List of first minority male lawyers and judges in South Dakota

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

Lawyers

 * First African American male: Will F. Reden (1908)
 * First African American male (admitted to State Bar of South Dakota): Madison Jackson
 * First American Indian (Rosebud Sioux Tribe) male: Ramon Roubideaux (1950)
 * A Sioux Indian male lawyer who is among the "First Thirteen" Native American lawyers to have argued federal Indian law cases before the U.S. Supreme Court: Terry L. Pechota (1972)

United States Attorney

 * First Native American males:Terry L. Pechota (1972) and Philip N. Hogen from 1979 to 1981 and 1981-1991 respectively

Political Office

 * First Lebanese American and Arab American male (senator): James Abourezk (c. 1966) in 1973

Firsts in local history

 * Franklin Ducheneaux: First Native American male graduate of the University of South Dakota School of Law (1965) [ Clay County, South Dakota]

Other topics of interest

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