Advocate/lawyer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court judge from South Africa. [1]He drafted the constit

Is a former Constitutional Court and Appeal Court judge from South Africa. [1]He drafted the constitution of the Christian Institute, became National President of Verligte Aksie and founding Chairman of Lawyers for Human Rights. For some years he served on the Transvaal Board of the Urban Foundation and from 1978 to 1988 was a founding trustee of the Legal Resources Centre.Between 1976 and 1983 Judge Kriegler served intermittently as an acting judge and in 1984 was appointed to the Transvaal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court. Between 1990 and 1993 he acted in the Appellate Division and was permanently appointed to the bench there in 1993. In December 1993 he was appointed Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission whose task it was to deliver South Africa's first elections based on universal adult suffrage.

Was born in Friesland, and studied at Leuven and afterwards in France, where he was made a doctor of

Was born in Friesland, and studied at Leuven and afterwards in France, where he was made a doctor of law. He became then an advocate in his native country and an agent and adviser of Prince William of Orange. He wrote Paradoxorum Disputationem Juris Civilis. Basius died as secretary of the senate at Delft, in Holland.

A South African professor of international law. He has served as Judge ad hoc on the International C

A South African professor of international law. He has served as Judge ad hoc on the International Court of Justice and as a Special Rapporteur for both the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the International Law Commission. His main academic specializations are in Roman-Dutch law, public international law, jurisprudence, human rights, criminal procedure and international criminal law. He has written extensively on South African apartheid.

Is Judge President of the Western Cape High Court.he was educated at the University of Natal; the Un

Is Judge President of the Western Cape High Court.he was educated at the University of Natal; the University of Fort Hare and Cambridge University. Hlophe taught law at the University of Transkei, South Africa, before being appointed in 1995, aged 36, to sit as the first black judge in the High Court in Cape Town. He was the first full-time academic to be appointed as a High Court Judge. [1] He was appointed to head the court in 2000.

Is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Otta

Is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to 2004, and a Cabinet Minister from 1993 to 2003. John Manley attended Bell High School, located in Ottawa, Canada. He received a BA from Carleton University in 1971 and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa in 1976. He also studied at the University of Lausanne.

Was a United States lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author.While studying to beco

Was a United States lawyer, historian, antiquarian, book collector and author.While studying to become a lawyer, he worked for his uncle, John Fairfield and graduated from Harvard in 1840 with an LL.B. He was awarded an honorary degree of A. M. from Bowdo

Was a lawyer and youth advocate born in Bago City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. He graduated vale

Was a lawyer and youth advocate born in Bago City, Negros Occidental, Philippines. He graduated valedictorian from Bacolod High School in 1909 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 and a Bachelor of Law degree with honors in 1914, both from the University of the Philippines. He was a founding member of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation (now the Philippine Olympic Committee) in 1911 and served in its Executive Committee in 1918[2]. He served as its second Chairman from 1935 to 1955. He was also the first Filipino member of the International Olympic Committee.[3]

Is the 168th magistrate of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.A political science graduate of the

Is the 168th magistrate of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.A political science graduate of the University of the Philippines, Jose Mendoza took up his law studies in the San Beda College of Law where he led the establishment of Lex Talionis Fraternitas. After passing the 1971 Bar Examinations, the young lawyer engaged in private practice and served as legal counsel of private corporations such as the Philippine Banking Corporation, the Manila Electric Co., and the Gokongwei Group of Companies. He also became a senior investigator for the United States Embassy before entering government service as a senior research attorney in the Court of Appeals in 1977.

Was a noted Cuban lawyer, art critic and author.José Gómez-Sicre's involvement in the world of art

Was a noted Cuban lawyer, art critic and author.José Gómez-Sicre's involvement in the world of art began early. In the 1940s, he was responsible for organizing exhibitions of Cuban art that traveled to various Latin American countries in his position as Director of Exhibits of the Institución Hispanocubana de Cultura (Hispano-Cuban Institution of Culture). In 1944

Was a Filipino nationalist, human rights advocate, lawyer, senator and government minister.Jose "Pep

Was a Filipino nationalist, human rights advocate, lawyer, senator and government minister.Jose "Pepe" Diokno graduated from elementary school with distinction, and finished his secondary education at De La Salle College in Manila as Valedictorian in 1937. In 1940, he earned his Bachelor of Science in Commerce Degree summa cum laude from De La Salle. He topped the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Board Examination the same year with a rating of 81.18 percent. In 1944, without finishing his Bachelor of Laws Degree, he took and topped the bar examination, with a rating of 95.3 percent. [citation needed]

Was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Phil

Was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1986 to 1987. He was among the first appointees to the Supreme Court of President Corazon Aquino.

Was a French lawyer and politician. he became a successful lawyer in Paris. In 1793 he was named adm

Was a French lawyer and politician. he became a successful lawyer in Paris. In 1793 he was named administrator of the district of La Réole, returning to work as a lawyer under the French Directory. In 1808 he became a member of the Legislative Corps; he was again deputy after the Restoration, being chosen as Minister of Interiors between 1816 and 1818

Was a French-speaking Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher. He was one of the most inf

Was a French-speaking Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher. He was one of the most influential spokesmen for a counter-revolutionary and authoritarian conservatism in the period immediately following the French Revolution of 1789. Despite his close personal and intellectual ties to France, de Maistre remained throughout his life a subject of the King of Sardinia, whom he served as member of the Savoy Senate (1787-1792), ambassador to Russia (1803-1817), and minister of state to the court in Turin (1817-1821).

Was a South African lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Afri

Was a South African lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the Supreme Court of Namibia[1], and co-authored the constitution of Namibia.[1]Mahomed was refused admission to the Pretoria bar association, as it was reserved for white lawyers, but was able to join the bar in Johannesburg.[3] However, because of the Group Areas Act, he was banned from getting an office of his own, and was forced to practice out of his colleagues' offices while they were away.[1] In the 1960s he served as a lawyer in Botswana. Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.[3] In 1974 he became the first non-white in South African history to take silk.[3] In 1979 he was appointed to the appeal court of Swaziland and in 1982 was made an Appeal Judge in Lesotho, were he would later become president of the Appeals court.