Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Lim Kean Chye
Malaysian lawyer and independence activist
Died on Friday June 9th 2023
Thomas Buergenthal
Czechoslovak-born international lawyer
Died on Tuesday May 30th 2023
Kay B. Cobb
American jurist and politician
Died on Saturday May 27th 2023
Emerson Allsworth
American lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday May 25th 2023
Adil Serdar Saçan
Turkish police chief and jurist
Died on Wednesday May 24th 2023
Howard Krongard
American attorney and government official
Died on Tuesday May 23rd 2023
Georges Kiejman
French lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday May 9th 2023
Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell
former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (1997–2004)
Died on Friday May 5th 2023
Jean-Paul Costa
French jurist and the President of the European Court of Human Rights (2007–2011)
Died on Friday April 28th 2023
Tony Dreyfus
French lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday April 27th 2023
Paulo de Tarso Sanseverino
Brazilian judge and academic
Died on Saturday April 15th 2023
Andrew Phillips, Baron Phillips of Sudbury
British solicitor and politician
Died on Wednesday April 12th 2023
Simon France
New Zealand jurist
Died on Tuesday April 11th 2023
Gad Barzilai
Israeli lawyer and political scientist
Died on Monday April 10th 2023
Ben Ferencz
Hungarian-American lawyer (Einsatzgruppen trial)
Died on Saturday April 8th 2023
Haziqul Khairi
Former Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan.
Died on Sunday April 2nd 2023
Edmar Moreira
Brazilian lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday March 30th 2023
Bisi Egbeyemi
Nigerian lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday March 18th 2023
Pierluigi Onorato
Italian magistrate and politician
Died on Tuesday March 14th 2023
Alfonso Quaranta
Italian magistrate
Died on Tuesday March 14th 2023
Kim Yong-chul
South Korean jurist and judge
Died on Tuesday March 14th 2023
Eliseu Padilha
Brazilian lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday March 14th 2023
Dietmar Artzinger-Bolten
German Lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday March 7th 2023
Ricardo García García-Ochoa
Spanish lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday February 28th 2023
Victor Babiuc
Romanian jurist and politician
Died on Sunday February 26th 2023
François Couchepin
Swiss lawyer and politician
Died on Friday February 24th 2023
Anthony Arlidge
British barrister and judge
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Stratis Stratigis
Greek lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2023
Peter Herrndorf
Canadian lawyer and media mogul
Died on Saturday February 18th 2023
Mikhael Daher
Lebanese lawyer and politician
Died on Friday February 17th 2023
Benet Hytner
English barrister and judge
Died on Friday February 10th 2023
Roberto Purini
Brazilian lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday February 8th 2023
Lawrence M. McKenna
American judge (United States District Court for the Southern District of New York)
Died on Tuesday February 7th 2023
Harry Whittington
American attorney and political figure
Died on Monday February 6th 2023
Mike Schrunk
American district attorney in Oregon
Died on Thursday February 2nd 2023
Shanti Bhushan
Indian lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday January 31st 2023
Gopal Sri Ram
Malaysian judge of the Federal Court
Died on Sunday January 29th 2023
Benito Bollati
Italian lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday January 25th 2023
Nicola Molè
Italian lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday January 19th 2023