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Stephen M. Lachs

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    9/17/1979 – 10/3/1999

Biography

Stephen Michael Lachs is an American lawyer and retired judge. Lachs served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 1979 to 1999. He was the first openly gay judge appointed in the United States and is thought to be the first openly gay judge appointed anywhere in the world.

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