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Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf
Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf of Barnes, British judge: Master of the Rolls 1996–2000, Lord Chief Justice 2000–2005, author of the Woolf Reforms and Civil Procedure Rules, and non-permanent Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal judge.
Harvey Bartle III
Harvey Bartle III, born 1941, is a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991.
Harvey E. Schlesinger
Harvey E. Schlesinger, born Harvey Erwin Schlesinger, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Hayden W. Head, Jr.
Hayden W. Head, Jr., also known as Hayden Wilson Head, Jr., is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Texas, appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Hector Gonzalez
Hector Gonzalez, born 1964 in Havana, Cuba, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York since 2022.
Hector-Louis Langevin
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, also known as Hector Langevin, was a Canadian Conservative politician and Father of Confederation who helped draft the 1867 constitution and served as Minister of Public Works.
Heinrich Kramer
Heinrich Kramer (Henricus Institoris), ca. 1430-1505, Dominican inquisitor from Schlettstadt, Alsace, author of the Malleus Maleficarum (1487), the witch-hunting manual; failed Innsbruck trial of 1485; Sprenger co-authorship largely rejected.
Helen W. Gillmor
Helen W. Gillmor, born 1942, is a senior judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.
Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws
Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (born 1950), Scottish barrister, Labour peer, and human rights lawyer; founding member of Doughty Street Chambers, QC in 1991, author of Eve Was Framed and Just Law, Order of the Thistle 2024.
Helene N. White
Helene N. White, born 1954, is an American jurist serving as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 2008.
Henry Clay
Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky lawyer-statesman, Speaker of the House, Secretary of State, and Whig founder; the 'Great Compromiser' behind the Missouri Compromise, 1833 tariff, and Compromise of 1850, who ran for president three times and never won.
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn
Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn (1779–1854), Scottish advocate, Solicitor General for Scotland 1830–34, Court of Session judge, diarist of Memorials of his Time, and Edinburgh conservationist.
Henry de Bracton
Henry de Bracton (Henry of Bratton, d. 1268), English royal judge and clergyman associated with De legibus et consuetudinibus Angliae, the medieval treatise on English law composed by Pattishall, Raleigh, and Bratton, printed 1569.
Henry E. Autrey
Henry Edward Autrey, born 1952 in Mobile, Alabama, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Eastern District of Missouri since 2002.
Henry E. Hudson
Henry E. Hudson, born 1947, is an American jurist serving as a senior US district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2018, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
Henry F. Floyd
Henry F. Floyd, born 1947, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the Fourth Circuit since 2021, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Henry Fielding Dickens
Sir Henry Fielding Dickens (1849-1933), English barrister and judge, eighth child of Charles Dickens; Trinity Hall Cambridge, KC 1892, Common Serjeant of London 1917-32, defender of Kitty Byron, author of Memories of My Father.
Henry H. Kennedy, Jr.
Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., also known as Henry Harold Kennedy, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia since 2011.
Henry L. Adams, Jr.
Henry Lee Adams, Jr., born 1945 in Jacksonville, Florida, is a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida, appointed by President Clinton in 1993.
Henry Lee (李昌钰) (forensic scientist)
Henry C. Lee (李昌鈺, 1938–2026), Chinese-American forensic scientist, Connecticut chief criminalist 1978–2000, founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute; famous for the wood-chipper case, O.J. Simpson trial, and the 2023 fabrication ruling and settlement.
Henry M. Herlong, Jr.
Henry M. Herlong, Jr., also known as Henry Michael Herlong, Jr., is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in South Carolina.
Henry T. Wingate
Henry T. Wingate, born 1947, is a United States district judge in Mississippi since 1985, appointed by Ronald Reagan and the first African American on Mississippi's federal bench.
Henry Wade
Henry Menasco Wade (1914-2001), Dallas County district attorney 1950-1986, prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 and was the named defendant in Roe v. Wade (1973).
Heo Heon
Heo Heon (허헌; 許憲, 1884 or 1885 – 1951) was a Korean lawyer and independence activist who defended the March 1st Movement leaders and later served in North Korea.
Herman J. Weber
Herman J. Weber, also known as Herman Jacob Weber, is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge in Ohio, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1985.
Hernán D. Vera
Hernán D. Vera, also known as Hernán Diego Vera, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2023.
Hezekiah Oladipo Davies
Hezekiah Oladipo Davies (1905–1988) was a Nigerian lawyer, businessman, and nationalist politician who cofounded the Nigerian Youth Movement in 1934 and served as a federal minister.
Hilda G. Tagle
Hilda G. Tagle, born 1946 in Corpus Christi, Texas, is an American jurist who served as a federal district judge in Texas from 1998 to 2012.
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (Knut Hjalmar Leonard, 1862–1953), Swedish jurist and conservative Prime Minister 1914–1917; Uppsala law professor, Hague arbitrator, Nobel Foundation chairman 1929–47, father of UN chief Dag Hammarskjöld.