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- In 1975, Lachs was elected as a commissioner to the LA County Superior Court. A commissioner would sit as a judge when both parties agreed he could hear the case. Four years later, he was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to serve as a Superior Court judge, and is believed to be the first openly gay judge in the country, possibly the world.
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Aug 30, 2023 · On September 15th, 1979, Stephen M. Lachs was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Los Angeles Superior Court by California Governor Jerry Brown. Bay Area Reporter, Volume 9, Number 17, 27...
Jun 25, 2021 · Within days of his appointment to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1979, a landmark event that made him the first openly gay judge in the world, UCLA School of Law alumnus Stephen Lachs ’63 could tell that things would never be the same.
This is a list of openly LGBT Americans who are or were judges, magistrate judges, court commissioners, or administrative law judges in the United States and its federal district and territories. If known, it will be listed if a judge has served on multiple courts.
May 9, 2014 · Four years later, he was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to serve as a Superior Court judge, and is believed to be the first openly gay judge in the country, possibly the world.
Nov 10, 2020 · On Friday, Justice Jenkins was sworn in virtually. He makes history as the first openly gay California Supreme Court justice and only the third African American man to serve on the state’s highest court.
Jun 14, 1993 · Rand Schrader, one of the first openly gay judges in California and an eloquent champion of gay and lesbian causes, died Sunday. He was 48.
Sep 2, 1999 · Superior Court Judge Stephen M. Lachs, who became the nation’s first openly gay judge when then-Gov. Edmund D. “Jerry” Brown Jr. named him to the bench in 1979, has announced that he will...
