office termstart termend appointer birth_date article_title name alma_mater
judge of the los angeles county superior court september 17 , 1979 october 3 , 1999 jerry brown 1939 09 stephen lachs
 stephen m. lachs university ll.b . -rrb- of california , los angeles -lrb- b.a. ,
stephen lachs

stephen m. lachs -lrb- born september 1939 -rrb- 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 .
