Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Stefano Rodotà
Italian jurist and politician
Died on Friday June 23rd 2017
György Rubovszky
Hungarian lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday June 21st 2017
Joel Joffe, Baron Joffe
South African-born British human rights lawyer and life peer
Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Grace Berg Schaible
American lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Lady Mary Holborow
British magistrate
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
Pakistani lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Latifur Rahman
Bangladeshi justice
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
John C. Yoder
American judge and politician
Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Jaume Sansa Reñé
Andorran lawyer
Died on Sunday May 28th 2017
Irene Smart
American politician and judge
Died on Sunday May 28th 2017
Robert J. Parins
American judge and sports executive
Died on Saturday May 27th 2017
John Chadwick
New Zealand lawyer
Died on Friday May 26th 2017
Herbert L. Meschke
American politician and judge
Died on Monday May 22nd 2017
Ron Atkey
Canadian lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday May 21st 2017
Simpson Mutambanengwe
Zimbabwean-Namibian judge
Died on Thursday May 11th 2017
Godfrey Chidyausiku
Zimbabwean judge and politician
Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2017
Robin Millhouse
Australian judge and politician
Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Tom Forkner
American businessman and lawyer
Died on Thursday April 27th 2017
Dennis Edwards Jr.
American judge (New York Supreme Court)
Died on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Bruce Palmer
New Zealand lawyer and jurist
Died on Friday April 21st 2017
John T. Noonan Jr.
American circuit court judge
Died on Thursday April 20th 2017
Joaquin Roldan
Mexican lawyer and businessman (AAA
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Lolis Edward Elie
American lawyer and civil rights activist
Died on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Lolis Elie
American lawyer and civil rights activist
Died on Tuesday April 4th 2017
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
American lawyer and politician
Died on Friday March 31st 2017
Gwilym Prys Prys-Davies, Baron Prys-Davies
Welsh lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday March 29th 2017
Zaida Catalán
Swedish lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday March 28th 2017
John Van de Kamp
American politician and attorney
Died on Wednesday March 15th 2017
Probyn Inniss
Saint Kitts and Nevis lawyer
Died on Monday March 13th 2017
John D. Schneider
American state legislator and attorney
Died on Sunday March 5th 2017
Essa Moosa
South African judge and anti-apartheid activist
Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Joseph Wapner
American judge and television personality (The People's Court)
Died on Sunday February 26th 2017
Roger C. Cramton
American lawyer and legal scholar
Died on Friday February 24th 2017
Alejandro Atchugarry
Uruguayan lawyer and politician
Died on Monday February 20th 2017
Roy Heenan
Canadian lawyer and academic
Died on Tuesday February 7th 2017
Edward Blau
American entertainment attorney
Died on Friday February 3rd 2017
Mario R. Ramil
Filipino-born American Supreme Court justice
Died on Thursday February 2nd 2017
Lualemaga Faoa
American Samoan judge and politician
Died on Saturday January 28th 2017
Earl Foreman
American lawyer and sports executive
Died on Tuesday January 24th 2017
Teori Zavascki
Brazilian Supreme Court judge
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
David P. Buckson
American lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday January 19th 2017
M M Ruhul Amin
Bangladeshi judge
Died on Tuesday January 17th 2017
William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart
British lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui
Pakistani jurist and politician
Died on Wednesday January 11th 2017
Christopher Weeramantry
Sri Lankan judge
Died on Thursday January 5th 2017
Richard Gee
Australian judge
Died on Monday January 2nd 2017
Yaakov Neeman
Israeli lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday January 1st 2017
Mattie Smith Colin
American news reporter (Chicago Defender)
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Surendranath Capildeo
Trinidadian and Tobagonian politician and lawyer
Died on Saturday December 31st 2016
Jan Frøystein Halvorsen
Norwegian Supreme Court Justice
Died on Monday December 12th 2016
Myron H. Bright
American judge for United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1968–1985)
Died on Monday December 12th 2016
