List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Utah
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Utah. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
Firsts in Utah's history
Lawyers
First African American male: Lawrence Marsh (1909)[1]
First Japanese American male: Yoshio Katayama (1946)[2][3][4]
First Hispanic American males admitted to the Utah State Bar: Melvin H. Martinez (1975), Armando R. Ibañez (1975), and Michael N. Martinez (1976).[6][7][8] Martinez was the first minority male to sit on the Utah State Bar Commission.[9]
^Other sources may consider Michael N. Martinez Utah's first Hispanic male lawyer, as Melvin H. Martinez and Armando R. Ibañez (both of whom were admitted on September 29, 1975) left the state not long after admittance for other opportunities.
^Swain, Liz (2000). "Pacific Islander Americans". In Lehman, Jeffrey (ed.). Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2nd ed.). Gale. pp. 1364–1374. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
^Parker, Douglas L (January 7, 1991). "Islandlike Neutrality Makes Lawmaker Fresh". Salt Lake Tribune.