Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ronald Dworkin
American philosopher and legal scholar
Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Adolfo Zaldívar
Chilean politician and lawyer
Died on Wednesday February 27th 2013
Simon Li
Hong Kong judge and politician
Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
William J. Duffy
American jurist and politician
Died on Monday February 25th 2013
Luis Paulino Mora Mora
Costa Rican jurist
Died on Sunday February 17th 2013
Harry L. Carrico
American lawyer and state judge
Died on Sunday January 27th 2013
Yuri Schmidt
Russian lawyer and human rights activist
Died on Saturday January 12th 2013
W. Reece Smith, Jr.
American lawyer and academic
Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Murray Merle Schwartz
American federal judge (U.S. District Court for Delaware)
Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Andrew P. O’Rourke
American politician and judge (New York Supreme Court)
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Beatrice Bolam
English politician and magistrate
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Sir Ivor Richardson
New Zealand jurist
Died on Monday December 29th 2014
Raymond L. Acosta
American district court judge
Died on Tuesday December 23rd 2014
Brian Sullivan
American lawyer and politician
Died on Monday December 8th 2014
A. J. McNamara
American legislator and federal judge
Died on Tuesday December 2nd 2014
Mike Faulk
American politician and judge
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2014
Jens Bugge
Norwegian Supreme Court judge
Died on Sunday November 9th 2014
Carl Persson
Swedish jurist and politician
Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
John W. Sears
American lawyer and politician
Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Annæus Schjødt, Jr.
Norwegian barrister and World War II veteran
Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Thomas W. Sneddon, Jr.
American politician and district attorney
Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Robert L. Clifford
American associate justice (New Jersey Supreme Court)
Died on Saturday November 29th 2014
Roderick M. Hills
American lawyer and business executive
Died on Wednesday October 29th 2014
Alvin Wiederspahn
American lawyer and politician
Died on Friday October 24th 2014
David Malcolm
Australian judge
Died on Monday October 20th 2014
Hussein Mjalli
Jordanian lawyer and politician
Died on Sunday October 12th 2014
Ralph Maxwell
American district judge and athlete
Died on Sunday September 28th 2014
Austin Cooper
Canadian criminal lawyer
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Zoran Knežević
Serbian Yugoslav politician and judge
Died on Friday September 12th 2014
Edgar Steele
American lawyer and convicted criminal
Died on Thursday September 4th 2014
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick
American attorney and politician
Died on Tuesday September 2nd 2014
Bala Tampoe
Sri Lankan lawyer and trade unionist
Died on Monday September 1st 2014
Suzie d’Auvergne
Saint Lucian barrister and jurist
Died on Monday August 18th 2014
Purdy Crawford
Canadian corporate lawyer and financier
Died on Tuesday August 12th 2014
Sir Denys Williams
Barbadian judge
Died on Thursday August 7th 2014
Charles Calhoun, Jr.
American politician and judge
Died on Sunday August 3rd 2014
James Ditson Service
Canadian politician and lawyer
Died on Friday August 1st 2014
Felipe Osterling
Peruvian lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Patrick Sawyer
Liberian-born American lawyer
Died on Thursday July 24th 2014
Sergio Insunza
Chilean lawyer and politician
Died on Saturday July 19th 2014
Willem Witteveen
Dutch politician and legal scholar
Died on Thursday July 17th 2014
Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
Iranian judge and politician
Died on Wednesday July 9th 2014
Bamidele Aturu
Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist
Died on Wednesday July 9th 2014
Plínio de Arruda Sampaio
Brazilian jurist and politician
Died on Tuesday July 8th 2014