Randal C. Picker: key obituary facts
Is Randal C. Picker dead? Yes. Randal C. Picker died on August 15, 2026, at age 66.
Cause of death: Randal C. Picker's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Randal C. Picker known for?
He was an American legal scholar.
More about Randal C. Picker
Gender: male.
Born: October 1959 (age 66).
Known for: Antitrust law and intellectual property law.
Randal C.
Picker, an American legal scholar and expert in antitrust law and intellectual property law, died on August 15, 2026, aged 66. He was the James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and his work also encompassed law and economics, regulated industries and bankruptcy law.
Picker earned a B.A. cum laude from the University of Chicago in 1980, where he majored in economics and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to receive an M.A. as a Friedman fellow in 1982 and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School in 1985, serving as an associate editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. After law school, he clerked for Judge Richard A. Posner on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and later practiced at Sidley & Austin in Chicago from 1986 to 1999, focusing on debt restructuring and corporate reorganizations in bankruptcy.