Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
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…
Khosrow Alikordi
Iranian lawyer and human rights activist
Died on Sunday December 28th 2025
Robert Smellie
New Zealand High Court judge
Died on Saturday December 27th 2025
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…
Tomáš Vrána
Czech lawyer and judicial officer
Died on Wednesday December 24th 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…
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…
Vivian Polania
Colombian lawyer and social media influencer
Died on Monday December 22nd 2025
George C. Pratt
American judge
Died on Friday December 19th 2025
Ismail Ayob
South African anti-apartheid lawyer
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025
William J. Bauer
American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Died on Monday December 15th 2025
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…
Thomas E. Dewberry
American politician and judge
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025
D. G. Martin
American lawyer and politician
Died on Wednesday December 10th 2025
Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Dutch constitutional lawyer and Africanist
Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
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"…
Swaraj Kaushal
Indian lawyer and politician
Died on Thursday December 4th 2025
Woo Po-shing
Hong Kong solicitor and politician
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Ena Collymore-Woodstock
Jamaican barrister and magistrate
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Rodica Stănoiu
Romanian jurist and politician
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Assusete Magalhães
Brazilian magistrate
Died on Wednesday December 3rd 2025
Seo Dong-kown
South Korean lawyer
Died on Monday December 1st 2025
Manuel Miranda
American attorney and diplomat
Died on Saturday November 29th 2025
Ingrid van Bergen
German actress (Roses for the Prosecutor
Died on Friday November 28th 2025
J. J. Michel Robert
Canadian judge and politician
Died on Monday November 24th 2025
Leonora van den Heever
South African judge
Died on Saturday November 22nd 2025
Newman A. Flanagan
American politician and attorney
Died on Thursday November 20th 2025
Willis Whichard
American politician and jurist
Died on Wednesday November 19th 2025
Yuri Tikhomirov
Russian jurist and scientist
Died on Tuesday November 18th 2025
Robert A. Junell
American politician and jurist
Died on Friday November 14th 2025
Sriyanath Karalliyadde
Sri Lankan judge of the Court of Appeal (since 2020)
Died on Thursday November 13th 2025
Iftikhar Cheema
Pakistani jurist and politician
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Paul Tagliabue
American lawyer and Hall of Fame football administrator
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Ronald Ian Cheffins
Canadian lawyer and political scientist
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Jean de Dieu Moukagni Iwangou
Gabonese politician and magistrate
Died on Tuesday November 11th 2025
Yondo Black
Cameroonian lawyer
Died on Tuesday October 21st 2025
Kartini Muljadi
Indonesian businesswoman and corporate lawyer
Died on Monday October 20th 2025
Emilio Rodríguez Menéndez
Spanish lawyer and television personality
Died on Saturday October 18th 2025
Paul Kato Atita
Beninese lawyer
Died on Tuesday October 14th 2025
Ľudmila Gajdošíková
Slovak politician and jurist
Died on Thursday October 9th 2025
Bruce Cutler
American criminal defense lawyer
Died on Thursday October 9th 2025
Catarina de Albuquerque
Portuguese lawyer and human rights activist
Died on Wednesday October 8th 2025
Peter Häberle
German legal scholar
Died on Tuesday October 7th 2025
Darmono
Indonesian prosecutor
Died on Monday October 6th 2025
Nigel S. Wright
Canadian private equity executive and attorney
Died on Tuesday September 30th 2025
Ronald Ramsey Sr.
American judge and past politician
Died on Saturday September 27th 2025
Sir Peter Cresswell
English jurist
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2025
Ymania Brown
Samoan LGBTQ rights activist and lawyer
Died on Monday September 22nd 2025
Salahuddin Ahmad
Bangladeshi jurist
Died on Sunday September 21st 2025
Gennady Zhilin
Russian jurist
Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Yehuda Zvi Blum
Slovak-born Israeli legal scholar
Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Frederica Massiah-Jackson
American judge
Died on Saturday August 30th 2025
Tim Armstead
American jurist and politician
Died on Tuesday August 26th 2025
Bruce Slovin
American lawyer and philanthropist
Died on Sunday August 24th 2025
Frank Caprio
American judge (Parking Wars)
Died on Wednesday August 20th 2025
Andrea Amatucci
Italian jurist
Died on Tuesday August 19th 2025
