Fernando Serrano Migallón passes away at age 81
Fernando Serrano Migallón, a Mexican jurist and member of the Mexican Academy of Language, died October 27, 2026, aged 81. Born in Mexico City on June 26, 1945, he became…
Famous Dead Lawyers: Recent Lawyer Deaths and Obituaries
Over 3,000 obituaries of famous dead lawyers. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Leo Barry dead at age 83
Leo Denis Barry, a Canadian jurist and politician who served as a Newfoundland and Labrador member of the House of Assembly, died October 26, 2026, aged 83. Born in Red…
Death of Sheffi Paz at age 74
Sheffi Paz, an editor and Israeli activist opposing African immigration, died of cancer on October 26, 2026, aged 74. Born in Łódź, Poland, to parents who had survived the Holocaust,…
Mahadev Shankar dies at 94
Mahadev Shankar, a Malaysian jurist and former judge of the Court of Appeal, died on October 26, 2026, aged 94. He served on the court from 1994 to 1997 and…
Obituary: Chef Damu, dead at age 72
Damodharan Kothandaraman, professionally known as Chef Damu, an Indian celebrity chef and television personality, died October 25, 2026, aged 72. Born in Chennai, he became a familiar presence on Tamil-language…
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi passed away at age 55
Pius Olakunle Osunyikanmi, a Nigerian civil servant and former director general of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, died on October 24, 2026, aged 55. Born in Ile Oluji, Ondo State,…
Ali Haroun death at age 99
Ali Haroun, an Algerian politician and member of the High Council of State, died October 24, 2026, aged 99. Also known as Mohamed Ali Haroun, he was born on February…
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, died aged 100
Lorn Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player and jurist who served as a senator of the College of Justice, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born William Lorn…
Obituary: William Cowie, Lord Cowie, dead at age 100
William Lorn Kerr Cowie, Lord Cowie, the Scottish rugby union player who played for West of Scotland and represented Scotland internationally, died October 23, 2026, aged 100. Born in Glasgow…
Albert Childs passed away at age 96
Albert Childs, the English footballer who played as a defender, died October 23, 2026, aged 96. Born in Liverpool on September 25, 1930, he made his Liverpool debut on September…
Death of Harry Shorstein at age 86
Harry Shorstein, an American lawyer and former Florida state attorney, died in Jacksonville on October 23, 2026, aged 86. Born in Jacksonville on August 3, 1940, he grew up in…
Death of Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou at age 64
Gnénéma Coulibaly Mamadou, an Ivorian politician and magistrate who served as minister of justice from 2012 to 2017, died in Abidjan on October 22, 2026, aged 64. Born in Korhogo…
Alex Sanders died at age 88
Alexander Mullings Sanders Jr., an American jurist, politician and academic administrator, died October 20, 2026, aged 88. Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, he served in the U.S. Army…
Michael Joseph Melloy death at age 78
Michael Joseph Melloy, an American jurist who served as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, died of cancer on October 20, 2026, aged 78.…
Sir Philip Otton, died aged 93
Sir Philip Otton, the British judge who served as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1995 to 2001, died October 20, 2026, aged 93. Born on 28 May 1933, he…
Kamaruddin Simanjuntak passed away at age 52
Indonesian lawyer Kamaruddin Simanjuntak, whose full name was Kamaruddin Hendra Simanjuntak, died on October 19, 2026, aged 52. Born on May 21, 1974, he completed secondary school at SMA Negeri…
Geoff Thompson has died at age 86
Geoffrey William Fleetwood Thompson, known as Geoff Thompson, a barrister and solicitor and former New Zealand National Party politician, died on October 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in Wellington on…
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, died aged 43
Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa, a Guatemalan public prosecutor and anti-corruption activist, died aged 43 on October 17, 2026, in an armed attack. A lawyer and notary, he studied law at…
Vítor Murta passes away at age 50
Vítor Jorge Fonseca Murta, a Portuguese sports executive who led Boavista, died of a heart attack on October 16, 2026, aged 50. He served as president of Boavista F.C. from…
Obituary: Malcolm H. Wiener, dead at age 91
Malcolm H. Wiener, an American prehistorian and lawyer, died October 14, 2026, aged 91. Born Malcolm Hewitt Wiener in Qingdao, China, on July 3, 1935, he was the son of…
Death of Gerald Stebelton at age 87
Gerald Stebelton, an engineer and former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, died October 14, 2026, aged 87. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, on September 13, 1939, he studied…
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo has died at age 94
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo, an Ecuadorian poet, died on October 13, 2026, aged 94. Born in Loja, Ecuador, on April 14, 1932, he studied at the Central University of Ecuador.…
RJ Mitte dies at age 34
RJ Mitte, the American actor and producer known for Breaking Bad, Switched at Birth and The Guardians of Justice, died by suicide on October 12, 2026, aged 34. Born Roy…
Obituary: Vladimir Vuletić, dead at age 47
Vladimir Vuletić, a Serbian lawyer, associate professor and former vice president of FK Partizan, died in Belgrade on October 12, 2026, aged 47; his body was found that day. Born…
Raul Daza obituary: died at age 91
Raul Daza, a Filipino lawyer, certified public accountant and politician who held elected office in Northern Samar, died October 12, 2026, aged 91. Born in Manila on May 2, 1935,…
Death of Nasima Khan at age 82
Nasima Khan, a Bangladeshi film actress, died October 11, 2026, aged 82. Born on August 6, 1944, in Lalbagh, Old Dhaka, she entered Bengali cinema in 1959 with Jago Hua…
Keven McDonald has died at age 70
Keven McDonald, an American basketball player and lawyer, died October 10, 2026, aged 70. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he attended Seton Hall Preparatory School, where he scored 1,774 career…
Obituary: Telma de Souza, dead at age 82
Telma Sandra Augusto de Souza, the Brazilian professor, teacher and politician known as Telma de Souza, died of a stroke on October 10, 2026, aged 82. Born in Santos on…
Les Latcham dead at age 83
Les Latcham, an English footballer who played as a defender for Burnley, Plymouth Argyle and Bradford City, died on October 9, 2026, aged 83. Born Leslie Arnold Latcham in Crook…
Mark Pryor obituary: died at age 59
Novelist and attorney Mark Pryor, a British-born American writer, died October 8, 2026, aged 59. He grew up in Hertfordshire, England, and worked as a crime reporter for the Daily…
Curtis Flowers died at age 56
Curtis Flowers, an American man who was wrongfully imprisoned, died October 7, 2026, aged 56. Born Curtis Giovanni Flowers on May 29, 1970, in Winona, Mississippi, he spent more than…
Frank Dewane dies at 76
Frank Dewane, an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as coadjutor bishop and bishop of Venice in Florida, died October 7, 2026, aged 76. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on…
Theodore J. St. Antoine death at age 97
Theodore J. St. Antoine, an American lawyer and academic who served as dean of the University of Michigan Law School from 1971 to 1978, died October 7, 2026, aged 97.…
Patrick Anthony Conmy dead at age 92
Patrick Anthony Conmy, an American jurist and judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota, died October 7, 2026, aged 92. Born in Fargo, North Dakota,…
Obituary: Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, dead at age 77
Joseph Mécène Jean-Louis, a Haitian judge and justice of the Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021, died October 6, 2026, aged 77. Born in Dessalines, Haiti, he served on the…
Boualem Boualem death at age 73
Boualem Boualem, an Algerian jurist and politician, died on October 5, 2026, aged 73. Born in Aïn Sefra, then part of French Algeria, on October 16, 1952, he was affiliated…
Michel de Guillenchmidt dies at 85
Michel de Guillenchmidt, a French civil servant and politician, died in Paris on October 5, 2026, aged 85. Born in Paris on August 19, 1941, he studied at Sciences Po…
Samuel Odoi-Sykes passes away at age 98
Samuel Odoi-Sykes, a Ghanaian politician, diplomat, information officer and teacher, died October 5, 2026, aged 98. Born in Accra, he was also known as Samuel Arthur Odoi-Sykes. He attended Accra…
Gordon Davis obituary: died at age 85
Gordon Jamison Davis, an American lawyer and civic leader who served as New York City parks commissioner from 1978 to 1983, died October 4, 2026, from complications of emphysema. He…
Nelson Toburen dies at 87
Nelson Toburen, an American football player who played linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, died of pancreatic cancer on October 4, 2026, aged 87. Born Nelson Edward Toburen in Boulder,…
Death of Clément Atangana at age 85
Clément Atangana, a Cameroonian magistrate who served as a counsellor of the Supreme Court from 1991 to 2014, died in Paris on October 4, 2026, aged 85. He was born…
Obituary: Jakob Brechbühl, dead at age 74
Jakob Brechbühl, a Swiss footballer, died October 1, 2026, aged 74. Born on January 29, 1952, he played as a defender and represented Switzerland in 20 national-team matches. At club…
Nobutaka Tsutsui dies at age 81
Nobutaka Tsutsui, a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in Japan’s Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, died on October 1, 2026, aged…
Obituary: Juan Carlos Pagotto, dead at age 74
Juan Carlos Pagotto, an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as a senator since 2023 and as a member of the Legislature of La Rioja from 1993 to 1997, died…
Courtney Meppen-Walters has died at age 32
Courtney Meppen-Walters, the English footballer who played for Glossop North End, Chorley and Bury, died on September 29, 2026, aged 32. Born in Bury on 2 August 1994, he was…
Obituary: John E. Hoiles, dead at age 88
John E. Hoiles, an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL), died September 29, 2026, aged 88. Born August 11, 1938, he was also…
Courtney Meppen-Walter dead at age 32
Courtney Meppen-Walter, the English footballer from Bury, died on September 29, 2026, aged 32. Known by his full name, Courtney Alister Meppen-Walter, he played as a defender for Bury in…
Steven T. Walther has died at age 83
Steven T. Walther, an American attorney and former Federal Election Commission commissioner, died September 27, 2026, aged 83. Born in Reno, Nevada, on July 18, 1943, he earned a Bachelor…
Ahmed El-Zend passed away at age 80
Ahmed El-Zend, an Egyptian judge and former minister of justice, died on September 26, 2026, aged 80. Born in Tanta in 1946, he graduated from Al-Azhar University with a degree…
David Millage, died aged 73
David Millage, an American politician and lawyer who served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003, died on September 26, 2026, aged 73. Born in Portland, Oregon,…
Javier Delgado Barrio passes away at age 93
Javier Delgado Barrio, a Spanish judge who served as president of the Supreme Court of Spain from 1996 to 2001, died on September 25, 2026, aged 93. Born in Barbastro…
Karel Eduard Paar passed away at age 92
Karel Eduard Paar, a Czech jurist and Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, died on September 25, 2026, aged 92. Born in Prague…
Sergey Sosedov death at age 59
Sergey Sosedov, the Russian journalist and music critic who served as a judge on televised music contests, died on September 23, 2026, aged 59. Born Sergey Vasilevich Sosedov in Moscow,…
Harriet Hancock, died aged 89
Harriet Hancock, an American LGBT rights activist, died on September 23, 2026, aged 89. An activist and lawyer, she founded the first southeast chapter of PFLAG and became a prominent…
Harry Haines passes away at age 87
Harry Allen Haines, an American lawyer and judge who served on the United States Tax Court, died September 22, 2026, aged 87. Born in Missoula, Montana, to Jack and Millie…
Harry Haines passes away at age 87
Harry Haines, an American judge of the United States Tax Court, died September 22, 2026, aged 87. Born Harry Allen Haines in Missoula, Montana, on May 30, 1939, he built…
James Becket has died at age 89
James Becket, an American filmmaker and human rights lawyer, died on September 22, 2026, aged 89. Born in New York City on October 5, 1936, he built a career that…
Alojzy Lysko, died aged 84
Alojzy Lysko, the Silesian writer and politician, died on September 22, 2026, aged 84. Born on February 15, 1942, in Bojszowy, Poland, he was a Polish politician, writer, teacher and…
Frans Kgomo dies at age 75
Frans Kgomo, a South African jurist and High Court judge, died on September 19, 2026, aged 75. Known also as Nare Frans Kgomo, he joined the bench in 2008 as…
Tim Read dies at age 64
Tim Read, an Australian politician and former general practitioner and medical researcher, died on September 19, 2026, aged 64. He represented the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Brunswick from November…
Death of Tyler Abell at age 94
Tyler Abell, an American lawyer who briefly served as chief of protocol of the United States in the late 1960s, died on September 19, 2026, aged 94. Born in Washington,…
Joyce L. Kennard dies at age 85
Joyce L. Kennard, the American judge who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1989 to 2014, died on September 18, 2026, aged 85. Born Josephine…
Arthur R. Kudart dies at 96
Arthur R. Kudart, an American lawyer and former Iowa state senator, died on September 18, 2026, aged 96. Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa, on July 27, 1930, Kudart attended Cornell…
Jon Kyl has died at age 84
Jon Kyl, an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona and later as a lobbyist, died on September 17, 2026, aged 84. A Republican, he represented Arizona…
William Gummow obituary: died at age 83
William Gummow, the Australian jurist who served as a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1995 to 2012, died on September 17, 2026, aged 83. Born William Montague…
Death of E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan at age 78
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, a lawyer and politician who represented Tamil Nadu in Parliament, died on September 17, 2026, aged 78. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served…
Jeffery Lee obituary: died at age 49
Jeffery Lee, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on September 17, 2026, at age 49. Born Jeffery James Lee in Alabama, he was also known…
Pierre de Chastonay has died at age 95
Pierre de Chastonay, a Swiss politician and lawyer, died on September 16, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Sierre on June 20, 1931, he was a member of…
Damodaran Nair has died at age 81
Damodaran Nair, a Fijian politician and former member of the House of Representatives, died on September 16, 2026, aged 81. He represented the Tavua Open Constituency for the Fiji Labour…
Dolores Sibonga obituary: died at age 94
Dolores Sibonga, an American lawyer and Seattle City Council member, died on September 16, 2026, aged 94. Washington’s first Filipina American female lawyer, she became the first minority female to…
John Delaney passed away at age 84
John Delaney, the English footballer who played for Wycombe Wanderers, Bournemouth and the national amateur team, died on September 15, 2026, aged 84. Born John Joseph Delaney in Slough on…
René Aphing Kouassi dead at age 78
René Aphing Kouassi, an Ivorian politician and magistrate, died on September 15, 2026, aged 78. Born in Abidjan on July 2, 1948, he was associated with the Democratic Party of…
Death of Ahmed Ammi at age 45
Ahmed Ammi, the Dutch-Moroccan footballer who played as a right defender for ADO Den Haag, VVV-Venlo and NAC Breda, died on September 15, 2026, aged 45. Born in Temsamane, Morocco,…
Rachid Sabbagh died at age 76
Rachid Sabbagh, a Tunisian politician and former defence minister, died on September 15, 2026, aged 76. An independent politician, he joined the Ali Laarayedh cabinet in 2013 as defense minister.…
Aleksandr Kupriyanov passed away at age 74
Aleksandr Kupriyanov, a Soviet footballer, died on September 14, 2026, aged 74. Born on July 23, 1952, he was also known as Aleksandr Ivanovich Kupriyanov and was born in the…
Mary Gaudron obituary: died at age 83
Mary Gaudron, the Australian judge and former justice of the High Court, died on September 13, 2026, aged 83. Born Mary Genevieve Gaudron in Moree, New South Wales, she became…
Obituary: Naseer al-Chaderchi, dead at age 90
Naseer al-Chaderchi, an Iraqi politician, died on September 12, 2026, aged 90. He served as a member of Iraq’s Interim Governing Council, which was established after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.…
Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir obituary: died at age 88
Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir, a Pakistani politician who served as minister for law and a member of the National Assembly, died on September 11, 2026, aged 88. Also known as Chaudhry…
Death of Paul Bender at age 93
Paul Bender, an American attorney and legal scholar who served as dean of the Arizona State University college of law, died on September 11, 2026, aged 93. Born in Brooklyn…
Marilyn Edwards has died at age 88
Marilyn Edwards, an American politician and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, died on September 10, 2026, aged 88. She represented the 88th district in the Arkansas House from…
Josep María Trías de Bes dies at age 81
Josep María Trías de Bes, a Spanish lawyer and politician, died on September 10, 2026, aged 81. Born Josep María Trías de Bes i Serra in Madrid on November 19,…
Bheki Maphalala dead, Bheki Maphalala, Swazi jurist
Bheki Maphalala, a Swazi jurist and lawyer who served as Chief Justice of Eswatini, died on September 10, 2026. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2011 and became…
Jackson Nascimento dead at age 102
Jackson Nascimento, the Brazilian football player and manager who played for Athletico Paranaense and Corinthians, died on September 9, 2026, aged 102. A midfielder, he was revealed by Atlético Paranaense…
Edward H. Lehner passed away at age 93
Edward H. Lehner, an American politician and member of the New York State Assembly, died on September 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Queens on March 6, 1933, he…
Dame Heather Steel died at age 86
Dame Heather Steel, the British jurist and High Court judge, died on September 9, 2026, aged 86. Dame Anne Heather Steel, DBE, was a former High Court judge and also…
Takao Jinnouchi has died at age 93
Takao Jinnouchi, a Japanese politician and former bureaucrat, died on September 8, 2026, aged 93. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in Japan’s Upper House for three…
Margaret Bedggood has died at age 87
Margaret Bedggood, the New Zealand legal scholar and former chief human rights commissioner, died on September 8, 2026, aged 87. Born Margaret Ann Bedggood in Takapuna on April 10, 1939,…
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…
David Cobb,, died aged 63
David Cobb, the Green Party of the United States candidate for president in the 2004 United States presidential election, died on September 7, 2026, at age 63. Known also as…
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…
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. Czech sources identify him as Filip Sternberg, also referred to as Filip…
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…
C. Richard, died aged 83
C. Richard D'Amato, an American politician and former Navy Reserve captain who served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1999 to 2003, died on September 5, 2026, aged 83.…
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…
Joseph F. Rice dies at age 72
Joseph F. Rice, an American lawyer, died on September 3, 2026, aged 72. Born Joseph Fred Rice on March 25, 1954, in Winnsboro, South Carolina, he earned a bachelor’s degree…
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…