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  • Federal Judge Who Once Helped Thurgood Marshall in School Desegregation Fight Dies at 89

    May 10, 2012, 07:28 am CDT

  • Nicholas Katzenbach, Adviser to Lyndon Johnson and JFK, Dies at 90; One of ‘Best and Brightest’

    May 9, 2012, 05:01 pm CDT

  • Longest Serving Federal Appeals Judge Dies at 93

    May 9, 2012, 07:07 am CDT

  • Walter Gordon Dies at 103; A Mentor to Many, He Represented Billie Holiday and Ordinary Folks

    Apr 30, 2012, 01:58 pm CDT

  • Disgrace of Watergate Conviction and Prison Term Led to ‘A Life of Significance’ for Charles Colson

    Apr 24, 2012, 02:42 pm CDT

  • Longtime 9th Circuit Judge Robert Beezer Dies; Court Sees Six Deaths in About One Year

    Apr 3, 2012, 06:52 am CDT

  • 2 Lawyers Targeted in Nev. Homeowner Association Fraud Probe Are Found Dead Within a Week

    Mar 27, 2012, 11:05 am CDT

  • NU Law Student, 32, Is Struck and Killed in Chicago Crosswalk; Driver Faces Felony DUI Case

    Mar 26, 2012, 10:29 am CDT

  • NAACP Legal Defense Fund Leader John Payton Dies at 65

    Mar 23, 2012, 09:17 am CDT

  • $15.4M in Hiking Deaths of Gibson Dunn Partner and Cousin May Be Hawaii’s Biggest PI Settlement

    Mar 20, 2012, 02:39 pm CDT

  • US Dist. Judge William J. Hibbler Dies at Age 65

    Mar 19, 2012, 05:58 pm CDT

  • Bankruptcy Lawyer Leapt to Death from Office Building After Minor Drug Charge

    Mar 14, 2012, 03:48 pm CDT

  • Thomas Puccio, Abscam Prosecutor and Defense Lawyer in von Bulow Acquittal, Is Dead at 67

    Mar 13, 2012, 03:55 pm CDT

  • Around the Blawgosphere: A Stephen Colbert Hypo; Bloggers Pay Last Respects to One of Their Own

    Feb 24, 2012, 10:01 am CDT

  • Law Prof Who Fought Gender and Orientation Bias Dies in Six-Story Fall; Death Ruled a Suicide

    Feb 22, 2012, 09:09 am CDT

  • Dinsmore Associate Dies at 35

    Feb 17, 2012, 02:20 pm CDT

  • Law Grad Who Created Lemonheads and Atomic Fire Balls Dies at 93

    Feb 10, 2012, 11:21 am CDT

  • Lawyer, 78, Plunges to Death from Chicago Office Building Across from City Hall

    Feb 3, 2012, 06:22 pm CDT

  • News That Highly Regarded Tenn. Judge Died Unexpectedly Is ‘Like Having the Courthouse Crumble’

    Jan 27, 2012, 02:21 pm CDT

  • Wesley Brown, a Kennedy Appointee and Oldest-Sitting Federal Judge, Has Died at 104

    Jan 24, 2012, 11:07 am CDT

  • Former Judge Who Fought Segregation in Brown v. Board of Education Case Dies at 94

    Jan 4, 2012, 08:03 am CDT

  • Law Profs from Wisconsin, Illinois Die on Christmas Eve

    Jan 3, 2012, 07:20 am CDT

  • Law Student Snags Potter Stewart’s Briefcase in Estate Sale of Late Justice’s Belongings

    Dec 5, 2011, 07:41 am CDT

  • Longest Serving U.S. Prosecutor Dies at 89, a Year After His Retirement

    Nov 22, 2011, 11:57 am CDT

  • Did Overwork Kill Skadden Associate? Inconclusive Autopsy Points to Cardiac Issues

    Nov 16, 2011, 08:41 am CDT

  • Peter Mullen, Skadden Partner Who Built Megafirm With Joseph Flom, Is Dead of Heart Attack at 83

    Oct 19, 2011, 07:30 pm CDT

  • New York Lawyer Dead, Along with Wife and 2 Kids, in Reported Murder-Suicide at Their Home

    Oct 19, 2011, 02:32 pm CDT

  • A Protesting Pioneer of Critical Race Theory, Derrick Bell, Dies at the Age of 80

    Oct 6, 2011, 06:52 am CDT

  • Initially Thought a Suicide, Attorney’s Death Is Now Being Investigated as a Possible Homicide

    Oct 3, 2011, 04:16 pm CDT

  • Past ABA President Jerome Shestack Dies; Widely Known for Human Rights Work

    Oct 1, 2011, 01:40 am CDT

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