John Thomas Copenhaver Jr. dies at age 100
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr., an American jurist and senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, died on May 12,…
Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
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Death of Abraham Foxman at age 86
Abraham Foxman, an American lawyer and activist who served as director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 to 2015, died on May 10, 2026, at age 86. He was the…
Jan E. DuBois has died at age 95
Jan E. DuBois, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1988, died on May 10, 2026, at age 95. A…
Theo van Boven dies at age 91
Theo van Boven, a Dutch jurist and professor emeritus in international law, died on May 9, 2026. He was appointed in 1977 as director of the United Nations Division for…
Jana Dubovcová death at age 73
Jana Dubovcová, a Slovak lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice in 2023, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 73. Born Jana Verčíková in Žilina…
Shin Jong-o South Korean judge, suicide dies
Shin Jong-o died on May 6, 2026, by suicide. He was a South Korean judge associated with Kim Keon Hee. The death was reported without further details. Shin Jong-o, South…
Pierre-François Veil dies at 72
Pierre-François Veil, French lawyer and civil servant and president of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah since 2023, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 72.…
José Navarro dies at age 77
José Navarro, a Peruvian football defender who played for Defensor Arica, Sporting Cristal and the national team, died on May 6, 2026, at the age of 77. Navarro, whose full…
Death of Peter Ferrara at age 71
Peter Ferrara, an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The…
Death of Valeri Zhabko at age 58
Valeri Zhabko, a Russian footballer and defender, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 58. Born Valeri Nikolayevich Zhabko on August 18, 1967, he made his professional debut…
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle dead at age 84
Alexis Dipanda Mouelle, Cameroonian magistrate and president of the Supreme Court from 1990 to 2014, died on May 4, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bonaléa on March 25, 1942,…
Olivier Dupuis has died at age 68
Olivier Dupuis, a Belgian politician and member of the European Parliament from 1996 to 2004, died on May 4, 2026. He was 68. Born in Ath, Belgium, on February 25,…
André Cerdini obituary: died at age 96
André Cerdini, the French magistrate who oversaw the trial of Klaus Barbie, died on May 4, 2026. Born André Émile Cerdini on December 18, 1929, in Vals-les-Bains, France, he studied…
Dame Shirley Porter has died at age 95
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…
Pietro Giuseppe Grasso died at age 96
Pietro Giuseppe Grasso died on May 3, 2026. He was an Italian jurist. Tags Lawyers, 03 May 2026, Grasso, Italy, Pietro, May 2026, May 3
Régis Barroso has died at age 84
Régis Barroso, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served as a deputy from 1967 to 1971, died on May 3, 2026, in Fortaleza, Brazil, at the age of 84. Born…
James Lawrence King passes away at age 98
James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on…
G. Robert Blakey dead at age 90
G. Robert Blakey, an American attorney and emeritus law professor, died on May 1, 2026, at age 90. He was best known for his work in connection with drafting the…
Stephen Adamini, died aged 81
Stephen Adamini, an American politician and attorney who served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006, died on April 29, 2026. He was 81. A Democrat, Adamini…
Gerry Conway passes away at age 73
Gerry Conway, an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer, died on April 27, 2026, at age 73. He wrote for titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Justice League and…
Len Strazewski obituary: died at age 71
Len Strazewski, an American comic book writer, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 71. He worked on DC Comics titles including Starman, The Flash, Justice Society of…
Francisco Letamendia dies at age 82
Francisco Letamendia died on April 26, 2026. He was a Spanish Basque politician and lawyer known for his role in the Burgos trials. Letamendia served as a member of the…
Obituary: Reg Austin, dead at age 91
Reg Austin died on April 23, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Scientists, 23 April 2026, Austin, Reg, April 2026, April 23
George Ley dies at 80
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham…
Lawrence Korb has died at age 86
Lawrence Korb, an American attorney and assistant secretary of defense from 1981 to 1985, died on April 20, 2026. He was 86. Korb was a senior fellow at the Center…
Death of Ralph B. Guy Jr. at age 96
Ralph B. Guy Jr., an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,…
Gerardo Renault, died aged 96
Gerardo Renault, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Legislative Assembly of Minas Gerais from 1968 to 1978 and in the Chamber of Deputies from 1978 to 1986,…
Oleksandr Polovkov obituary: died at age 46
Oleksandr Polovkov, a Ukrainian former professional football defender, died on April 19, 2026. He was 46. Polovkov played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He last played for…
David Mena obituary: died at age 73
David Mena, an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as a member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 73. Born…
Terry L. Bruce, died aged 82
Terry L. Bruce, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993, died on April 17, 2026, at age 82. Born in Olney, Illinois,…
Death of Giorgos Gonios at age 79
Giorgos Gonios, a Greek footballer best known for his career with Panathinaikos, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 79. A defender, he began his career as a…
Raza Kazim, died aged 96
Raza Kazim, a Pakistani philosopher and political activist, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 96. Born on January 13, 1930, in British India, he was also a…
Mamadou Sylla dead at age 66
Mamadou Sylla, a Guinean arms dealer and politician, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 66. Born in Boké on January 25, 1960, he became wealthy after being…
Justin Fairfax obituary: died at age 47
Justin Fairfax, an American politician and former lieutenant governor of Virginia, died on April 16, 2026, in Wakefield, Virginia, at age 47. A Democrat, he served as Virginia’s 41st lieutenant…
Patrick Ground died at age 93
Patrick Ground, a British politician and barrister, died on April 16, 2026, aged 93. Known as Reginald Patrick Ground QC, he served as a Conservative councillor on the London Borough…
Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony dies at 82
Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, the British lawyer, judge and life peer who served in the House of Lords from 2009 to 2020, died on April 16, 2026, aged…
José Santamaría died at age 96
José Santamaría, a footballer and manager, died on April 15, 2026. He was 96. Born José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias in Montevideo, he spent his 18-year playing career with Nacional and…
Obituary: Phil Rockefeller, dead at age 87
Phil Rockefeller, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Washington Senate from 2005 to 2011, died on April 15, 2026. He represented the 23rd legislative district as a…
Hiroshi Shiono passed away at age 94
Hiroshi Shiono, a Japanese legal scholar and academic, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 94. He specialized in administrative law and served as an honorary professor at…
Arturo Lizón Giner, died aged 87
Arturo Lizón Giner, a Spanish politician and senator from 1979 to 1993, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born on August 24, 1938, in Sella, Spain,…
Francisco Sanjosé dies at 73
Francisco Sanjosé, a Spanish footballer, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 73. He played as a defender for Sevilla and competed with Spain’s Olympic football team in…
Vicente Lucas obituary: died at age 90
Vicente Lucas, Portuguese footballer for Belenenses and the Portugal national team, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Vicente da Fonseca Lucas in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese…
Arthur Louis Schechter passes away at age 86
Arthur Louis Schechter, an American politician, diplomat and attorney, died on April 13, 2026, at age 86. He was born on December 6, 1939, in Rosenberg, Texas, and attended public…
Hans-Jürgen Becher dies at age 84
Hans-Jürgen Becher, a German footballer who played for Schalke 04, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 84. A defender, he made 32 appearances in the Oberliga West…
Death of Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi at age 78
Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi died on April 12, 2026. Tags Lawyers, Politicians, 12 April 2026, Hossein, Iran, Tabrizi, April 12, April 2026
Shafique Ahmed passed away at age 88
Shafique Ahmed, a Bangladeshi lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as Bangladesh’s minister for…
Cho Sang-rae passes away at age 89
Cho Sang-rae, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 89. Born on September 6, 1936, in Gimje,…
Obituary: Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, dead at age 94
Manuel Gurría Ordóñez, a Mexican politician and lawyer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 94. He served twice in the Chamber of Deputies, was a senator from…
Sutan Harhara dead at age 73
Sutan Harhara, an Indonesian football player and manager, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 73. He played for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national team in the…
Hüsamettin Cindoruk death at age 92
Hüsamettin Cindoruk, Turkish politician and acting president in 1993, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 92. He was twice a member of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly and…
Stephen M. Schwebel dies at age 97
Stephen M. Schwebel, an American jurist and judge who served on the International Court of Justice from 1981 to 2000, died on April 9, 2026. He was vice president of…
Srećko Bogdan dies at age 69
Srećko Bogdan, a Croatian footballer and former professional defender, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Mursko Središće, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, he began his career…
Brian Garvey death at age 88
Brian Garvey, the English footballer who played as a defender in the Football League, died on April 8, 2026, aged 88. Born in Kingston upon Hull, he joined his hometown…
Obituary: Harald Ofner, dead at age 93
Harald Ofner, an Austrian lawyer and politician, died on April 8, 2026. He was 93. Born in Vienna on October 25, 1932, he studied law and received a doctorate in…
Jimmy Sullivan death at age 44
Jimmy Sullivan, an Australian politician and Queensland MLA, died on April 8, 2026, aged 44. James Anthony Sullivan served as the member for Stafford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from…
Abass Kaboua death at age 63
Abass Kaboua, a Togolese politician and senator since 2025, died on April 8, 2026. He was 63. Kaboua was a member of the Movement of Centrist Republicans (MRC), which he…
Terry Gabinski passes away at age 87
Terry Gabinski, an American politician who served on the Chicago City Council, died on April 8, 2026. He was 87. Gabinski represented the 32nd Ward on the Chicago City Council…
Valentina Savostyanova passes away at age 77
Valentina Savostyanova, a Russian politician and lawyer who served as a member of the State Duma from 2000 to 2007, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 77.…
Bae Myeong-in, died aged 93
Bae Myeong-in, a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as minister of justice from 1982 to 1985, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 93. He was…
Death of Pietro Calogero at age 86
Pietro Calogero, an Italian magistrate, died on April 6, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Pace del Mela, Italy, on December 28, 1939, he graduated from the University…
Evelyn Wilson, died aged 66
Evelyn Wilson, an American judge and justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, died on April 4, 2026, at age 66 from complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Wilson was born in…
Cyrille Schott death at age 75
Cyrille Schott, a French civil servant who served as prefect of Hérault from 2007 to 2008 and as a puisne judge of the Cour des Comptes from 2009 to 2013,…
Death of Raynella Leath at age 77
Raynella Leath, an American convicted murderer and former registered nurse, died on April 4, 2026, in Knox County, Tennessee, at the age of 77. Born Raynella Bernardene Large on October…
Guy Jutras has died at age 95
Guy Jutras died on April 3, 2026. He was a Canadian boxing referee and boxing judge. Guy Jutras, 95, Canadian boxing referee and boxing judge. Tags Lawyers, 03 April 2026,…
Augustine Nshimye dead at age 79
Augustine Nshimye, a Ugandan judge and justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, died on April 3, 2026. He served as a member of the Supreme Court from 2015, after…
Machana Shamukuni Politician dies
Machana Shamukuni, a Motswana politician, died on April 2, 2026. He served as Minister of Justice from the department’s creation in 2022 until 2024 and was a Member of the…
Birgit Collin-Langen dead at age 69
Birgit Collin-Langen, a German politician and Member of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2019, died on April 1, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, West…
Obituary: Chan Santokhi, dead at age 67
Chan Santokhi, the Surinamese politician who served as president of Suriname from 2020 to 2025, died on March 30, 2026. He was also minister of justice from 2005 to 2010…
Mykola Pinchuk obituary: died at age 79
Mykola Pinchuk, a Ukrainian and Soviet footballer who played as a defender, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Mykola Ivanovych Pinchuk on July 25, 1946,…
Death of Lin Yuan-lang at age 85
Lin Yuan-lang, a Taiwanese politician and former magistrate of Nantou County, died on March 27, 2026. He served as magistrate from 1989 to 1997. Lin was born on December 28,…
Noelia Castillo euthanasia case dies at age 25
Noelia Castillo Ramos, a Spanish activist and paraplegic patient, died on March 26, 2026, after receiving euthanasia by lethal injection. Born in Barcelona in 2000, she became the subject of…
Nana Akuoko Sarpong died at age 87
Nana Akuoko Sarpong, a Ghanaian traditional ruler and politician, died on March 26, 2026, aged 87. He was the Omanhene of the Agogo Traditional Area and served as a member…
Colin Mackay death at age 82
Sir Colin Crichton Mackay, a British judge and barrister who served as a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales from 2001 to 2013, died on March 25,…
Manuel Estella died at age 86
Manuel Estella, a Spanish politician and president of the Cortes of Castile and León from 1991 to 2003, died on March 24, 2026. Estella Hoyos was a deputy in the…
Gaspare Russo passes away at age 98
Gaspare Russo, an Italian politician and lawyer who served as mayor of Salerno from 1970 to 1974 and president of Campania from 1976 to 1979, died on March 23, 2026,…
Celeste M. Stiehl died at age 100
Celeste M. Stiehl, an American politician and member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, died on March 22, 2026. Born Celeste Sullivan in Belleville, Illinois, on…
Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo passes away at age 84
Xosé Antonio García Cotarelo, a Spanish lawyer and writer, died on March 20, 2026. Also known as Pepe de Regos, he was born in Vilamea (A Pontenova) in 1941. He…
Muhammad Kamal Hassouna, died aged 84
Muhammad Kamal Hassouna, a Palestinian politician and businessman who served as minister of national economy from 2007 to 2009, died on March 20, 2026. He was born in Hebron on…
Robert Mueller has died at age 81
Robert Mueller, the American lawyer who served as director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013, died on March 20, 2026, at age 81. He also served as U.S. attorney…
Nicholas Haysom obituary: died at age 73
Nicholas Haysom, a South African diplomat and lawyer who served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s special representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, died on March 19,…
Tom Georgeson dies at age 88
Tom Georgeson, the English actor known for Between the Lines, A Fish Called Wanda and Doctor Who, died on March 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Liverpool on 8 August…
Anthony Mason passes away at age 100
Anthony Mason, the Australian jurist who served as chief justice of Australia from 1987 to 1995, died on March 17, 2026. He was born in Sydney on April 21, 1925.…
Valeri Kirss passes away at age 80
Estonian media personality and lawyer Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Marina Yusoff dies at 84
Marina Yusoff, a Malaysian politician, lawyer and businesswoman, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Dec. 7, 1941, she began her political career as an Umno activist and served as…
Obituary: Alfred J. Noll, dead at age 66
Alfred J. Noll, an Austrian lawyer, politician and writer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Salzburg on January 30, 1960, he earned his law degree from the University of…
E. Grady Jolly has died at age 88
E. Grady Jolly, an American judge and United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, died March 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in…
Francine Demichel passes away at age 87
Francine Demichel, a French academic and jurist, died on March 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born Francine Batailler in Marseille on October 31, 1938, she served as president…
Steve Thel passed away at age 71
Steve Thel, an American academic and lawyer, died on March 14, 2026. Born Steven Scott Thel in Tacoma, Washington, on December 28, 1954, he was the son of Albert John…
Obituary: Bruno Contrada, dead at age 94
Bruno Contrada, the Italian police officer and intelligence official who served as police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE, died on March 13, 2026.…
Siti Norma Yaakob dead at age 85
Siti Norma Yaakob, a Malaysian lawyer and judge who became the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of Malaya, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 85.…
Kevin Kiely obituary: died at age -1
Kevin Kiely, Irish politician and Mayor of Limerick from 2009 to 2010, died on March 12, 2026, aged 64. He was a member of Fine Gael and was first elected…
Anastasios Gonis has died at age 99
Anastasios Gonis, a Greek politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996, died on March 12, 2026. He was a member of New Democracy. Gonis, who was…
Jeong Chi-geun dead at age 94
Jeong Chi-geun, a South Korean politician and former prosecutor, died on March 11, 2026, at the age of 94. Born on June 30, 1931, he served as Minister of Justice…
Judy Pace, died aged 83
Judy Pace, the American actress known for her roles on Peyton Place and The Young Lawyers, died on March 11, 2026, at age 83. Born Judy Lenteen Pace in Los…
Luciano Magnalbò dies at 82
Luciano Magnalbò, an Italian politician, died on March 11, 2026, in Macerata, Italy, at the age of 82. Born in Macerata on April 5, 1943, he was a member of…
John H. Morrison passed away at age 92
John H. Morrison, an American lawyer and senior partner of Kirkland & Ellis, died on March 11, 2026. He practiced at the Chicago law firm from 1962 until his retirement…
Sergei Nekrasov, died aged 53
Sergei Nekrasov, a Russian football player, died on March 10, 2026. He was 53. Nekrasov, whose full name was Sergei Vladimirovich Nekrasov, played as a defender and midfielder. He made…
Moon Yong-joo passed away at age 93
Moon Yong-joo, a South Korean politician and lawyer, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 93. A member of the Democratic Justice Party, she served in the National…
László Kiss has died at age 75
László Kiss, a Hungarian judge, died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 75. Born on February 10, 1951, in Jánosháza, Hungary, he served on the Constitutional Court from…