Edna Arbel dead at age 82, Israeli judge
Edna Arbel died on July 1, 2026, at the age of 82. She was an Israeli judge born in Jerusalem on June 22, 1944. Arbel studied at the Hebrew University…
Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Sir Neville Trotter dead at age 94, British politician
Sir Neville Trotter, a British Conservative politician and chartered accountant, died on June 30, 2026, aged 94. Born on January 27, 1932, he was also known as Sir Neville Guthrie…
Luis Gini dead at age 90, Paraguayan footballer
Luis Gini, a Paraguayan footballer and coach, died on June 29, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Luis Arnulfo Gini Jara on October 31, 1935, in Piribebuy, Paraguay, he…
Wolfgang Paul dead at age 86, German footballer
Wolfgang Paul, the German footballer who captained Borussia Dortmund to the 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup, died on June 28, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on January 25,…
Benjamín Trillo Trillo dead at age 94, Spanish lawyer and writer
Benjamín Trillo Trillo died on June 27, 2026, at the age of 94. He was a Spanish writer. Born on July 6, 1931, in A Ameixenda, Cee, Trillo Trillo wrote…
David S. Doty dead at age 96, American jurist, judge of the United States District Court for the Di…
David S. Doty, an American jurist who served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, died on June 27, 2026, at age 96.…
Dramane Yaméogo dead, Burkinabe politician
Dramane Yaméogo died on June 27, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Politicians, 27 June 2026, Cancer, Dramane, June 2026, June 27, Yaméogo
Simon L. Leis Jr. dead at age 92, American prosecuting attorney and sheriff
Simon L. Leis Jr., an American lawyer, prosecuting attorney and sheriff, died on June 27, 2026. He was 92. Born in Hamilton County, Ohio, on June 12, 1934, Leis was…
David Andrews dead at age 91, Irish politician
David Andrews, an Irish politician who served as minister for foreign affairs and defence and represented Dublin in the Dáil for nearly four decades, died on June 27, 2026, aged…
Bahij Tabbara dead at age 97, Lebanese jurist and politician
Bahij Tabbara, a Lebanese jurist and politician who served as minister of economy in 1973 and as minister of justice from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2003 to 2004,…
Guillermo Lousteau Heguy dead at age 91, Argentine lawyer
Guillermo Lousteau Heguy died on June 24, 2026. He was an Argentinian lawyer born in Buenos Aires in 1934. Lousteau Heguy studied at the Complutense University of Madrid and received…
Jeong Gi-seung dead at age 97, South Korean judge
Jeong Gi-seung, a South Korean judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court from 1985 to 1988, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 97. Born…
Roy Goode dead at age 93, English lawyer
Roy Goode, the English legal scholar who founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 93.…
Oswald Harding dead at age 90, Jamaican politician
Oswald Harding, the Jamaican politician who served twice as president of the Senate, died on June 24, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Kingston on November 3, 1935,…
Janusz Daszczyński dead at age 73, Polish journalist
Janusz Daszczyński died on June 23, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a Polish journalist. Born in Gdynia on September 13, 1952, he studied at the Gdańsk University…
Ignacio Gordillo dead at age 75, Spanish lawyer and jurist
Ignacio Gordillo died on June 22, 2026. Tags Lawyers, 22 June 2026, Cancer, Gordillo, Ignacio, Spain, June 2026, June 22
Clive Davis dead at age 94, American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer
Clive Davis, the American Hall of Fame music executive and record producer who founded Arista Records, died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Clive Jay Davis…
Eddie Knox dead at age 89, American politician
Eddie Knox, an American politician and lawyer who served as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, died on June 22, 2026, at age 89. Knox was the 49th mayor of Charlotte,…
Oleksandr Riabeka dead at age 66, Ukrainian politician
Oleksandr Riabeka, a Ukrainian politician and former member of parliament, died on June 21, 2026, at age 66. Born in Ovruch on November 26, 1959, he served as a People's…
Frank J. Guarini dead at age 101, American politician
Frank J. Guarini, an American politician and lawyer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on June 20, 2026. He was 101. Born in Jersey City on August…
John J. Snow Jr. dead at age 80, American politician
John J. Snow Jr., an American politician and lawyer, died on June 16, 2026, at age 80. A native of Asheville, North Carolina, he earned both his undergraduate degree and…
Gilbert Azibert dead at age 79, French jurist
Gilbert Azibert, a French magistrate and jurist, died on June 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born on February 2, 1947, in Marseille’s 6th arrondissement, he served on the…
Bobby Prince dead at age 81, American video game composer
Bobby Prince, an American video game composer and sound designer, died on June 16, 2026. He was known professionally for work on landmark games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Doom II:…
Jerry de Jong dead at age 61, Surinamese-born Dutch footballer
Jerry de Jong, the Surinamese-born Dutch footballer who played for Telstar, MVV and the Netherlands national team, died on June 15, 2026, aged 61. Born in Paramaribo on August 29,…
Etienne Cooreman dead at age 97, Belgian politician
Etienne Cooreman, a Belgian politician and lawyer, died on June 15, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Zele on November 14, 1928, he sat in the Chamber of…
Togba Zogbélémou dead, Guinean politician
Togba Zogbélémou, a Guinean politician and former minister of justice, died on June 15, 2026, in Conakry. A member of the Rally of the Guinean People, he served as Guinea’s…
Kay Halloran dead at age 89, American politician
Kay Halloran, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Iowa House of Representatives and later as mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died on June 14, 2026, at age…
Ralph Haben dead at age 84, member of the Florida House of Representatives
Ralph Haben, an American politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 1972 to 1982, died on June 13, 2026. He was 84. Haben, who was born in…
Victor Gbeho dead at age 91, MP and minister of foreign affairs
Victor Gbeho, the Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament from 1991 to 2001 and as minister of foreign affairs from 2001 to 2005, died on June 13,…
Pauls Butkēvičs dead at age 85, Richard, Four White Shirts, Long Road in the Dunes
Pauls Butkēvičs, the Latvian actor known for I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts and Long Road in the Dunes, died on June 12, 2026. He was 85. Born in…
Kenny Jackett dead at age 64, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kenny Jackett, the Welsh footballer and manager who played for Watford and later coached Millwall and Wolverhampton Wanderers, died on June 12, 2026. He was 64. Born in Watford on…
Rüdiger Postier dead at age 82, German judge
Rüdiger Postier, a German judge who served as president of the Constitutional Court of Brandenburg from 2009 to 2012, died on June 11, 2026, at the age of 82. Born…
Lynn Leibovitz dead at age 67, American judge
Lynn Leibovitz, an American judge who served as an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, died on June 11, 2026, at age 67. Born in…
Brito dead at age 86, Botafogo, national team
Brito, the Brazilian footballer who starred for Vasco da Gama, Botafogo and the Brazil national team, died on June 11, 2026. Born Hércules de Brito Ruas in Rio de Janeiro…
Bajrakitiyabha dead at age 47, Thai royal and diplomat
Bajrakitiyabha, a Thai royal and diplomat, died on June 11, 2026, at age 47. Known formally as Princess Rajasarini Siribajra, she was born on December 7, 1978, at Amphorn Sathan…
Natalino Irti dead at age 90, Italian academic and jurist
Natalino Irti died on June 11, 2026. He was an Italian academic and jurist. Tags Lawyers, Scientists, 11 June 2026, Irti, Italy, Natalino, June 11, June 2026
Bo Brown dead at age 81, member of the Missouri House of Representatives
Bo Brown, an American politician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives since 2020, died on June 8, 2026. He was 81. Known also as William R. Brown and…
Rosemary M. Collyer dead at age 80, judge of the U.S. District Court for D.C., Foreign Intelligence…
Rosemary M. Collyer, an American jurist who served as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, died on June 7, 2026, at age 80. Born…
Ben Aziz Zagré dead at age 28, Shinnik Yaroslavl, national team
Ben Aziz Zagré, a Burkinabè footballer who played for Esbjerg, Shinnik Yaroslavl and the Burkina Faso national team, died on June 7, 2026. He was 28. Born in Bobo-Dioulasso on…
William Hasley dead at age 78, The Smurfs, The Young Riders
William Hasley, an American biographer and television writer best known for work on "The Smurfs," "Swift Justice" and "The Young Riders," died on June 6, 2026, at the age of…
Bob Packwood dead at age 93, member of the U.S. Senate
Bob Packwood, the American politician who served in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1995, died on June 6, 2026, at age 93. Born Robert William Packwood in Portland, Oregon,…
Yrondu Musavu-King dead at age 34, Le Mans, national team
Yrondu Musavu-King, the Gabonese footballer who played for Boulogne, Le Mans and the national team, died on June 5, 2026. He was 34. Born in Libreville on January 8, 1992,…
Rutsel Martha dead at age 70, Dutch politician
Rutsel Martha, a Dutch politician and legal scholar, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, in 1955, he was also known as Rutsel…
Vyacheslav Sharpar dead at age 39, Ukrainian footballer
Vyacheslav Sharpar, a Ukrainian footballer, died on June 2, 2026. He was 39. Known also as Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Sharpar, he was born on June 2, 1987, in Zelenodolsk, then in…
William Willard Gibson Jr. dead at age 94, American lawyer
William Willard Gibson Jr., an American lawyer and legal scholar, died on June 1, 2026, at age 94. Born in Amarillo, Texas, on March 5, 1932, he earned a B.A.…
André Santini dead at age 85, deputy and mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux
André Santini, the French politician who served as a deputy from 2009 to 2017 and as mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux from 1980, died on June 1, 2026. He was 85. Born…
Raúl Guerrón dead at age 49, national team
Raúl Guerrón, an Ecuadorian football defender who played for Deportivo Quito and the national team, died on June 1, 2026, at age 49. Born Raúl Fernando Guerrón Méndez in Atuntaqui…
Margaret Commodore dead at age 93, Yukon MLA
Margaret Commodore, a Canadian politician and Yukon MLA from 1982 to 1996, died on June 1, 2026. She was born in 1932 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, and served in the…
Larry King dead at age 81, American tennis promoter
Larry King, an American tennis promoter and attorney, died on May 29, 2026, at age 81. Born Larry William King in Dayton, Ohio, on January 30, 1945, he studied at…
Giuseppe Gargani dead at age 91, deputy and MEP
Giuseppe Gargani, the Italian politician who served as a deputy from 1972 to 1994 and as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009, died on May 27,…
Marion Kozak dead at age 91, Polish-born British activist
Marion Kozak, the Polish-born British activist, died on May 27, 2026, aged 91. Born in Częstochowa in 1934 as Dobra Jenta Kozak, she left Poland for the United Kingdom in…
R. Fred Lewis dead at age 78, justice of the Supreme Court of Florida
R. Fred Lewis, an American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida from 1998 to 2019, died on May 26, 2026, at age 78. Born…
Peter Nobel dead at age 94, Swedish human rights lawyer
Peter Nobel, the Swedish human rights lawyer who served as Sweden’s first ombudsman for discrimination, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on December 8, 1931,…
Paraskevas Antzas dead at age 49, Greek footballer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Paraskevas Antzas, the Greek footballer who played for Skoda Xanthi, Olympiacos and the national team, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 49. Antzas…
Piotr Pyzik dead at age 67, Civil servant
Piotr Pyzik, a Polish politician and member of the Sejm from 2011 to 2019, died on May 23, 2026. He was 67. Born Piotr Mieczysław Pyzik on January 1, 1959,…
Clarence B. Jones dead at age 95, American lawyer and counsel
Clarence B. Jones, an American lawyer and counsel, died on May 22, 2026. He was 95. Jones was the former personal counsel, adviser, draft speech writer and close friend of…
Mike Galloway dead at age 60, public figure
Mike Galloway, a professional football player and coach, died on May 20, 2026. He was 60. Born in Oswestry, England, he played for Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Heart…
John Middleton dead at age 70, public figure
John Middleton died on May 19, 2026. John Middleton, 70, English footballer (Bradford City, Macclesfield Town). (death announced on this date) Tags Athletes, 19 May 2026, England, John, Middleton, 2026-05-19,…
João Maurício Adeodato dead at age 70, Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher
João Maurício Adeodato, a Brazilian jurist and legal philosopher, died on May 19, 2026, at age 70. Born João Maurício Leitão Adeodato on March 12, 1956, he was born in…
Barbara Lenk dead at age 75, public figure
Barbara Lenk, an American attorney and jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, died on May 21, 2026. She was 75. Born in Queens, New York, on December…
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez dead at age 89, Mexican judge, minister and president of the supreme court
Ulises Schmill Ordóñez, a Mexican judge and minister of the Supreme Court, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 89. He served as a minister of the court…
Jon Phipps McCalla dead at age 79, American judge
Jon Phipps McCalla, an American judge, died on May 15, 2026, at age 79. He was a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the…
Krzysztof Piesiewicz dead at age 80, public figure
Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician, died on May 14, 2026, at age 80. Born in Warsaw on October 25, 1945, he studied law at Warsaw University and…
James F. Almand dead at age 77, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates
James F. Almand, an American politician and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, died on May 14, 2026, at the age of 77. He represented Arlington, Virginia, in the…
Kenneth Keith dead at age 88, New Zealand jurist and legal scholar, judge of the International Cour…
Kenneth Keith, a New Zealand jurist and legal scholar who served as a judge of the International Court of Justice from 2006 to 2015, died on May 13, 2026, at…
Peter Simpson dead at age 81, public figure
Peter Simpson, the English footballer who played most of his career as a defender with Arsenal, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk,…
M. P. Jayasinghe dead at age 81, Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and governor of Uva and North Centr…
M. P. Jayasinghe, a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and former governor of Uva and North Central provinces, died on May 13, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Hambantota…
Zenonas Juknevičius dead at age 76, Lithuanian politician and lawyer
Zenonas Juknevičius, a Lithuanian politician and lawyer, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Born on June 10, 1949, in Valdeikiai, Pasvalys district, he graduated from the…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dead at age 100, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for S…
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12,…
Alexander Held dead at age 67, German actor
Alexander Held, a German actor known for roles in Der Untergang, Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage and Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, died on May 12, 2026, at age 67.…
Abraham Foxman American lawyer and activist, director of the Anti-Defamation League dead at age 86
Abraham Foxman, an American lawyer and activist who served as director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10, 2026, at age 86. He was the…
Jan E. DuBois dead at age 95, American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Dis…
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A…
Theo van Boven dead at age 91, Dutch jurist
Theo van Boven, a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law, died on May 9, 2026. He was appointed in 1977 as director of the United Nations Division for…
Jana Dubovcová Slovak politician, minister of justice dead at age 73
Jana Dubovcová, a Slovak lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice in 2023, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born Jana Verčíková in Žilina…
Shin Jong-o South Korean judge, suicide dies
Shin Jong-o died on May 6, 2026, by suicide. He was a South Korean judge associated with Kim Keon Hee. The death was reported without further details. Shin Jong-o, South…
Pierre-François Veil French lawyer and civil servant, president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de…
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72.…
José Navarro public figure dead at age 77
José Navarro, a Peruvian football defender who played for Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal and the national team, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 77. Navarro, whose full…
Peter Ferrara dead at age 71, American lawyer and policy analyst
Peter Ferrara, an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The…
Valeri Zhabko dead at age 58, Russian footballer
Valeri Zhabko, a Russian footballer and defender, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 58. Born Valeri Nikolayevich Zhabko on August 18, 1967, he made his professional debut…
Dame Shirley Porter public figure dead at age 95
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle Cameroonian magistrate, president of the supreme court dead at age 84
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, Cameroonian magistrate and president of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, died on May 4, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bonaléa on March 25, 1942,…
Olivier Dupuis dead at age 68, MEP
Olivier Dupuis, a Belgian politician and member of the European Parliament from 1996 to 2004, died on May 4, 2026. He was 68. Born in Ath, Belgium, on February 25,…
André Cerdini dead at age 96, Magistrate
André Cerdini, the French magistrate who oversaw the trial of Klaus Barbie, died on May 4, 2026. Born André Émile Cerdini on December 18, 1929, in Vals-les-Bains, France, he studied…
Régis Barroso Brazilian politician, deputy dead at age 84
Régis Barroso, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as a deputy from 1967 to 1971, died on May 3, 2026, in Fortaleza, Brazil, at the age of 84. Born…
Pietro Giuseppe Grasso dead at age 96, Italian jurist
Pietro Giuseppe Grasso died on May 3, 2026. He was an Italian jurist. Pietro Giuseppe Grasso [it], 96, Italian jurist. Tags Lawyers, 03 May 2026, Grasso, Italy, Pietro, May 2026,…
James Lawrence King American judge dead at age 98
James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on…
G. Robert Blakey American attorney dead at age 90
G. Robert Blakey, an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the…
Stephen Adamini dead at age 81, Attorney, politician
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026. He was 81. A Democrat, Adamini…
Gerry Conway American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer dead at age 73
Gerry Conway, an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer, died on April 27, 2026, at age 73. He wrote for titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Justice League and…
Francisco Letamendia dead at age 82, member of the Congress of Deputies
Francisco Letamendia died on April 26, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque politician and lawyer known for his role in the Burgos trials. Letamendia served as a member of the…
George Ley public figure dead at age 80
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham…
Lawrence Korb American attorney, assistant secretary of defense dead at age 86
Lawrence Korb, an American attorney and assistant secretary of defense from 1981 to 1985, died on April 20, 2026. He was 86. Korb was a senior fellow at the Center…
Ralph B. Guy Jr. American jurist, judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Mich…
Ralph B. Guy Jr., an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,…
Gerardo Renault Brazilian politician, Minas Gerais MLA, deputy dead at age 96
Gerardo Renault, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais from 1968 to 1978 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1986,…
Oleksandr Polovkov public figure dead at age 46
Oleksandr Polovkov, a Ukrainian former professional football defender, died on April 19, 2026. He was 46. Polovkov played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He last played for…
David Mena Israeli politician, lawyer, member of the Knesset dead at age 73
David Mena, an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Terry L. Bruce American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 82
Terry L. Bruce, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois,…
Mamadou Sylla Guinean arms dealer dead at age 66
Mamadou Sylla, a Guinean arms dealer and politician, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Boké on January 25, 1960, he became wealthy after being…