Law clerk who advocated for safer streets for the disabled is killed in crash

When Kenneth “Bryan” Goodwin was injured in a 2011 accident, his wheelchair was stolen while he was being treated at a San Francisco hospital. He made a claim against the city, resulting in a new policy requiring emergency responders to safeguard patients’ mobility devices. Early Monday morning, the 31-year-old legal…

Nov 8, 2013 7:02 PM CST

‘Ed,’ anonymous Blawg Review editor, has died

“Ed,” the anonymous editor of the now-defunct Blawg Review, has died. His death was reported Wednesday in a series of tweets sent out by his son over the @BlawgReview Twitter feed, Robert Ambrogi’s Lawsites reported. The tweet said Ed, an abbreviation for editor, had died after a courageous battle with…

Oct 30, 2013 9:44 PM CDT

Disbarred defense attorney renowned for trial skills dies at 58, ending battle to regain law license

Renowned for his skill as a Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney, Gerald P. Deady lost his law license in 1998 over his struggles with bipolar disorder and cocaine addiction, among other issues. His dream, as he turned his life around over the past 13 years and worked as a paralegal, was…

Oct 17, 2013 6:00 PM CDT

Remembering ex-ABA leader Bert Early, whose ‘legacy of service and achievement will endure’

Oct 1, 2013 6:10 AM CDT

Award-winning reporter John Gibeaut dies at 61

Oct 1, 2013 6:00 AM CDT

Nobel-winning law prof who wrote most-cited law review article dies at 102

A University of Chicago law professor and economist who wrote the most-cited law review article of all time has died at the age of 102. Ronald Coase died on Monday, report the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog (sub. req.) and the New Yorker blog Rational Irrationality.…

Sep 4, 2013 2:29 PM CDT

Ron Motley—asbestos and tobacco ‘class-action pioneer’—has died

South Carolina lawyer Ronald L. Motley who led billion-dollar suits against the asbestos and tobacco industries died Thursday. He was 68. “Ron was a true giant of the legal profession. A trail blazer and innovator,” Motley’s longtime friend and Motley Rice co-founder Joe Rice said in a statement. Rice described…

Aug 22, 2013 10:43 PM CDT

John Gibeaut, award-winning ABA Journal writer, dies of cancer at 61

John Gibeaut, an award-winning senior writer for the ABA Journal, has died of cancer. He was 61 years old. An honors law graduate of Florida State University, he worked for well-known newspapers in that state and the storied City News Bureau of Chicago before earning his law degree in 1995.…

Aug 9, 2013 5:55 PM CDT

Bert Early, former ABA executive director, dies at 91

Bert Hylton Early, who led the American Bar Association from 1964 to 1981, died Sunday at the age of 91. Early, a West Virginia native, was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II, serving as a first lieutenant. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1949,…

Aug 8, 2013 7:30 PM CDT

Civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers dies at 76

Julius Chambers, who led the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund from 1984 to 1993, has died at the age of 76. Chambers had suffered a heart attack in April, according to the Charlotte Observer, and was in declining health, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund said in a…

Aug 5, 2013 11:58 AM CDT

Blogger says farewell to tech expert who treated solos with respect, not like ‘desperate morons’

Ross Kodner, a legal technology expert who died this week at age 52, could have set his sights on large firms and large paychecks, Carolyn Elefant wrote at My Shingle. “With his talents and energy, Ross could have easily abandoned the solo and small firm community to focus on helping…

Aug 2, 2013 1:30 PM CDT

‘Indispensable’ late Jeanne Gray built a legacy of vital contributions to the field of legal ethics

Aug 1, 2013 7:50 AM CDT

Legal tech expert Ross Kodner dies

Ross Kodner, a legal technology expert well known for his CLE presentations, has died of a heart attack. A 1986 graduate of Marquette University Law School, Kodner founded the legal consulting firm MicroLaw and was an active member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section, according to a bio at…

Jul 31, 2013 11:52 AM CDT

Former prosecutor and TV commentator faced suspension before suicide

A TV legal analyst and former prosecutor who died in an apparent suicide this month was facing a license suspension stemming from a billing dispute. John Fahy, a former Bergen County prosecutor, shot himself on July 17 under a railroad trestle in East Rutherford. No suicide note was found. According…

Jul 30, 2013 2:51 PM CDT

Former Pennsylvania governor Scranton dies; he entered politics after a brief legal career

Former Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton died on Sunday at the age of 96. Scranton was also a congressman and served as the U.S. representative to the United Nations. He was a Yale law grad who briefly practiced law, then worked in textbook publishing, banking and industrial development, before joining politics.…

Jul 30, 2013 1:17 PM CDT