Silvio Meli dead at age 72
Silvio Meli, a Maltese judge, died on September 7, 2026, aged 72. He graduated from the University of Malta and later served as president of the Commission for Fair Trading…
Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
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Bruce Lunsford dies at age 78
Bruce Lunsford, an American politician and attorney from Kentucky, died on September 6, 2026, aged 78. Born William Bruce Lunsford in Kenton County on November 11, 1947, he built a…
Obituary: Robert Alexy, dead at age 80
Robert Alexy, the German jurist and legal philosopher, died on September 5, 2026, aged 80. Born in Oldenburg on September 9, 1945, he studied law and philosophy at the University…
Filip Sternberg has died at age 69
Filip Sternberg, a Czech-Austrian lawyer and member of the Sternberg nobility, died on September 5, 2026, aged 69. He belonged to the Sternberg family and was the owner of Český…
Obituary: Alberto Iribarne, dead at age 76
Alberto Iribarne, the Argentine lawyer and politician who served as minister of justice from 2005 to 2007, died on September 5, 2026, aged 76. Born in Buenos Aires on August…
Peter Katsambanis death at age 60
Peter Katsambanis, an Australian politician who served in both Victoria and Western Australia, died on September 5, 2026, aged 60. Born in Melbourne on December 24, 1965, as Peter Argyris…
Obituary: Ritu Khullar, dead at age 62
Ritu Khullar, a Canadian jurist and judge who served as chief justice of Alberta, died on September 3, 2026, aged 62. At the time of her death, she also sat…
Harish Chandra Mishra death at age 67
Harish Chandra Mishra, the Indian judge and Lokayukta of Delhi, died on September 3, 2026, aged 67. He served as Lokayukta of Delhi from 2022 and was a former judge…
Børge Thorup dies at 82
Børge Thorup, a Danish footballer who played as a defender, died on September 2, 2026, aged 82. Born in Copenhagen on October 4, 1943, he began and ended his career…
Peter Leaver dies at age 81
Peter Leaver, a British barrister and judge, died on September 2, 2026, aged 81. Known in full as Peter Lawrence Oppenheim Leaver, KC, he served as chief executive of the…
Charles Hatcher, died aged 87
Charles Hatcher, an American politician and lawyer who served in Congress as a Democrat, died on September 1, 2026, aged 87. Born in Doerun, Georgia, he was educated at Georgia…
Obituary: Elco Brinkman, dead at age 78
Elco Brinkman, the Dutch politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate, died on August 31, 2026, aged 78. Born Leendert Cornelis Brinkman in Dirksland on February 5,…
Mehdi Zana passes away at age 85
Mehdi Zana, the Turkish Kurdish politician and human rights defender who served as mayor of Diyarbakır from 1977 to 1980, died on August 29, 2026, aged 85. Born in Silvan,…
Narana Coissoró obituary: died at age 94
Narana Coissoró, a Portuguese lawyer, academic and politician, died on August 29, 2026, aged 94. Born in Goa, then in Portuguese India, on October 3, 1931, he moved to Portugal…
Obituary: Nicolae Ungureanu, dead at age 69
Nicolae Ungureanu, the Romanian footballer and manager best known for his work with Universitatea Craiova, the national team and Drobeta-Turnu Severin, died on August 28, 2026, aged 69. Born in…
Jackie Glass obituary: died at age 70
Jackie Glass, an American judge and television personality, died on August 28, 2026, at age 70. Glass was known to television audiences through "Swift Justice with Jackie Glass" and was…
Jean Allaire dies at age 96
Jean Allaire, a Canadian lawyer and politician, died on August 27, 2026, at age 96. A French Canadian from Laval, Quebec, he was best known for authoring the Allaire Report…
Lamin Khalifah Fhimah passed away at age 70
Lamin Khalifah Fhimah, the Libyan station superintendent best known as a former station manager for Libyan Arab Airlines at Luqa Airport in Malta, died on August 25, 2026, aged 70.…
Javier Giraldo dead at age 82
Javier Giraldo, a Colombian priest and human rights activist, died on August 25, 2026, aged 82. Known also as Javier Giraldo Moreno, he was a Catholic Jesuit priest, researcher, and…
Obituary: Silvia Buendía, dead at age 58
Silvia Buendía, an Ecuadorian journalist, lawyer and civil rights activist, died on August 24, 2026, at age 58. Born in Guayaquil on October 9, 1967, she graduated in law from…
Boris Ebzeyev dies at age 76
Boris Ebzeyev, a Russian politician and jurist, died on August 23, 2026, aged 76. Born Boris Safarovich Ebzeyev, he served as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Russia from…
barbara findlay dies at age 77
Barbara findlay, a Canadian lawyer and LGBT rights activist, died on August 23, 2026, aged 77. Over more than four decades, she used law, advocacy, education and community organizing to…
Liu I-chou dead at age 78
Liu I-chou, the Taiwanese civil servant who served as chairman of the Central Election Commission, died on August 23, 2026, aged 78. A lawyer and political scientist, he was vice…
Manoel Dias passed away at age 88
Manoel Dias, a Brazilian politician and minister of labour, died on August 22, 2026, aged 88. Born in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, on August 13, 1938, he trained as a lawyer…
Obituary: Sir Andrew Nicol, dead at age 75
Sir Andrew Nicol, the British judge who served as a justice of the High Court from 2009 to 2021, died on August 22, 2026, aged 75. Born Sir Andrew George…
Yao Eng-chi death at age 91
Yao Eng-chi, a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1981 to 2005 and as vice president from 1999 to 2002, died on August 21,…
Fikile Mokgohloa dead at age 65
Fikile Mokgohloa, a South African jurist and judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, died on August 20, 2026, aged 65. Born in Pretoria on June 1, 1961, she began…
Messan Toudji passes away at age 29
Messan Toudji, a Togolese footballer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. A defender, he began his career with Anges FC before later playing for ASKO Kara and Gomido FC.…
Darrell Hickman dead at age 91
Darrell Hickman, an American jurist and justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, died on August 20, 2026, at age 91. Hickman served on the state’s highest court from 1977 to…
Robert Mouynet obituary: died at age 96
Robert Mouynet, a French footballer, died on August 19, 2026, aged 96. Born in Toulouse on March 25, 1930, he played as a defender and was also an association football…
Anne Thily dies at age 88
Anne Thily, the Belgian magistrate, died on August 19, 2026, aged 88. Born in Hannut on October 13, 1937, she studied mathematics before turning to law at the University of…
Tawfique Nawaz dead, Tawfique Nawaz, Bangladeshi political activist, complications from a stroke
Tawfique Nawaz, a Bangladeshi lawyer and senior advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, died on August 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He served as director of Transparency International…
Mieczysław Szyszka passes away at age 64
Mieczysław Szyszka, a Polish teacher and politician who served in the Senate from 2005 to 2007, died on August 18, 2026, aged 64. Born on December 8, 1961, in Nowa…
Constantine Tsoucalas passed away at age 89
Constantine Tsoucalas, the Greek sociologist, academic and politician, died on August 18, 2026, aged 89. Born in Athens on August 5, 1937, he taught at universities in Greece, the United…
Obituary: Flavia Lattanzi, dead at age 85
Flavia Lattanzi, an Italian lawyer and scholar of international law, died on August 18, 2026, aged 85. Born in Addis Ababa in 1940, she studied law at Sapienza University of…
Javier Lasagabaster dies at age 93
Javier Lasagabaster, a Spanish politician and lawyer, died on August 17, 2026, aged 93. Born Javier José Luis Lasagabaster Echarri in Pasaia on January 5, 1933, he served as Minister…
Randal C. Picker obituary: died at age 66
Randal C. Picker, an American legal scholar in antitrust law and intellectual property law, died on August 15, 2026, aged 66. He was the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor…
Jacques Grandon died at age 99
Jacques Grandon, a French lawyer and politician, died on August 14, 2026, aged 99. Born in Saint-Benoît on May 9, 1927, he studied at the Collège Stanislas de Paris and…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician and judge who served as minister of justice from 2001 to 2005, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. Born Anton Iliev Stankov on February…
Elżbieta Barys obituary: died at age 79
Elżbieta Barys, a Polish lawyer and politician who served in the Sejm from 1997 to 2001, died on August 13, 2026, aged 79. Born Elżbieta Krystyna Barys, she was a…
Anton Stankov died at age 60
Anton Stankov, a Bulgarian politician who served as minister of justice, died on August 13, 2026, aged 60. He held the justice portfolio in Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005 and…
Reidun Andreassen has died at age 90
Reidun Andreassen, a Norwegian politician and former member of Parliament, died on August 12, 2026, aged 90. Born in Oslo on 15 June 1936, she represented the Labour Party in…
Freddy Makafui Dunyah dies at age 64
Freddy Makafui Dunyah, a Togolese environmental activist, died on August 12, 2026, aged 64. A national of Togo, he worked as an environmental defender and was known for communications roles…
Juan Manuel Escobar death at age 76
Juan Manuel Escobar, an American politician and judge, died on August 12, 2026, aged 76. A former member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 43rd district, he served…
Kai Krüger dies at age 86
Kai Krüger, the Norwegian jurist and academic who was a professor of law at the University of Bergen, died on August 12, 2026, aged 86. Born in Copenhagen on May…
Death of Tulio Ramírez Padilla at age 66
Tulio Ramírez Padilla, Venezuelan Roman Catholic prelate and canonist who served as auxiliary bishop of Caracas from 2012 to 2020 and as bishop of Guarenas from 2020, died on August…
Alaksandar Milinkievič has died at age 79
Alaksandar Milinkievič, a Belarusian politician and opposition figure, died on August 11, 2026, aged 79. Born in Hrodna on July 25, 1947, he was a physicist, ethnologist, university teacher, historian,…
Ward Churchill dies at age 78
Ward Churchill, the American academic, activist and writer known for his controversial work on political dissent and Native Americans, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78. Born Ward LeRoy Churchill…
Death of Jean-Paul Rostagni at age 78
Jean-Paul Rostagni, a French footballer, died on August 10, 2026, aged 78. Born in Drap, he played as a defender and spent three seasons with AS Monaco from 1966 to…
Death of Maurice Buttin at age 97
Maurice Buttin, the French lawyer and writer, died on August 9, 2026, aged 97. Born in Meknes on December 10, 1928, he joined the Rabat Bar Association in 1954 and…
Joaquim Sarmento dies at age 74
Joaquim Sarmento, a Portuguese lawyer, politician and former deputy in the Assembly of the Republic, died on August 8, 2026, aged 74. Born Joaquim Sebastião Sarmento da Fonseca Almeida on…
Death of Bah Oumarou Sanda at age 86
Bah Oumarou Sanda, a Cameroonian diplomat and magistrate, died on August 7, 2026, aged 86. Born in Garoua in 1940, he trained at the National School of Administration and Magistracy…
Death of Bernard Barton at age 74
Bernard Barton, an Irish barrister and Judge of the High Court, died on August 7, 2026, aged 74. Born Bernard Joseph Barton in Limerick in 1951, he was educated at…
Mohamed Eusoff Chin death at age 90
Mohamed Eusoff Chin, a Malaysian lawyer and jurist who served as chief justice from 1994 to 2000, died on August 7, 2026, aged 90. A Malaysian national, he was the…
Jerney Kaagman died at age 79
Jerney Kaagman, the Dutch singer best known as the lead vocalist of Earth and Fire, died on August 6, 2026, aged 79, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Born Christina Henriette…
Hugh O’Flaherty has died at age 88
Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish barrister and former judge of the Supreme Court, died on August 5, 2026, aged 88. Born in 1937, he was educated at University College Dublin and…
Alejandro Royo-Villanova death at age 85
Alejandro Royo-Villanova, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on August 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Madrid on April 7, 1941, he was a member of both the People’s Party…
Manmohan Singh Liberhan passes away at age 88
Manmohan Singh Liberhan, an Indian judge and justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, died on August 2, 2026, aged 88. A retired chief justice of the Andhra Pradesh High…
Ioannis Varvitsiotis has died at age 93
Ioannis Varvitsiotis, the Greek politician who served as minister of defence and a member of parliament, died on August 2, 2026, aged 93. Born in Athens on August 2, 1933,…
Death of Sir Anthony Evans at age 92
Sir Anthony Evans, British judge and lord justice of appeal from 1992 to 2000, died on August 2, 2026, aged 92. Known also as Sir Anthony Howell Meurig Evans, he…
Line Bareiro death at age 75
Line Bareiro, the Paraguayan political scientist, died on August 1, 2026, aged 75. Born in Asunción on August 30, 1950, she became known as a political scientist, lawyer and human…
Franco Baresi death at age 66
Franco Baresi, the Italian footballer who starred for AC Milan and the national team, died on July 31, 2026, aged 66. Born in Travagliato on May 8, 1960, he spent…
Death of Jiří Nykodým at age 81
Jiří Nykodým, the Czech lawyer and Constitutional Court judge, died on July 30, 2026, aged 81. A graduate of the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, he earned…
Donatille Mukabalisa passed away at age 66
Donatille Mukabalisa, a Rwandan politician and former MP and senator, died on July 30, 2026, aged 66. Born in Nyamata on July 30, 1960, she was elected Speaker of the…
Hernando Tovar death at age 87
Hernando Tovar, a Colombian footballer who played for Santa Fe and the Colombia national team, died on July 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Girardot, he was a defender who…
Richard Yuille has died at age 79
Richard Yuille, an American judge, died on July 28, 2026, aged 79. In 2009, he became chief judge of the 7th Circuit Court of Genesee County in Michigan and later…
Tom Chadbon death at age 80
Tom Chadbon, the English actor best known for work in British television and appearances in Doctor Who, Tess and Casino Royale, died on July 27, 2026, aged 80. Born in…
Thomas W. Luce III, died aged 86
Thomas W. Luce III, an American government official and lawyer, died on July 26, 2026. He also worked as a nonprofit executive and served as an adviser to H. Ross…
Octavio Gallotti dead at age 95
Octavio Gallotti, the Brazilian judge who served on the Supreme Federal Court, died on July 26, 2026, aged 95. Born Luiz Octavio Pires e Albuquerque Gallotti in Rio de Janeiro…
Esther Tomljanovich, died aged 94
Esther Tomljanovich, an American judge who served as a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1990 to 1998, died on July 26, 2026, at age 94. Born Esther Jeanne…
John Carro obituary: died at age 98
John Carro, an American judge who served on the New York Supreme Court and later in its Appellate Division, died on July 26, 2026, at age 98. Born in Orocovis,…
Richard Lerblance, died aged 80
Richard Lerblance, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate, died on July 25, 2026, aged 80. Born Richard Charles Lerblance on March 9, 1946,…
Charles Sam Faddis has died at age 68
Charles Sam Faddis, an American Central Intelligence Agency officer, died on July 25, 2026, aged 68. Better known as Sam Faddis, he served as a CIA operations officer and was…
Elmer MacKay passed away at age 89
Elmer MacKay, a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as a member of Parliament for Central Nova, died on July 24, 2026. Born Elmer MacIntosh MacKay on August 5, 1936,…
Sir John Henry dies at 94
Sir John Henry, a New Zealand jurist and judge of the Court of Appeal, died on July 24, 2026. He served on the Court of Appeal from 1991 to 2004,…
Joseph Santamaria obituary: died at age 78
Joseph Santamaria, an Australian judge and lawyer, died on July 23, 2026, aged 78. Born in Melbourne on July 14, 1948, Joseph Gerard Santamaria KC served as a judge of…
Jose Sison passes away at age 88
Jose Sison, a Filipino lawyer and television host, died on July 23, 2026, aged 88. Known to viewers as the presenter of Ipaglaban Mo!, he helped bring real-life legal disputes…
Karen Busby dies at age 67
Karen Busby, a lawyer, feminist and former professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba whose work focused on queer issues, reproductive rights, constitutional law and civil…
Obituary: Chris Murphy, dead at age 58
Chris Murphy, an American politician and attorney who served in the South Carolina House of Representatives, died on July 22, 2026. He represented the 98th District, covering parts of Dorchester…
Obituary: Ruby Kless Sondock, dead at age 100
Ruby Kless Sondock, an American state court judge and former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, died on July 21, 2026. Born in Houston on April 26, 1926, she…
James Woolsey passes away at age 84
James Woolsey, the American lawyer who served as director of central intelligence from 1993 to 1995, died on July 21, 2026. Born Robert James Woolsey Jr. on September 21, 1941,…
David R. Cooke has died at age 88
David R. Cooke, a Canadian politician and lawyer, died on July 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Oshawa on August 4, 1937, he studied at Queen’s University,…
Morley Torgov passes away at age 98
Morley Torgov, the Canadian novelist and humorist who also practiced law, died on July 19, 2026. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in 1927, he began his career at The…
Holger Brück dies at age 78
Holger Brück, a German football player and manager, died on July 19, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Kassel on September 30, 1947, he made his name as…
John Droney death at age 79
John Droney, an American politician and lawyer, died on July 19, 2026. A Connecticut Democrat, he chaired the state party from 1986 to 1992, helping guide Joe Lieberman’s upset Senate…
Kim Joong-wi obituary: died at age 86
Kim Joong-wi, a South Korean journalist and politician, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, in Bonghwa County, he was educated at…
Kim Joong-wi obituary: died at age 86
Kim Joong-wi, a South Korean politician who served in the National Assembly, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on October 28, 1939, Kim was elected…
Moses Ali dead at age 87
Moses Ali, the Ugandan lawyer, politician and retired military officer who served as Second Deputy Prime Minister, died on July 17, 2026. Born on April 5, 1939, in Adjumani District,…
Obituary: Tersia Marshall, dead at age 45
Tersia Marshall, a South African politician and attorney who served in the Mpumalanga Provincial Legislature, died on July 16, 2026, in Rustenburg after injuries sustained in a car accident. Born…
Enrique Bacigalupo passes away at age 88
Enrique Bacigalupo, the Argentine lawyer and jurist who served on Spain’s Supreme Court, died on July 16, 2026. He was 88. Born in Buenos Aires on July 14, 1938, Bacigalupo…
William Wisher Jr. death at age 71
William Wisher Jr., an American screenwriter known for his work on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, died on July 14, 2026. Born on May 23, 1955, he worked…
John E. Steele passes away at age 77
John E. Steele, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, died on July 14, 2026. He was 77. Known as John…
Death of Fred Dudley at age 81
Fred Dudley, an American politician and attorney who served in the Florida Senate from 1986 to 1998, died July 13, 2026. He was born in Fort Myers on November 8,…
Death of Alcides Bernal at age 60
Alcides Bernal, a Brazilian lawyer, radio broadcaster and politician, died on July 13, 2026, at age 60. Born Alcides Jesus Peralta Bernal on July 14, 1965, in Corumbá, he built…
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar dies at age 94
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar died on July 12, 2026. He was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician who served as acting president of Bangladesh in 2002. Sircar studied at the University of…
Cid Saboia de Carvalho has died at age 90
Cid Saboia de Carvalho, a Brazilian politician and lawyer who served in the Federal Senate from 1987 to 1995, died on July 10, 2026, at the age of 90. Born…
Enrique Krauss dead at age 94
Enrique Krauss died on July 10, 2026. He was a Chilean lawyer and politician. Born in Valdivia on January 8, 1932, Krauss was also known as Juan Enrique Krauss Rusque.…
Obituary: Albert Mamy, dead at age 86
Albert Mamy, the French lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Sorèze for more than four decades, died on July 10, 2026. He was 86. Born in Toulouse on…