Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Mark Villiger
Swiss judge
Died on Friday December 15th 2023
James L. Robertson
American justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi (1983–1992)
Died on Thursday December 14th 2023
Craig Watkins
American District Attorney for Dallas
Died on Tuesday December 12th 2023
Mainul Hosein
Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday December 9th 2023
Edwin J. Peterson
American judge
Died on Friday December 8th 2023
Wolfgang Wieland
German lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday December 6th 2023
Jerome O’Neill
American attorney
Died on Monday December 4th 2023
Lyle Elmer Strom
American judge
Died on Sunday December 3rd 2023
Luis Bates
Chilean lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday November 30th 2023
Alfredo Adum
Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday November 25th 2023
Tom Pauling
Australian lawyer
Died on Friday November 24th 2023
Fathima Beevi
Indian jurist
Died on Thursday November 23rd 2023
Kamal Kumar
Fijian jurist
Died on Tuesday November 21st 2023
Aivars Endziņš
Latvian lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday November 21st 2023
Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
British jurist
Died on Monday November 20th 2023
Skender Fani
Austrian lawyer
Died on Saturday November 18th 2023
Ociel Baena
Mexican judge and LGTB rights' activist
Died on Tuesday November 14th 2023
Robert G. Doumar
American judge
Died on Tuesday November 14th 2023
Albert Heinemann
German jurist and politician
Died on Monday November 13th 2023
Maryanne Trump Barry
American judge and attorney
Died on Monday November 13th 2023
Louis Oster
French lawyer and musicologist
Died on Friday November 10th 2023
Bruce Sterling Jenkins
American judge and politician
Died on Wednesday November 8th 2023
Lawrence Cohn
American lawyer
Died on Thursday November 2nd 2023
Curtis LeRoy Hansen
American jurist
Died on Wednesday November 1st 2023
Angel Martín Taboas
Puerto Rican jurist and politician
Died on Wednesday November 1st 2023
Jorge Arturo García Rubí
Mexican lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday November 1st 2023
Ben Nwabueze
Nigerian lawyer and politician
Died on Monday October 30th 2023
Heinz Günther Hüsch
German lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday October 28th 2023
Dobroslav Trnka
Slovak lawyer
Died on Friday October 27th 2023
Benedict Birnberg
British solicitor and campaigner
Died on Thursday October 26th 2023
J. Frederick Motz
American district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Died on Tuesday October 24th 2023
Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.
American jurist
Died on Friday October 20th 2023
Akoto Ampaw
Ghanaian lawyer and human rights activist
Died on Friday October 20th 2023
Alberto Jerez Horta
Chilean lawyer
Died on Thursday October 19th 2023
Giancarlo Cantelmi
Italian lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday October 18th 2023
Sepp Klasen
German lawyer and politician
Died on Monday October 16th 2023
Cesare Rimini
Italian lawyer
Died on Sunday October 15th 2023
Ronald M. Mottl
American lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday October 15th 2023
Jean-Pierre Versini-Campinchi
French lawyer
Died on Thursday October 12th 2023
Didier Mouly
French lawyer and politician
Died on Monday October 9th 2023
Sir Nicholas Stadlen
British judge
Died on Monday October 9th 2023
Chris Ogunbanjo
Nigerian corporate lawyer and philanthropist
Died on Sunday October 8th 2023
Moreira Alves
Brazilian academic and magistrate
Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Geneviève Viney
French law professor and jurist
Died on Friday October 6th 2023
Frank Tuerkheimer
American lawyer
Died on Thursday October 5th 2023
Marshall B. Grossman
American lawyer (Clint Eastwood
Died on Wednesday October 4th 2023
Herbert Schambeck
German legal scholar and politician
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2023
Roland Cantzler
German jurist and politician
Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2023
Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter
New Zealand public and international lawyer
Died on Monday October 2nd 2023
Djovi Gally
Togolese human rights lawyer and politician
Died on Friday September 29th 2023
Manfred Pointner
German lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday September 27th 2023
Selwyn Romilly
Canadian judge
Died on Tuesday September 26th 2023
Harold Baker
American judge
Died on Tuesday September 26th 2023
Alfonso Ferrufino
Bolivian lawyer
Died on Monday September 25th 2023
Nemat Ahmadi
Iranian lawyer
Died on Friday September 22nd 2023
Romeo Callejo Sr.
Filippino Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
Died on Friday September 22nd 2023
JoAnne A. Epps
American legal scholar
Died on Tuesday September 19th 2023
Sir William Gage
British judge
Died on Tuesday September 19th 2023
Robert S. Bennett
American attorney
Died on Monday September 11th 2023
John Wolfe Jr.
American attorney and politician
Died on Monday September 11th 2023
Dolores Nunes
Brazilian lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday September 10th 2023
Corinna Werwigk-Hertneck
German lawyer and politician
Died on Friday September 8th 2023
José Gregori
Brazilian jurist and politician
Died on Sunday September 3rd 2023
Fritz H. Windhorst
American jurist
Died on Saturday September 2nd 2023
Donnell Ryan
Australian barrister and judge
Died on Thursday August 31st 2023
David McGee
New Zealand lawyer and public servant
Died on Tuesday August 29th 2023
Henry Reed Cooper
Liberian judge
Died on Monday August 28th 2023
Rhoda Karpatkin
American lawyer and consumers rights activist
Died on Monday August 28th 2023
John Kezdy
American punk singer (The Effigies) and attorney
Died on Monday August 28th 2023
Ignazio Marcello Gallo
Italian jurist and politician
Died on Thursday August 24th 2023
Pascal Vanderveeren
Belgian lawyer
Died on Thursday August 24th 2023
James L. Buckley
American jurist and politician
Died on Friday August 18th 2023
John L. Carroll
American judge and academic administrator
Died on Friday August 18th 2023
Sir Patrick Garland
English judge
Died on Saturday August 12th 2023
Rosemary S. Pooler
American judge
Died on Thursday August 10th 2023
Arthur Mauro
Canadian lawyer and businessman
Died on Tuesday August 8th 2023
Takaharu Doi
Japanese lawyer and prosecutor
Died on Monday August 7th 2023
Johannes Tomana
Zimbabwean lawyer and diplomat
Died on Sunday August 6th 2023
Richard W. Goldberg
American jurist
Died on Saturday August 5th 2023
Agustín Intriago
Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday August 5th 2023
Charles Ogletree
American attorney and law professor
Died on Friday August 4th 2023
W. A. Shishak
Indian jurist
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Jonathan Cuneo
American lawyer
Died on Friday July 28th 2023
Dame Sonia Proudman
British barrister and judge
Died on Thursday July 27th 2023
Miles Feinstein
American attorney
Died on Tuesday July 25th 2023
Melvin Wulf
American lawyer
Died on Thursday July 20th 2023
Richard Henry Mills
American jurist
Died on Wednesday July 19th 2023
Luís Rocha Filho
Brazilian lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday July 18th 2023