Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Li Boguang
Chinese legal scholar and human rights activist. Died on Monday February 26th 2018
Sir Donald Murray
Northern Irish juristDied on Monday February 26th 2018
Mohamed Shahabuddeen
Guyanese politician and judgeDied on Wednesday February 21st 2018
J. Clay Smith
American jurist and authorDied on Tuesday February 20th 2018
Larry Lolley
American state judgeDied on Sunday February 18th 2018
Kandiah Neelakandan
Sri Lankan lawyer. Died on Sunday February 18th 2018
John Muir
Australian judgeDied on Saturday February 17th 2018
Sandra L. Townes
American judgeDied on Tuesday February 13th 2018
Donald Mark
American judgeDied on Monday February 12th 2018
Asma Jahangir
Pakistani human rights activist (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan) and lawyer (Lawyers' Movement)Died on Sunday February 11th 2018
Peter Hill Beer
American judgeDied on Saturday February 10th 2018
Melvyn Weiss
American attorneyDied on Tuesday February 6th 2018
Jan Ramberg
Swedish lawyerDied on Thursday February 1st 2018
Raymond Nimmer
American legal scholarDied on Wednesday January 31st 2018
Sir Henry Brooke
British lawyer and Judge (Lord Justice of Appeal)Died on Tuesday January 30th 2018
Robert Kisanga
Tanzanian judgeDied on Tuesday January 30th 2018
Jose Arturo Sierra
Guatemalan judgeDied on Saturday January 27th 2018
Robert W. Hamilton
American legal scholarDied on Thursday January 25th 2018
Harvey R. Blau
American attorney and executiveDied on Wednesday January 24th 2018
Dahiru Musdapher
Nigerian justiceDied on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
William Cousins
American judgeDied on Monday January 22nd 2018
Gustav Heiberg Simonsen
Norwegian lawyer and politicianDied on Saturday January 20th 2018
Dana Mark Levitz
American judgeDied on Thursday January 18th 2018
Thomas Newman O’Neill Jr.
American federal judgeDied on Thursday January 18th 2018
Milton Shadur
American federal judgeDied on Tuesday January 16th 2018
Charles H. Turner
American attorneyDied on Sunday January 14th 2018
Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr.
American lawyerDied on Saturday January 13th 2018
Eliyahu Winograd
Israeli supreme court judgeDied on Saturday January 13th 2018
Frankie Muse Freeman
American civil rights attorneyDied on Saturday January 13th 2018
Randy Stoker
American judgeDied on Tuesday January 9th 2018
Roy Wheatley King
American judgeDied on Saturday January 6th 2018
Lewis Donelson
American attorneyDied on Thursday January 4th 2018
Donal Barrington
Irish judgeDied on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Roberto Coll Vinent
Spanish lawyer and journalistDied on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Ferdinando Imposimato
Italian judgeDied on Tuesday January 2nd 2018
Gonzalo Adrio Barreiro
Spanish lawyer and politicianDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Roy Harding Madsen
American judgeDied on Friday December 29th 2017
Thomas P. Griesa
American judgeDied on Tuesday December 26th 2017
Paul Yesawich
American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals) and judgeDied on Thursday December 21st 2017
Henryk Cioch
Polish lawyerDied on Thursday December 21st 2017
Combat Jack
American hip hop attorney and historianDied on Wednesday December 20th 2017
Carl Axel Petri
Swedish lawyer and politicianDied on Tuesday December 19th 2017
Charles Byron Renfrew
American judgeDied on Tuesday December 19th 2017
Lewis Manilow
American lawyer and philanthropistDied on Wednesday December 13th 2017
Flerida Ruth Pineda-Romero
Filipino judgeDied on Friday December 8th 2017
Alexander Harvey II
American judgeDied on Tuesday December 5th 2017
Ernest A. Finney Jr.
American judgeDied on Monday December 4th 2017
Sir Martin Nourse
British juristDied on Monday December 4th 2017
Gerald Fridman
Canadian legal scholarDied on Sunday December 3rd 2017
Perry Wallace
American basketball player (Vanderbilt University) and juristDied on Saturday December 2nd 2017
Adarsh Sein Anand
Indian judgeDied on Friday December 1st 2017
Laeticia Kikonyogo
Ugandan judgeDied on Wednesday November 29th 2017
Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn
South African-born British jurist and life peerDied on Wednesday November 29th 2017
Warren Spannaus
American lawyer and politicianDied on Monday November 27th 2017
José María Romero de Tejada
Spanish prosecutorDied on Monday November 27th 2017
Garnett Thomas Eisele
American district court judgeDied on Monday November 27th 2017
Harry Pregerson
American federal judgeDied on Sunday November 26th 2017
Salvador E. Casellas
Puerto Rican judgeDied on Thursday November 23rd 2017
Víctor Hipólito Martínez
Argentine lawyer and politicianDied on Monday November 20th 2017
William Hoeveler
American judgeDied on Sunday November 19th 2017
José Manuel Maza
Spanish lawyerDied on Saturday November 18th 2017
Hamad Ndikumana
Rwandan football defenderDied on Friday November 17th 2017
Kenneth Ryskamp
American judgeDied on Friday November 17th 2017
Lars Oftedal Broch
Norwegian judgeDied on Thursday November 16th 2017
J. Steve Mostyn
American lawyer and philanthropistDied on Thursday November 16th 2017
David Ambler
New Zealand jurist (Māori Land CourtDied on Thursday November 16th 2017
Lawrence R. Yetka
American judgeDied on Wednesday November 15th 2017
Lawrence Yetka
American judge.Lawrence YetkaDied on Wednesday November 15th 2017
Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington
British lawyer and life peerDied on Monday November 13th 2017
Carlos Dívar
Spanish magistrateDied on Saturday November 11th 2017
Robert Gensburg
American lawyerDied on Saturday November 11th 2017
William Sweeney
American judgeDied on Friday November 10th 2017
Paul V. Mullaney
American politician and judgeDied on Monday November 6th 2017
Anna Diggs Taylor
American judgeDied on Monday November 6th 2017
Gary Flather
English judge and disability rights campaignerDied on Sunday October 29th 2017
Sir Ninian Stephen
Australian judgeDied on Sunday October 29th 2017
Kelly Gage
American attorney and politicianDied on Sunday October 22nd 2017
Ted Z. Robertson
American judgeDied on Saturday October 21st 2017
Beverly Reid O’Connell
American judgeDied on Wednesday October 18th 2017
Charles E. Gibson Jr.
American lawyerDied on Wednesday October 18th 2017
Ajmal Mian
Pakistani juristDied on Tuesday October 17th 2017
Muntaka Connmassie
Nigerian juristDied on Thursday October 12th 2017
Sir Clifford Husbands
Barbadian politician and judgeDied on Thursday October 12th 2017
Herbert W. Kalmbach
American attorney and bankerDied on Saturday September 30th 2017
M. Cherif Bassiouni
Egyptian lawyer and human rights activistDied on Tuesday September 26th 2017
John Gallop
Australian judgeDied on Monday September 25th 2017
Larry J. McKinney
American judgeDied on Thursday September 21st 2017
Gonzalo Uriarte Audi
Uruguayan lawyerDied on Thursday September 14th 2017
José Antonio Souto
Spanish juristDied on Tuesday September 12th 2017
Jérôme Choquette
Canadian lawyer and politicianDied on Saturday September 2nd 2017
Bob LeChien
American judgeDied on Friday September 1st 2017
Peter Diamondstone
American lawyer and politicianDied on Thursday August 31st 2017
James Dickson Phillips Jr.
American federal judgeDied on Tuesday August 29th 2017
Jorge Rodriguez-Chomat
Cuban-born American politician and judgeDied on Monday August 21st 2017
Franklin Cleckley
American supreme court justiceDied on Tuesday August 15th 2017