Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Scott Olin Wright
American judgeDied on Monday July 11th 2016
Robert E. Cooper, Sr.
American judgeDied on Monday July 11th 2016
Werner Meng
German juristDied on Friday July 1st 2016
Donald Jelinek
American civil rights lawyerDied on Friday June 24th 2016
John Santucci
American lawyerDied on Sunday June 26th 2016
Patrick Mayhew
Northern Irish-British barrister and politicianDied on Saturday June 25th 2016
Viorel Mihai Ciobanu
Romanian jurist and university professorDied on Monday June 13th 2016
Eduardo Gota Losada
Spanish juristDied on Sunday June 5th 2016
Frank Griffin
Irish judgeDied on Tuesday June 7th 2016
Boyce F. Martin Jr.
American judgeDied on Wednesday June 1st 2016
Jules Browde
(South African lawyer). Died on Tuesday May 31st 2016
Peter DeTroy
American attorneyDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Patrick Neill, Baron Neill of Bladen
British barrister and life peerDied on Saturday May 28th 2016
Sir Gavyn Farr Arthur
British judgeDied on Monday May 16th 2016
Cassandra Butts
American lawyerDied on Thursday May 26th 2016
Marcus Gordon
American federal judgeDied on Thursday May 26th 2016
Edmund V. Ludwig
American federal judgeDied on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Lorne Clarke
Canadian lawyerDied on Saturday May 21st 2016
Sir Iain Glidewell
British juristDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Michael Ratner
American lawyerDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Sarah D. Grant
American judgeDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
George Gelaga King
Sierra Leonean judgeDied on Tuesday April 5th 2016
Gary Welsh
American lawyer and political commentatorDied on Sunday May 1st 2016
John RWD Jones
British barristerDied on Monday April 18th 2016
Renato Corona
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the PhililpinesDied on Friday April 29th 2016
Frederick Bruce-Lyle
Ghanaian-born judge in several Caribbean countriesDied on Thursday April 21st 2016
Tony Whittaker
British solicitor and political activistDied on Friday April 1st 2016
Horace Ward
American judgeDied on Saturday April 23rd 2016
Perry O. Hooper, Sr.
American juristDied on Sunday April 24th 2016
Solomon Blatt, Jr.
American federal district judgeDied on Wednesday April 20th 2016
A. R. Surendran
Sri Lankan lawyerDied on Monday April 11th 2016
Frederic W. Allen
American judgeDied on Saturday April 9th 2016
Ray Thornton
American attorney and politicianDied on Wednesday April 13th 2016
Joe Freeman Britt
American attorney and death penalty advocateDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Matiu Dickson
New Zealand Māori academic (University of Waikato) and lawyerDied on Thursday April 7th 2016
Robert MacCrate
American lawyerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Herbert Theodore Milburn
American judgeDied on Friday April 1st 2016
Shneur Zalman Feller
Israeli juristDied on Friday April 1st 2016
W. Ward Reynoldson
American judgeDied on Monday March 28th 2016
Peter Lerche
German juristDied on Monday March 14th 2016
Marie-Claire Kirkland
Canadian politician and judgeDied on Thursday March 24th 2016
Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain
Canadian politician and judgeDied on Thursday March 24th 2016
Reid Scott
Canadian politician and judgeDied on Wednesday March 2nd 2016
Darryl Hunt
American justice reform activistDied on Sunday March 13th 2016
Pierce Lively
American federal judgeDied on Saturday March 12th 2016
Cees Fasseur
Dutch historian and legal scholarDied on Sunday March 13th 2016
Adrian Hardiman
Irish judgeDied on Monday March 7th 2016
Jim Thistle
Canadian lawyerDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Kris Stefanson
Canadian judgeDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Henry R. Horsey
American judgeDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
Robert Del Tufo
American lawyerDied on Thursday March 3rd 2016
John Cameron, Lord Coulsfield
Scottish judgeDied on Sunday February 28th 2016
William Schaap
American lawyerDied on Thursday February 25th 2016
James Z. Davis
American judgeDied on Saturday February 27th 2016
Francisco Rubio Llorente
Spanish judgeDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Luis Alberto Machado
Venezuelan lawyer and politicianDied on Tuesday February 23rd 2016
Mutsuo Tahara
Japanese judgeDied on Friday February 19th 2016
Richard Unis
American judgeDied on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Constance Glube
Canadian judgeDied on Monday February 15th 2016
Robert Frederick Froehlke
American lawyerDied on Friday February 12th 2016
Lauro Vizconde
Filipino crime victim (Vizconde murders) and justice advocateDied on Saturday February 13th 2016
Antonin Scalia
American Justice of the Supreme Court (1986-2016) Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Oscar Camilión
Argentine lawyer and diplomatDied on Friday February 12th 2016
William Donald Stiehl
American federal judgeDied on Monday February 8th 2016
Redding Pitt
American attorney and politicianDied on Sunday February 7th 2016
Charles Redding Pitt
American attorney and politicianDied on Sunday February 7th 2016
Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum
American judgeDied on Friday February 5th 2016
K. S. Paripoornan
Indian judgeDied on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
KS Paripoornan
Indian JusticeDied on Wednesday February 3rd 2016
Alex Hickman
Canadian judge and politicianDied on Sunday January 10th 2016
Constantijn Kortmann
Dutch legal scholarDied on Sunday January 24th 2016
Wolfgang Schnur
German politician and lawyerDied on Saturday January 16th 2016
António de Almeida Santos
Portuguese lawyer and politicianDied on Monday January 18th 2016
T. S. Sinnathuray
Singaporean Supreme Court judgeDied on Monday January 18th 2016
Marie L. Garibaldi
American judgeDied on Friday January 15th 2016
George Carroll
American lawyer and politicianDied on Thursday January 14th 2016
James Hannah
American chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (2005–2015)Died on Thursday January 14th 2016
James L. Browning, Jr.
American juristDied on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Anthony Mellows
British barrister and academicDied on Sunday January 10th 2016
Alexander Hickman
Canadian judge and politicianDied on Monday January 11th 2016
Judith Kaye
American judgeDied on Thursday January 7th 2016
Hayes McClerkin
American lawyer and politicianDied on Wednesday January 6th 2016
Norm Wolfinger
American State Attorney (1985–2013)Died on Tuesday January 5th 2016
S. H. Kapadia
Indian judgeDied on Monday January 4th 2016
Ståle Eskeland
Norwegian juristDied on Saturday December 26th 2015
Adriana Olguín
Chilean lawyer and politicianDied on Thursday December 24th 2015
V. S. Malimath
Indian judgeDied on Tuesday December 22nd 2015