Famous Dead Lawyers — Obituaries & Memorials — Page 4

Leonard D. Jacoby

American attorney
Died on Friday January 16th 2026

January 16, 2026 6:55 pm

Arthur Tobin, LawyerPolitician, died on January 16, 2026

Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95

Arthur Tobin, an American politician and lawyer from Quincy, Massachusetts,
died on January 16, 2026, at age 95. He served on the Quincy City Council and in the Massachusetts legislature…

January 16, 2026 12:00 pm

Rafael Gvaladze

Azerbaijani judge
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026

January 15, 2026 3:25 pm

Sir James Munby

English judge
Died on Thursday January 15th 2026

January 15, 2026 12:45 am

Jacoby & Meyers American attorney dead at age 83

Jacoby & Meyers, the American law firm founded by Leonard Jacoby and Stephen Meyers,
died on January 12, 2026. Established in September 1972 as a partnership, the firm began in…

January 12, 2026 12:00 pm

Park Soon-yong

South Korean lawyer
Died on Monday January 12th 2026

January 12, 2026 5:25 am

Jean-Louis Duplat

Belgian magistrate
Died on Sunday January 11th 2026

January 11, 2026 8:05 am

Robert K. Tanenbaum

American trial attorney and novelist
Died on Saturday January 10th 2026

January 10, 2026 2:25 am

Seydou Madani Sy

Senegalese jurist and politician
Died on Friday January 9th 2026

January 9, 2026 6:25 pm

Albert Bourgi

French jurist
Died on Friday January 9th 2026

January 9, 2026 2:15 am

William H. Yohn Jr.

American jurist and politician
Died on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 12:20 am

Francesco Paolo Casavola

Italian jurist
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026

January 7, 2026 2:00 pm

Gianpaolo Tosel

Italian magistrate
Died on Wednesday January 7th 2026

January 7, 2026 1:55 pm

Julius Berman

American rabbi and attorney
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025

December 31, 2025 7:15 pm

Carolyn R. Dimmick

American jurist
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025

December 31, 2025 12:45 am

Rhoda Billings

American lawyer and justice
Died on Wednesday December 31st 2025

December 31, 2025 12:00 am

Joseph Hartzler

American lawyer
Died on Tuesday December 30th 2025

December 30, 2025 2:00 am

Pedro Camus Spanish Olympic footballer dead at age 70

Pedro Camus, 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…

December 29, 2025 12:00 pm

Khosrow Alikordi

Iranian lawyer and human rights activist
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025

December 28, 2025 11:25 pm

Hans Flock

Norwegian judge
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025

December 28, 2025 3:45 am

Robert Smellie

New Zealand High Court judge
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025

December 27, 2025 3:50 am

Frank Craighill Sports agent dead at age 86

Frank Craighill, 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…

December 25, 2025 12:00 pm

Tomáš Vrána

Czech lawyer and judicial officer
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2025

December 24, 2025 3:55 pm

David Young, heart failure, died on December 24, 2025

David Young American-British lawyer and academic, heart failure dead at age 89

David Reginald Young, 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…

December 24, 2025 12:00 pm

M. Ravi Singaporean human rights activist dead at age 56

M. Ravi, 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…

December 24, 2025 12:00 pm

Vivian Polania

Colombian lawyer and social media influencer
Died on Monday December 22nd 2025

December 22, 2025 9:15 pm

María Victoria Calle

Colombian jurist
Died on Sunday December 21st 2025

December 21, 2025 10:30 pm

George C. Pratt

American judge
Died on Friday December 19th 2025

December 19, 2025 7:25 am

Mohamed Khadhar Ibrahim

Kenyan jurist
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025

December 17, 2025 4:20 pm

Ismail Ayob

South African anti-apartheid lawyer
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025

December 17, 2025 9:40 am

Tanko Muhammad

Nigerian jurist
Died on Tuesday December 16th 2025

December 16, 2025 1:45 pm

William J. Bauer

American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Died on Monday December 15th 2025

December 15, 2025 11:50 pm

Alex R. Munson

American jurist
Died on Sunday December 14th 2025

December 14, 2025 9:30 am

Gerald Watt Antiguan politician, MP and speaker of the House of Representatives dead at age 86

Sir Gerald Watt, 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…

December 13, 2025 12:00 pm

Sandra Segal Ikuta

American jurist
Died on Saturday December 13th 2025

December 13, 2025 5:10 am

Bernardo P. Pardo

Filipino jurist
Died on Friday December 12th 2025

December 12, 2025 4:05 am

Thomas E. Dewberry

American politician and judge
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025

December 10, 2025 11:35 pm

D. G. Martin

American lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025

December 10, 2025 3:50 am

James H. Payne

American jurist
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025

December 10, 2025 1:15 am

Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal

Dutch constitutional lawyer and Africanist
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025

December 9, 2025 4:40 pm

Robert B. Fiske

American trial attorney
Died on Friday December 5th 2025

December 5, 2025 10:55 pm

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"…

December 5, 2025 12:00 pm