List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kansas

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Kansas. 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.

Lawyer

 * First African American male: John H. Morris (1871)

State judges

 * First African American male: Cordell D. Meeks Sr. (1939) in 1972
 * First Asian American male: Tommy B. Webb in 1988
 * First African American male (Third Judicial District): Joseph D. Johnson in 2005

Federal judges

 * First Hispanic-American male (U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas): Carlos Murguia (1982) in 1999

United States Attorney

 * First African American male: Benjamin E. Franklin from 1968-1969

District Attorney

 * First African American male: Mark A. Dupree, Sr. in 2017

Public Defender

 * First African American male: Joseph D. Johnson in 1975

Kansas Bar Association

 * First African American male president: Mark Dupree in 2024

Firsts in local history

 * G.W. Jones: First African American male to serve as the County Attorney for Graham County, Kansas (1896)
 * Joseph D. Johnson: First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Third Judicial District in Kansas (2005) [ Shawnee County, Kansas]
 * Mark A. Dupree, Sr.: First African American to serve as the District Attorney of Wyandotte County, Kansas (2017)

Other topics of interest

 * List of first women lawyers and judges in the United States
 * List of first women lawyers and judges in Kansas