Deaths Famous Dead Lawyers
Gary Welsh
American lawyer and political commentator · 01 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 1
Renato Corona
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Phililpines · 29 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 29
Frederick Bruce-Lyle
Ghanaian-born judge in several Caribbean countries · 21 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 21
Tony Whittaker
British solicitor and political activist · 01 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 1
Solomon Blatt, Jr.
American federal district judge · 20 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 20
Laura Liu
American federal judge · 15 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 15
Joe Freeman Britt
American attorney and death penalty advocate · 07 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 7 · Britt
Matiu Dickson
New Zealand Māori academic (University of Waikato) and lawyer · 07 April 2016 · April 2016 · April 7
Reid Scott
Canadian politician and judge · 02 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 2
Darryl Hunt
American justice reform activist · 13 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 13
Pierce Lively
American federal judge · 12 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 12
Cees Fasseur
Dutch historian and legal scholar · 13 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 13 · Lawyers
Julio César Chalar
Uruguayan lawyer and judge · 05 March 2016 · March 2016 · March 5 · Chalar
Luis Alberto Machado
Venezuelan lawyer and politician · 23 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 23 · Machado
Lauro Vizconde
Filipino crime victim (Vizconde murders) and justice advocate · 13 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 13
Antonin Scalia
American Justice of the Supreme Court (1986-2016) · 13 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 13 · Antonín
William Donald Stiehl
American federal judge · 08 February 2016 · February 2016 · February 8 · Stiehl
Constantijn Kortmann
Dutch legal scholar · 24 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 24 · Lawyers
T. S. Sinnathuray
Singaporean Supreme Court judge · 18 January 2016 · January 2016 · Sinnathuray · January 18
James Hannah
American chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (2005–2015) · 14 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 14
Norm Wolfinger
American State Attorney (1985–2013) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Joe Jamail
American attorney and billionaire · 23 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 23
Donald J. Stohr
American federal judge · 10 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 10 · Stohr
Juvenal Juvêncio
Brazilian lawyer and sports director · 09 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 9 · Juvencio
Shelby Highsmith
American federal judge · 02 December 2015 · December 2015 · December 2
Tahir Elçi
Turkish pro-Kurdish lawyer · 28 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 28
Jack Millard
American prosecutor (Wayne Williams · 05 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 5
Truman McGill Hobbs
American district court judge · 03 November 2015 · November 2015 · November 3 · Hobbs
Thomas R. Fitzgerald
retired chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court · 01 November 2015 · November 2015 · FitzGerald · November 1
Alvin Bronstein
American lawyer and prisoner rights activist · 24 October 2015 · October 2015 · October 24
Michael Margaret Stewart
American lawyer and Alaskan First Lady · 22 October 2015 · October 2015 · October 22 · Stewart
Peter Tillers
Latvian-born American legal scholar · 03 October 2015 · October 2015 · October 3 · Lawyers
Joseph E. Irenas
American federal judge · 16 October 2015 · October 2015 · October 16 · Irenas