Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries

Rosalind Bax

British attorney
Died on Friday January 24th 2020

January 24, 2020 5:05 am

Eduardo Carriles

Spanish state attorney and politician
Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2020

January 22, 2020 10:55 pm

Michael I. Sovern

American legal scholar and academic administrator
Died on Wednesday January 22nd 2020

January 22, 2020 10:00 pm

Mahmoud al-Sakka

Egyptian lawyer
Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020

January 21, 2020 12:10 pm

Antonis Balomenakis

Greek lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020

January 21, 2020 11:50 am

Egil Krogh

American lawyer
Died on Tuesday January 21st 2020

January 21, 2020 2:05 am

Georgi Kutoyan

Armenian lawyer
Died on Saturday January 18th 2020

January 18, 2020 10:55 am

Terence Hallinan

American lawyer and prosecutor
Died on Friday January 17th 2020

January 17, 2020 8:50 pm

Jean-René Farthouat

French lawyer (Paris Bar Association)
Died on Wednesday January 15th 2020

January 15, 2020 3:05 am

Frank Gordon Jr.

American judge
Died on Monday January 13th 2020

January 13, 2020 7:10 am

Frank X. Gordon Jr.

American judge
Died on Thursday January 9th 2020

January 9, 2020 9:40 pm

Yong Pung How

former Chief Justice of Singapore
Died on Thursday January 9th 2020

January 9, 2020 7:35 am

Robert Ronayne

New Zealand lawyer and jurist
Died on Wednesday January 8th 2020

January 8, 2020 7:40 pm

Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim

Pakistani judge
Died on Tuesday January 7th 2020

January 7, 2020 1:05 pm

Nick Fish

American politician and lawyer
Died on Friday January 3rd 2020

January 3, 2020 1:15 am

Fazilatunnesa Bappy

Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2020

January 2, 2020 5:00 am

David Stern

American businessman and lawyer
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2020

January 1, 2020 9:25 pm

Richard M. Ivey

Canadian lawyer and philanthropist
Died on Tuesday December 31st 2019

December 31, 2019 5:20 am

Bruce M. Snell Jr.

American judge
Died on Friday December 27th 2019

December 27, 2019 6:10 pm

Yiannis Papadimitrou

Greek lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday December 26th 2019

December 26, 2019 3:15 pm

Prasanna Jayawardena

Sri Lankan judge
Died on Tuesday December 24th 2019

December 24, 2019 12:15 pm

Bentley Kassal

American attorney
Died on Monday December 23rd 2019

December 23, 2019 8:30 pm

Jürgen Kühling

German jurist
Died on Monday December 23rd 2019

December 23, 2019 8:25 pm

Mahmudul Amin Choudhury

Bangladeshi judge
Died on Sunday December 22nd 2019

December 22, 2019 4:15 pm

Ricardo de Aparici

Argentine lawyer and politician
Died on Friday December 20th 2019

December 20, 2019 10:55 pm

Leandro Despouy

Argentine human rights lawyer
Died on Thursday December 19th 2019

December 19, 2019 10:55 am

Michèle Bernard-Requin

French lawyer
Died on Wednesday December 18th 2019

December 18, 2019 4:00 pm

David H. Locke

American lawyer and politician
Died on Monday December 16th 2019

December 16, 2019 6:10 pm

Pedro Nikken

Venezuelan lawyer and jurist
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2019

December 10, 2019 8:25 pm

Paul Anthony McDermott

Irish lawyer
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2019

December 10, 2019 5:50 pm

Lily Thomas

Indian lawyer
Died on Tuesday December 10th 2019

December 10, 2019 7:50 am

Giuseppe Frigo

Italian jurist
Died on Sunday December 8th 2019

December 8, 2019 11:10 am

Julio Nazareno

Argentinian jurist
Died on Sunday December 1st 2019

December 1, 2019 3:35 am

William Ruckelshaus

American attorney
Died on Wednesday November 27th 2019

November 27, 2019 7:35 pm

Meddie Kaggwa

Ugandan lawyer and politician
Died on Monday November 25th 2019

November 25, 2019 9:50 am

Mark Cady

American judge
Died on Saturday November 16th 2019

November 16, 2019 4:50 pm

Phillip E. Johnson

American lawyer
Died on Thursday November 14th 2019

November 14, 2019 11:45 pm

Vanni Treves

Italian-born British lawyer and business executive
Died on Wednesday November 13th 2019

November 13, 2019 8:40 am

Edward Zacca

Jamaican judge
Died on Tuesday November 12th 2019

November 12, 2019 2:45 pm

Vytautas Zabiela

Lithuanian lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday November 10th 2019

November 10, 2019 2:41 pm

Philip E. Johnson

American lawyer
Died on Sunday November 10th 2019

November 10, 2019 2:41 pm

Nicolás Díaz

Chilean lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday October 19th 2019

October 19, 2019 4:45 am

Philip J. Prygoski

American legal scholar
Died on Friday October 18th 2019

October 18, 2019 4:50 pm

Meir Shamgar

Israeli chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court from 1983 to 1995
Died on Friday October 18th 2019

October 18, 2019 8:25 am

Louis Waller

Australian legal scholar
Died on Thursday October 17th 2019

October 17, 2019 2:50 am

Anke Fuchs

German lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday October 15th 2019

October 15, 2019 4:25 pm

Rachelle Bergeron

American lawyer
Died on Tuesday October 15th 2019

October 15, 2019 12:50 am

Richard Tracey

Australian judge and military officer
Died on Sunday October 13th 2019

October 13, 2019 11:10 pm

Enrique Moreno

Mexican-American lawyer
Died on Friday October 11th 2019

October 11, 2019 12:00 am

Satnarine Sharma

Trinidadian judge
Died on Wednesday October 9th 2019

October 9, 2019 1:20 pm

Warren William Eginton

American judge
Died on Tuesday October 8th 2019

October 8, 2019 7:45 pm

John Kirby

American attorney
Died on Friday October 4th 2019

October 4, 2019 4:45 pm

Bruce Squire

New Zealand lawyer
Died on Friday October 4th 2019

October 4, 2019 3:35 am

Donald Nicholls, Baron Nicholls of Birkenhead

British jurist
Died on Thursday October 3rd 2019

October 3, 2019 7:10 am

Dionysia Zerbisias

Canadian judge
Died on Wednesday October 2nd 2019

October 2, 2019 9:35 pm

Arthur Nims

American federal judge
Died on Saturday September 28th 2019

September 28, 2019 10:55 am

Luz Bulnes

Chilean magistrate and academic
Died on Friday September 27th 2019

September 27, 2019 8:15 am

Plato Cacheris

American lawyer
Died on Thursday September 26th 2019

September 26, 2019 4:55 pm

Tauto Sansbury

Australian social justice advocate
Died on Tuesday September 24th 2019

September 24, 2019 5:55 am

Ruth Abrams

American judge
Died on Monday September 16th 2019

September 16, 2019 5:15 am

Nancy Lee Aspaturian

American lawyer and activist
Died on Saturday September 14th 2019

September 14, 2019 12:10 am

I. Beverly Lake Jr.

American jurist
Died on Friday September 13th 2019

September 13, 2019 7:10 am

Jan Łopuski

Polish lawyer
Died on Wednesday September 11th 2019

September 11, 2019 1:25 pm

Ram Jethmalani

Indian lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday September 8th 2019

September 8, 2019 4:40 am

Kari Lehtola

Finnish lawyer
Died on Monday September 2nd 2019

September 2, 2019 2:50 pm

Jane Mathews

Australian judge
Died on Monday September 2nd 2019

September 2, 2019 10:05 am

Charles W. Daniels

American judge
Died on Sunday September 1st 2019

September 1, 2019 9:40 pm

Udo Schaefer

German lawyer
Died on Friday August 30th 2019

August 30, 2019 11:40 am

Albert Vickers Bryan Jr.

American judge
Died on Thursday August 29th 2019

August 29, 2019 12:45 am

Gao Heng

Chinese legal scholar and historian
Died on Wednesday August 28th 2019

August 28, 2019 11:25 pm

Stephen S. Goss

American judge
Died on Wednesday August 28th 2019

August 28, 2019 1:55 am

Vasyl Kysil

Ukrainian lawyer
Died on Tuesday August 27th 2019

August 27, 2019 5:45 pm

Ian Kerr

Canadian academic lawyer
Died on Tuesday August 27th 2019

August 27, 2019 5:10 pm

Shamnad Basheer

Indian legal scholar
Died on Friday August 9th 2019

August 9, 2019 10:15 am

Vasil Kisil

Ukrainian lawyer
Died on Thursday August 8th 2019

August 8, 2019 6:30 am

Diana Henderson

British solicitor
Died on Monday August 5th 2019

August 5, 2019 6:50 pm

Levan Aleksidze

Georgian jurist and expert on international law
Died on Saturday August 3rd 2019

August 3, 2019 1:35 pm

L. Brooks Patterson

American lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday August 3rd 2019

August 3, 2019 1:35 pm

Mathias J. DeVito

American lawyer and businessman
Died on Friday August 2nd 2019

August 2, 2019 4:00 pm

Richard Rosenbaum

American judge
Died on Monday July 29th 2019

July 29, 2019 4:25 pm

James Moeller

American jurist
Died on Thursday July 25th 2019

July 25, 2019 7:10 pm

Ferdinand von Bismarck

German landowner and lawyer
Died on Thursday July 25th 2019

July 25, 2019 1:00 pm

R. James Harvey

American politician and judge
Died on Wednesday July 24th 2019

July 24, 2019 8:40 pm

Pavel Kučera

Czech lawyer and judge
Died on Tuesday July 23rd 2019

July 23, 2019 10:30 am

Robert Morgenthau

American lawyer
Died on Monday July 22nd 2019

July 22, 2019 4:20 am

Francesco Saverio Borrelli

Italian lawyer
Died on Saturday July 20th 2019

July 20, 2019 11:10 am

Jerome B. Simandle

American judge
Died on Saturday July 20th 2019

July 20, 2019 2:45 am

Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud

French lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday July 18th 2019

July 18, 2019 5:35 pm

John Paul Stevens

American Supreme Court Justice (1975-2010)
Died on Wednesday July 17th 2019

July 17, 2019 1:00 am

Mortimer Caplin

American lawyer and educator
Died on Tuesday July 16th 2019

July 16, 2019 8:30 pm

William H. Walls

American judge
Died on Monday July 15th 2019

July 15, 2019 9:45 pm

Paul F. Markham

American attorney
Died on Monday July 15th 2019

July 15, 2019 11:40 am

Augusto Fantozzi

Italian lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday July 13th 2019

July 13, 2019 7:05 pm

Denis Pain

New Zealand jurist
Died on Saturday July 13th 2019

July 13, 2019 9:35 am

Robert Stachler

American lawyer (Pete Rose
Died on Friday July 12th 2019

July 12, 2019 7:10 pm

Fernando de la Rúa

Argentine lawyer and academic
Died on Tuesday July 9th 2019

July 9, 2019 11:55 am

Ralph Brill

American legal scholar
Died on Monday July 1st 2019

July 1, 2019 5:15 pm

Whitney North Seymour Jr.

American attorney and politician
Died on Sunday June 30th 2019

June 30, 2019 3:35 am

Manuel Real

American judge
Died on Friday June 28th 2019

June 28, 2019 10:10 pm