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Gerald Shur, 86 (2020)
Gerald Shur was a lawyer who founded the groundbreaking Federal Witness Protection Program. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Robert Morgenthau, 99 (1919 - 2019)
Robert Morgenthau was the district attorney of Manhattan from 1975 to 2009, the borough's longest-serving DA who presided over cases that made nationwide news. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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John Paul Stevens, 99 (1920 - 2019)
John Paul Stevens, former U.S. Supreme Court justice, died July 16, 2019, from complications following a stroke, at the age of 99. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Damon Keith, 96 (1922 - 2019)
Damon Keith was a federal judge with a long and prolific career, serving on the U.S. Court of the Appeals for the Sixth Circuit for more than 40 years. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Ernest Finney, 86 (1931 - 2017)
Ernest Finney, South Carolina's first African-American chief justice, died Sunday, according to the Associated Press. He was 86. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65 (1952 - 2017)
Sheila Abdus-Salaam, the country's first female Muslim judge, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017, according to multiple sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Janet Reno, 78 (1938 - 2016)
Janet Reno, a former United States attorney general who served under President Bill Clinton, died Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease, according to her sister. For full...
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Antonin Scalia, 79 (1936 - 2016)
Antonin Scalia, a U.S. Supreme Court associate justice, has died of natural causes at a luxury resort in West Texas, according to the San Antonio Express-News. He was 79. For full obituary and...
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Vincent Bugliosi, 80 (2015)
By ANDREW DALTON, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor in the Charles Manson trial who went on to write the best-selling true-crime book, "Helter Skelter," has...
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Beau Biden, 46 (1969 - 2015)
By RANDALL CHASE, The Associated PressDOVER, Del. (AP) — Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden and two-time attorney general for the state of Delaware, has died.The 46-year-old lawyer died...
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Daniel Meltzer, 20 (1995 - 2015)
The Associated PressCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Harvard Law School professor who served as a top legal adviser to President Barack Obama has died. Daniel Meltzer was 63.Harvard announced Wednesday...
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Judge John G. Heyburn II (2015)
The Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge whose ruling striking down Kentucky's ban on gay marriage led to an appeal heard this week in the U.S. Supreme Court died Wednesday. He...
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Bill Schweitzer (2015)
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Schweitzer, a lawyer for the American League and Major League Baseball for more than two decades, died Tuesday. He was 70.Schweitzer's death was announced...
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Arthur L. Alarcon, 89 (1925 - 2015)
The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Arthur L. Alarcon, who was the first Latino appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has died. He was 89.A court statement says Alarcon had cancer...
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Judge S. Arthur Spiegel, 94 (1920 - 2014)
The Associated PressCINCINNATI (AP) — A longtime federal judge in Ohio known for his support of civil rights and for sending baseball star Pete Rose to prison has died. S. Arthur Spiegel (SPEE'...
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John Doar, 92 (1921 - 2014)
ERIC TUCKER, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Doar, a top Justice Department civil rights lawyer in the 1960s who was at the center of key battles to protect the rights of black...
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Tom Sneddon (1941 - 2014)
The Associated Press SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Tom Sneddon, the former district attorney who sought twice to try Michael Jackson on child molestation charges, has died. Sneddon died...
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Dollree Mapp (2014)
By JESSICA GRESKO, The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who won a landmark 1961 Supreme Court case involving police searches and seizures has died.When police wanted to search Dollree Mapp...
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Ahmed Seif (2014)
SARAH EL DEEB, The Associated PressCAIRO (AP) — Ahmed Seif, one of Egypt's most prominent civil rights lawyer and campaigner, died Wednesday from complications following heart surgery. He was 63...
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George Barrett (2014)
LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, The Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — George Barrett, a longtime Tennessee civil rights lawyer known for handling a case that ultimately desegregated the state's public...
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James Turk, 91 (1923 - 2014)
The Associated PressRADFORD, Va. (AP) — U.S. District Judge James Turk, who struck down a Virginia policy that allowed prisoners to look at Playboy but not read classical works of literature with...
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Louis Brown, Jr. (2014)
The Associated PressDANA POINT, California (AP) — Louis Brown Jr., the father of Nicole Brown Simpson, has died at his Southern California home at the age of 90.Family attorney Natasha Roit says...
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Lawrence E. Walsh, 102 (1912 - 2014)
PETE YOST, The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Lawrence E. Walsh, the special prosecutor who spent six years investigating misconduct by President Ronald Reagan administration officials in the...
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Josefina Napravilova (2014)
The Associated PressPRAGUE (AP) — Josefina Napravilova, a Czech woman who worked tirelessly as a volunteer to locate dozens of children taken by the Nazis from their families during WWII has died.A...
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Ed Hookstratten (2014)
BETH HARRIS, The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ed Hookstratten, an attorney who represented a galaxy of entertainment and sports stars including Johnny Carson and Vin Scully during a career of...
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Kelly Clark (2013)
TERRENCE PETTY, The Associated PressPORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — An attorney who won a nearly $20 million judgment for a sex abuse victim against the Boy Scouts of America and forced the organization to...
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Edmund Reggie (2013)
The Associated PressLAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Edmund Reggie, who managed John F. Kennedy's Louisiana campaign and whose daughter later married Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died at his home in Lafayette. He...
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Dexter Douglass (2013)
The Associated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Dexter Douglass, one of the lead attorneys who represented Al Gore during the chaotic presidential election recount of 2000, has died.Douglass was 83...
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Irwin Russell (2013)
The Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — A family representative says prominent entertainment lawyer Irwin Russell, whose clients included such industry heavyweights as Michael Eisner, Jim Henson and...
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Jacques Verges, 88 (1925 - 2013)
LORI HINNANT, The Associated PressPARIS (AP) — Jacques Verges, the flamboyant lawyer who earned the nickname the "Devil's advocate" for his defense of former Nazis, terrorist bombers and notorious...
