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Henry Latimer

1938–2005

United States

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Henry Latimer (January 22, 1938 – January 24, 2005) was the first African-American circuit court judge in Broward County, and was in line to become the first African-American president of the Florida Bar when he was killed in a car accident in South Florida. At the time, he was an attorney for the firm of Greenberg Traurig, a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Miami, and a visiting professor who taught Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Florida International University College of Law. Latimer was born in Ocilla, Georgia, and grew up amidst segregation in Jacksonville, Florida.

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