become co-founder of [[Mel's Drive-In]]. [San Francisco County, California]
*William Jack Chow (1935):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hh6qp8/|title=Chow family collection|website=oac.cdlib.org|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First Chinese American male to serve as a Deputy District Attorney in San Francisco County, California (1942)
*[[Cecil F. Poole]] (1939):<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":51" /> First African American male to serve as the Deputy District Attorney for San Francisco County, California (1949)
*John W. Bussey (1931):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/S-F-s-first-black-judge-appointed-in-1958-3289914.php|title=S.F.'s first black judge appointed in 1958|last=Miller|first=Johnny|date=2008-03-23|website=SFGate|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First African American male judge in San Francisco County, California (1958)
* Harry Low (1955):<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/justice-harry-low-named-san-franciscan-of-the-year/|title=Justice Harry Low Named 'San Franciscan of the Year' {{!}} Berkeley Law|work=Berkeley Law|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Low_Harry_W_Biography.pdf|title=California Appellate Court Legacy Project – Interviewee Biography: Justice Harry W. Low}}</ref> First Asian American male judge in San Francisco County, California (1966)
*[[Herb Donaldson (lawyer)|Herb Donaldson]] (1957):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Judge-Herbert-Donaldson-dies-A-born-jurist-3181205.php|title=Judge Herbert Donaldson dies: 'A born jurist'|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-01-15}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male judge in San Francisco County, California (1983)
*David Smith Fox:<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/FOX-David-Smith-2687729.php|title=FOX, David Smith|date=2003-01-08|work=SFGate|access-date=2018-11-16}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male to serve as the Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco County, California (1985)
* Luis Garcia:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlULAAAAYAAJ|title=MALDEF.|date=1977|publisher=Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazalawyers.org/about-us/|title=About|website=San Francisco La Raza Lawyers|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in San Francisco County, California
*Everett Hewlett:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trellis.law/judge/everett.hewlett|title=Judge Everett Hewlett|website=Trellis|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref> First African American male to serve as a Commissioner of the San Francisco Superior Court (1986)
*Michael G.W. Lee:<ref name=":21">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfbar.org/about/historical_timeline.aspx|title=About Us: BASF Historical Timeline|website=www.sfbar.org|access-date=2019-01-07}}</ref> First Asian American male to serve as the President of the San Francisco Bar Association (1990)
*Raymond Marshall:<ref name=":21" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7J-d-tn26UsC&pg=PA3336|title=Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California|last=Senate|first=California Legislature|date=1999|publisher=California State Print. Office|language=en}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the President of the San Francisco Bar Association (1993)
*[[Jeff Adachi]] (1985):<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gordon|first=Leslie A.|date=Winter 2006|title=FEATURE: SPECIAL FEATURE: BASF MEMBERS LEAD CITY DEPARTMENTS: San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi|journal=San Francisco Att'y|volume=32|pages=28}}</ref> First Asian American male to serve as the San Francisco Public Defender (2003)
*[[Frank H. Wu]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frank H. Wu |url=https://www.uchastings.edu/people/frank-h-wu/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=UC Hastings Law {{!}} San Francisco |language=en-US}}</ref> First Asian American male to serve as the Dean of [[University of California, Hastings College of the Law]] (2010)
*[[George Gascón]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/san-francisco-da-resigns-to-explore-run-for-office-in-los-angeles/|title=San Francisco DA Resigns to Explore Run for Office in Los Angeles|last=Solis|first=Nathan|date=2019-10-04|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-08}}</ref> First Latino American male District Attorney of [[San Francisco County]], California (2011)
*Roger Chan:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/news///246625|title=Online Extra: Political Notes: Ceremony celebrates SF Judge Chan|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref><ref name=":24" /> First openly L'''G'''BT and Korean American male to serve as a Judge of the San Francisco Superior Court, California (2016)
*Alex Bastian:<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-04-15 |title=AIWA-SF Thrive: Alex Bastian |url=https://aiwasanfrancisco.com/2019/04/15/aiwa-sf-thrive-alex-bastian/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=AIWA San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rising Stars Awards |url=https://armenianbar.org/rising-stars-award/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> First Armenian American male prosecutor in San Francisco
 
=== San Joaquin County ===
 
* Cruz F. Portillo (1956):<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hall of Fame – Drivon School of Law|url=http://law.humphreys.edu.s219631.gridserver.com/community/hall-of-fame/|access-date=2020-06-05|website=law.humphreys.edu.s219631.gridserver.com}}</ref> First Hispanic American male to graduate and become a lawyer from the Humphrey College of Law [San Joaquin County, California]
*John Cruikshank (1963):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordnet.com/article/20021114/a_news/311149963|title=First black S.J. judge dies Cruikshank showed compassion and justice|last=Chief|first=Jeff Hood Lodi Bureau|website=recordnet.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> First African American male lawyer and judge (1979) in [[San Joaquin County, California]]
*Ralph Cingcon:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second-Degree Murder Conviction Reversed Based on Inadequate Representation |url=http://www.metnews.com/articles/2017/cingcon120517.htm |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.metnews.com}}</ref> First African American male to serve as the Assistant District Attorney for [[Stockton, California]] (1980; [[San Joaquin County, California]])
*Frank Kim:<ref>{{Cite book|last=California|first=Lawrence Tom & Brian Tom, Chinese American Museum of Northern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Cu-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|title=Gold Country's Last Chinatown: Marysville, California|date=2020-01-13|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4671-4323-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf4v19p0qt/entire_text/|title=Register of the Routt Tokay High School Local History Collection, 1989-1995|website=oac.cdlib.org|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> First Asian American male to serve as the Deputy District Attorney and a judge (1971) in [[San Joaquin County, California]]
*Jose L. Alva:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.recordnet.com/article/20150105/News/150109902|title=Judge follows diverse career path|last=Rodriguez-Moore|first=Jennie|website=recordnet.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-06}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as a Judge of the San Joaquin County Superior Court (2006)
 
=== San Mateo County ===
 
* Phrasel L. Shelton:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/02/02/memorial-service-set-for-san-mateo-countys-first-black-judge/|title=Memorial service set for San Mateo County's first black judge|date=2018-02-03|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-15}}</ref> First African American male judge in San Mateo County, California (1976)
*Jonathan Karesh (1985):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//265660|title=Gay judge to preside over San Mateo courts|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male to serve as the Presiding Judge of the San Mateo County Superior Court (2019)<ref>Judge Karesh is the second openly LGBT Presiding Judge for San Mateo County Superior Court (as Judge Rosemary Pfeiffer became the first in 2000).</ref>
 
=== Santa Barbara County ===
 
* Frank Ochoa:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbcourts.org/gi/jo/ochoa.shtm|title=Superior Court of the County of Santa Barbara - General Info - Judicial Assignments - Judge Frank J. Ochoa|website=www.sbcourts.org|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Santa Barbara County, California in the twentieth century (1983)
 
=== Santa Clara County ===
 
* Wayne M. Kanemoto (1943):<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> First Japanese American male lawyer in [[Santa Clara County, California]]
*[[Delbert E. Wong]] (1948):<ref name=":463">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX43KGyuIlsC&pg=PA9534|title=Congressional Record, V. 152, PT. 7, May 18, 2006 to May 26, 2006|date=July 2010|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160861543}}</ref><ref name=":473"/><ref name=":483"/> First Chinese American male law graduate of Stanford University (1949) [Santa Clara County, California]
*Maurice Hardeman (1955):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X001AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|title=Uninvited Neighbors: African Americans in Silicon Valley, 1769–1990|last=Ruffin|first=Herbert G.|date=2014-03-28|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806145839|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rr6GDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT105|title=Black Americans and the Civil Rights Movement in the West|last1=Glasrud|first1=Bruce A.|last2=Wintz|first2=Cary D.|date=2019-02-14|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=9780806163482|language=en}}</ref> First African American municipal court judge in Santa Clara County, California (1964). He is also the first African American male to open a law practice in San Jose, California (1955).
*James Chang (1967):<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q1iXsBTZTPYC&pg=PA113|title=Chinese in San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley|last1=Gong-Guy|first1=Lillian|last2=Wong|first2=Gerrye|date=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4777-0|language=en}}</ref> First Chinese American male to serve as a Judge of [[Santa Clara County Superior Court]] (1989)
*Thang Nguyen Barrett (1988):<ref name=":26" /><ref name=":27" /> First Vietnamese American male to serve as the Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, California (1989)
*Rene Navarro (1976):<ref>Anderson, C. (2005). Judge Rene Navarro. Judicial Profiles. Daily Journal Corporation.</ref> First Hispanic American male elected as a Judge of the Santa Clara Superior Court (1995)
*Randolf J. Rice:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://legalpad.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/01/santa-claras-ri.html|title=Santa Clara's Rice Retires From Bench|website=Legal Pad|access-date=2020-01-16}}</ref> First openly L'''G'''BT male appointed as a Judge of the Santa Clara Superior Court (2001)
*Sunil R. Kulkarni:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dremann |first=Sue |title=Palo Altan becomes first South Asian Santa Clara County judge |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2013/09/10/palo-altan-becomes-first-south-asian-santa-clara-county-judge |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=www.paloaltoonline.com |language=en}}</ref> First South Asian male appointed as a Judge of the Santa Clara Superior Court (2013)
*Gabriel Garcia:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ruiz |first=Ronald L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9QEAAwqkeUC |title=The Big Bear |year=2003 |publisher=Arte Publico Press |isbn=978-1-61192-070-3 |language=en}}</ref> First Latino American male lawyer in San Jose, California [<nowiki/>[[Santa Clara County, California]]]
 
=== Santa Cruz County ===
 
* Ron Ruiz (1965):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/87262#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0|title=First day in new office · SCPL Local History|website=history.santacruzpl.org|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19990212.1.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1|title=Ruiz chosen DA|date=February 12, 1999|website=cdnc.ucr.edu|access-date=2020-02-14}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as the District Attorney of Santa Cruz County, California (1999)
*John Salazar (1986):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/88993#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0|title=First Latino appointed Superior Court judge · SCPL Local History|website=history.santacruzpl.org|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> First Latino American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County (2000)
*Jerry Vinluan:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-15 |title=Santa Cruz's first Filipino-American judge appointed to bench |url=https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2021/07/15/santa-cruzs-first-filipino-american-judge-appointed-to-bench |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Santa Cruz Sentinel |language=en-US}}</ref> First Filipino American male to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County (2021)
 
=== Solano County ===
 
* Lewis F. Brown (1970):<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://solanolibrary.com/Home/BlogPost/5/9114|title=Resource of the Month: First African-American Lawyers|last=Watson|first=Jonathan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/zz/20090825/NEWS/908259841|title=Judge wants Solano County legal museum built in Fairfield|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref><ref name=":49">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesheraldonline.com/article/ZZ/20130825/NEWS/130826409|title=Fifty years later, Vallejo figures reflect on civil rights struggle|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First African American male lawyer in Solano County, California
* Osby Davis (1974):<ref name=":49" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2017/1/23/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E77-2|title=Congressional Record|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First African American male (a lawyer) to serve as a Solano County Board of Supervisor (1979-1993) and the Mayor of Vallejo, California (2007)
* Luis M. Villarreal (1976):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesheraldonline.com/general-news/20051031/county-judge-puts-down-gavel-after-two-decades-on-bench/1|title=County judge puts down gavel after two decades on bench|access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-murder-in-vacaville/|title=A Murder In Vacaville|access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bellavistaranch.net/suisun_history/solano_history-bowen.html|title=HISTORY OF SOLANO COUNTY by Jerry Bowen|website=www.bellavistaranch.net|access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-01 |title=Judge Luis Mario Villarreal |url=https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/obituaries/judge-luis-mario-villarreal/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Daily Republic}}</ref> First Hispanic American male judge in Solano County, California (1982)<ref>At the time of his appointment, Villarreal was the youngest judge to search on the Solano County bench.</ref>
 
=== Stanislaus County ===
 
* Charles Edward Aguilar (1962):<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vidaenelvalle.com/news/article28123228.html|title=Stanislaus County's first Latino judge dies|work=vidaenelvalle|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Stanislaus County, California (1977)
*Sonny Sandhu:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.modbee.com/news/local/article222025185.html|title=Former Stanislaus County Public Defender takes oath as new Superior Court judge|website=modbee|language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> First Asian-Pacific Islander male judge in Stanislaus County, California (2018)
*Marcus L. Mumford:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-25 |title=Governor Newsom Appoints 18 Superior Court Judges 3.25.21 |url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/03/25/governor-newsom-appoints-18-superior-court-judges-3-25-21/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=California Governor |language=en}}</ref> First African American male judge in Stanislaus County, California (2021)
 
=== Tulare County ===
 
* Oscar Overr:<ref name=":28" /><ref name=":29" /> First African American to serve as a Justice of the Peace in Allensworth, California (1914) [Tulare County, California]
*Valeriano Saucedo:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2014/12/31/judge-accused-buying-car-gifts-clerk/21092865/|title=Judge accused of buying car, other gifts for clerk|website=Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20}}</ref> First Hispanic American male judge in Tulare County, California (2001)
 
=== Ventura County ===
 
* Herbert Curtis:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://venturabreeze.com/2017/02/15/retired-ventura-county-superior-court-judge-kills-girlfriend-and-himself/|title=Retired Ventura County Superior Court judge kills girlfriend and himself|website=Ventura Breeze|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2017/02/retired_california_judge_nephe.html|title=Retired California judge, Cleveland native and nephew of Don King, dies in murder-suicide, reports say|last=Pinckard|first=Cliff|website=cleveland.com|date=9 February 2017|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> First African American male judge in Ventura County, California
*Arturo F. Gutierrez:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-17-me-judge17-story.html|title=Oxnard Native Appointed to Superior Court|date=2002-10-17|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> First Latino American male judge in Ventura County, California (1998)
*Ferdinand P. Inumerable (1994):<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18383|title=Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. - Newsroom|last=Governor|first=Office of the|website=www.gov.ca.gov|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> First Asian American male judge in Ventura County, California (2014)
 
== 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 California]]
 
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