Deaths Famous Dead Lawyers
Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Dutch constitutional lawyer and Africanist · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8 · Nieuwaal · Dutch · Émile
Robert B. Fiske
American trial attorney · 04 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 4 · Fiske
Marius van der Merwe Whistleblower testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry as “Witnes…
Marius van der Merwe, a South African private security company owner and former Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department official, died on December 5, 2025, after being shot. Also known as "Vlam" and by the codename "Witness D" during his testimony at… · 05 December 2025 · December 2025
Woo Po-shing
Hong Kong solicitor and politician · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2
Ena Collymore-Woodstock
Jamaican barrister and magistrate · 02 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 2 · Other
Ingrid van Bergen
German actress (Roses for the Prosecutor · 27 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 27 · Bergen
Sriyanath Karalliyadde
Sri Lankan judge of the Court of Appeal (since 2020) · 12 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 12
Paul Tagliabue
American lawyer and Hall of Fame football administrator · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
George C. Christie
American legal scholar · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Christie · Other
Albert Ganado
Maltese lawyer · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou
Gabonese politician and magistrate · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Iwangou
Georgy Tolstoy
Russian legal scholar · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Other
Iftikhar Cheema
Pakistani jurist and politician · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Kartini Muljadi
Indonesian businesswoman and corporate lawyer · 19 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 19
Emilio Rodríguez Menéndez
Spanish lawyer and television personality · 17 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 17 · Menéndez
Paul Kato Atita
Beninese lawyer · 13 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 13 · Atita
William Twining
British legal scholar · 13 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 13 · Other
Ľudmila Gajdošíková
Slovak politician and jurist · 08 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 8
Bruce Cutler
American criminal defense lawyer · 08 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 8
Catarina de Albuquerque
Portuguese lawyer and human rights activist · 07 October 2025 · October 2025 · Albuquerque · October 7
Peter Häberle
German legal scholar · 06 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 6 · Other
Nigel S. Wright
Canadian private equity executive and attorney · 29 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 29 · Wright
Ronald Ramsey Sr.
American judge and past politician · 26 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 26
Jerome A. Cohen
American legal scholar · 22 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 22 · Jérôme · Cohen · Other
Ymania Brown
Samoan LGBTQ rights activist and lawyer · 21 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 21
Yehuda Zvi Blum
Slovak-born Israeli legal scholar · 17 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 17 · Other · Blum
Shigeru Oda
Japanese judge · 08 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 8
Bruce Slovin
American lawyer and philanthropist · 23 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 23
Frank Caprio
American judge (Parking Wars) · 19 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 19
Luc Misson
Belgian lawyer (Bosman ruling) · 14 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 14
Mark M. Baker
American defense attorney · 13 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 13 · Baker
Derlis Rodríguez
Paraguayan lawyer and politician · 05 August 2025 · August 2025 · Rodriguez · August 5
Anwar Seyidov
Azerbaijani lawyer · 01 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 1
Horst Mahler
German lawyer and political activist · 26 July 2025 · July 2025 · July 26