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A. Joe Fish
A. Joe Fish, born Allen Joe Fish in 1942, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in the Northern District of Texas.
A. K. Fazlul Huq
A. K. Fazlul Huq, also known as Sher-e-Bangla, was a Bengali statesman who presented the Lahore Resolution in 1940 and served as first Prime Minister of Bengal.
A. M. Quattlebaum, Jr.
A. M. Quattlebaum, Jr., also known as A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Fourth Circuit since 2018.
A. V. Dicey
A. V. Dicey (1835–1922), Oxford Vinerian Professor, wrote Law of the Constitution (1885), defining parliamentary sovereignty, the rule of law, and constitutional conventions as the framework of the British constitution.
Aakash Singh (government official)
Aakash Singh, American DOJ official and former assistant U.S. attorney (North Carolina, Florida), became associate then principal associate deputy attorney general from 2025, overseeing the 93 U.S. attorneys' offices; distinct from Aakash Kumar Singh, Delhi panel counsel.
Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr (1756–1836), American lawyer and third U.S. vice president (1801–1805), New York Attorney General and senator; killed Alexander Hamilton in the 1804 Weehawken duel and was acquitted at the 1807 treason trial.
Aaron C. Peterson
Aaron C. Peterson, also known as Aaron Christian Peterson, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Alaska since 2026.
Aaron Ford (Nevada politician)
Aaron Ford, born in 1972, is an American Democratic politician, Nevada's attorney general since 2019 and its first African American statewide constitutional officer, now the 2026 Democratic nominee for governor.
Aaron Frey
Aaron Frey is an American lawyer and Democrat who has served as Maine's attorney general since 2019, after representing Bangor and Orono in the Maine House from 2012 to 2018.
Aaron Persky
Aaron Persky, born Michael Aaron Persky, is a former judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, California, recalled by voters in June 2018 after his lenient sentencing of Brock Turner.
Abdul Halim Khaddam (عبد الحليم خدام)
Abdul Halim Khaddam (عبد الحليم خدام), Syrian foreign minister 1970–84 and vice president 1984–2005, architect of Syria's Lebanon policy and the Taif Agreement; defected in 2005, founded the National Salvation Front, and died in Paris exile in 2020.
Abhishek Singhvi (अभिषेक मनु सिंघवी)
Abhishek Manu Singhvi (अभिषेक मनु सिंघवी), born 1959 in Jodhpur, is a Supreme Court Senior Advocate, Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Telangana, former Additional Solicitor General of India, and counsel in landmark constitutional, telecom, and Tata cases.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, also known as Abe Lincoln or Honest Abe, was the 16th President of the United States and a lawyer who led the country through the Civil War.
Ada E. Brown
Ada E. Brown, also known as Ada Elene Brown, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Northern District of Texas since 2019.
Adalberto J. Jordan
Adalberto J. Jordan, born Adalberto Jose Jordan, is an American circuit judge on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 2012, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Adam B. Abelson
Adam Ben Abelson (born 1982) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Maryland since 2024, appointed by President Biden.
Additional Solicitor General of India
Additional Solicitor General of India (ASG): non-constitutional Union law officer under the 1987 Law Officers Rules, ranking below Attorney-General and Solicitor-General; President-appointed, pay level-15, ₹72,000 monthly retainer from 2026, three-year terms across the Supreme Court and High Courts.
Adjudicator
Adjudicator: a neutral decision-maker who renders decisions on disputes, in tribunals, construction contracts, or government complaint review; distinguished from mediators by deciding outcomes, guided by Franks principles of openness, fairness, impartiality.
Adly Mansour (عدلي محمود منصور)
Adly Mansour (عدلي محمود منصور), born 1945, Egyptian judge, president of the Supreme Constitutional Court from 2013, and interim President of Egypt July 4, 2013 to June 8, 2014 after Morsi's removal.
Adrienne C. Nelson
Adrienne C. Nelson, born Adrienne Camille Nelson in 1967, is an American federal judge in Oregon since 2023, formerly the first African American justice on the Oregon Supreme Court.
Ahmadu Bello
Ahmadu Bello, Sardauna of Sokoto (1909–1966), first Premier of Northern Nigeria and leader of the Northern People's Congress; great-great-grandson of Usman dan Fodio, architect of northernisation, killed in the January 1966 coup.
Aida M. Delgado-Colón
Aida M. Delgado-Colón, born in 1955 in Lares, Puerto Rico, is a United States district judge in Puerto Rico appointed by George W. Bush in 2006, serving as chief judge from 2011 to 2018.
Aileen Cannon
Aileen Mercedes Cannon (born 1981, Cali, Colombia) is a Trump-appointed U.S. district judge in Fort Pierce, Southern District of Florida, confirmed November 2020, known for the 2022 special master ruling and her July 2024 dismissal of the Trump classified documents case on Appointments Clause grounds.
Al Cárdenas
Al Cárdenas (Alberto Remigio Cárdenas, born 1948, Havana) is a Cuban-American lawyer, lobbyist, and Republican strategist: Florida GOP chairman 1999–2003, American Conservative Union chairman from 2011, Tew Cardenas LLP co-founder.
Al-Hamawi
Al-Hamawi (الحموي), Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Muzaffar al-Shami, was a Shafi'i jurist and ascetic who served as chief judge of Baghdad from 478 AH until his death in 488 AH.
Al-Rafi'i (al-Jili, qadi of Baalbek and Damascus, d. 1244)
Al-Rafi'i al-Jili (Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Wahid) was a Shafi'i jurist and judge who served as qadi of Baalbek and then Damascus, dying in 1244.
Alan B. Johnson
Alan B. Johnson, also known as Alan Bond Johnson, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Wyoming since 1985.
Alan D. Lourie
Alan D. Lourie is an American jurist serving as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit since 1990, appointed by President George H. W. Bush.
Alan Dershowitz
Alan Dershowitz (born 1938), American criminal defense lawyer and Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School. Known for appellate defenses of Claus von Bulow and O.J. Simpson, the Epstein 2008 plea deal, Trump's 2020 impeachment defense, and a failed $300 million CNN defamation suit.
Alan E. Norris
Alan E. Norris, also known as Alan Eugene Norris, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2001.