Deaths Famous Dead Lawyers
Julius Berman
American rabbi and attorney · 30 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 30
Pedro Camus Spanish Olympic footballer dead at age 70
a Spanish footballer and central defender who competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on December 29, 2025, at the age of 70. Pedro Camus Pérez was born on 13 June 1955. He played as a… · 29 December 2025 · December 2025
Khosrow Alikordi
Iranian lawyer and human rights activist · 27 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 27
Robert Smellie
New Zealand High Court judge · 26 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 26
Frank Craighill Sports agent dead at age 86
an American sports agent and founding partner of the sports marketing firm ProServ, died on December 25, 2025, at the age of 86. ProServ was created in 1970 in Washington, D.C., by Craighill and attorney and former professional tennis player… · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Tomáš Vrána
Czech lawyer and judicial officer · 23 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 23 · Czech
David Young (Watergate) American-British lawyer and academic, heart failure dead at age 89
an American-British lawyer and academic, died on December 24, 2025, in Oxford, England, at the age of 89. He served as a Special Assistant at the National Security Council in the Nixon administration and as an Administrative Assistant to Henry… · 24 December 2025 · December 2025 · Heart Failure
M. Ravi Singaporean human rights activist dead at age 56
a Singaporean human rights lawyer and activist, died on December 24, 2025, aged 56. Born Ravi Madasamy on April 9, 1969, in Singapore, he qualified and practised law after graduating from the National University of Singapore and Cardiff University. He… · 24 December 2025 · December 2025
Vivian Polania
Colombian lawyer and social media influencer · 21 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 21
Ismail Ayob
South African anti-apartheid lawyer · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
William J. Bauer
American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · Bauer
Gerald Watt Antiguan politician, MP and speaker of the House of Representatives dead at age 86
Antiguan politician and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, died on December 13, 2025, at the age of 86. He represented St. John's Rural East in parliament from 1971 to 1976 and served as attorney general during that period,… · 13 December 2025 · December 2025
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…
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 the Madlanga Commission, he… · 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
Georgy Tolstoy
Russian legal scholar · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10 · Other
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
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
Bruce Slovin
American lawyer and philanthropist · 23 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 23