Advocate/lawyer Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Is a Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician, son of Francisco José da Graça Moura an

Is a Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician, son of Francisco José da Graça Moura and wife Maria Teresa Amado da Cunha Seixas Navarro de Castro, of Northern Portugal bourgeoisie.

Was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.Santos earned his Bachelor's degree

Was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.Santos earned his Bachelor's degree and degree in law at the University of the Philippines before earning a master's degree at Harvard Law School in the United States. After serving briefly as a trial court judge, he joined the faculty of the University of the Philippines College of Law as its dean in 1958. He would serve as dean for the next 11 years.

Was a Filipino officer in Emilio Aguinaldo's staff during the Philippine Revolution and the politico

Was a Filipino officer in Emilio Aguinaldo's staff during the Philippine Revolution and the politico-military chief of Samar and Leyte during the Philippine-American War. The Americans credited him as the mastermind of the infamous Balangiga massacre, in which more than forty American troopers were killed. Later investigations by historians, however, disclosed that Lukban played no actual part in the planning of the attack.[1][2]

Was an Argentine intellectual, described by Jorge Luis Borges as la mujer más argentina ("the most

Was an Argentine intellectual, described by Jorge Luis Borges as la mujer más argentina ("the most Argentine woman"). Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the magazine Sur, she was also a writer and critic in her own right.

Was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954.

Was a French politician who served as the first President of the Fourth Republic from 1947 to 1954. He also served as interim President of the Provisional Government (head of state and government) from November to December 1946, making him one of only three people (with Charles de Gaulle and Alain Poher) who were heads of state of the French Republic on two separate occasions.

Was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Kalnychenko's first transgresssion of Soviet law was h

Was a member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group. Kalnychenko's first transgresssion of Soviet law was his nonagreement to work for the KGB. He was approached in 1964 to act as an informant, but his unwillingness to do so caused him to be arrested by a fellow student in 1965. He was released without charge, and worked in Leningrad as an electrical engineer.

Is a South African advocate, and the recently fired head of South Africa's National Prosecuting Auth

Is a South African advocate, and the recently fired head of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority. He is noted for instigating criminal charges against disgraced South African police commissioner Jackie Selebi and ANC president Jacob Zuma. In 2008 he was suspended from his duties by President Thabo Mbeki, a close confidant of Selebi, and then subsequently fired by Mbeki's successor, Kgalema Motlanthe, who is an ally of Zuma. As such, opposition parties and sections of the press have claimed Pikoli is the victim of two separate political conspiracies.