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Leila de Lima
Leila de Lima is a Filipina lawyer and politician who served as a senator from 2016 to 2022 and was arrested in 2017 on drug charges.
Leland Chapman
Leland Chapman, born Leland Blaine Chapman, is an American bail bondsman and bounty hunter, son of Duane "Dog" Chapman and star of A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Leni Robredo
Leni Robredo (Maria Leonor Gerona Robredo), Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines 2016-2022, 2022 presidential contender, Angat Buhay founder, and first female Mayor of Naga City since 2025.
Leo M. Gordon
Leo M. Gordon, also known as Leo Maury Gordon, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the United States Court of International Trade since 2019.
Leo T. Sorokin
Leo Theodore Sorokin, born in 1961 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a United States district judge in Massachusetts since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed 91 to 0.
Leo Terrell
Leo James Terrell is an American civil rights attorney, former Fox News contributor, and since 2025 Senior Counsel at the DOJ Civil Rights Division and chair of its Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, investigating universities under Title VI.
Leon Schydlower
Leon Schydlower (born 1971) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Texas since 2024, nominated by President Biden.
Leonard Leo
Leonard Leo (born 1965), Federalist Society co-chairman and conservative legal activist, shaped Supreme Court selections under Bush and Trump, built dark-money groups including the Judicial Crisis Network and Marble Freedom Trust, and later launched the Teneo Network.
Leonard P. Stark
Leonard P. Stark, born 1969, is a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit judge since 2022, previously a Delaware district judge appointed by Obama.
Leonard S. Grasz
Leonard S. Grasz, also known as Leonard Steven Grasz, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge on the Eighth Circuit since 2018.
Leonard T. Strand
Leonard Terry Strand, born 1965 in Sioux City, Iowa, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Iowa since 2016.
Leondra Kruger
Leondra Reid Kruger, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California since January 2015 (appointed by Jerry Brown); former Solicitor General's office lawyer who argued 12 U.S. Supreme Court cases; 2022 Biden shortlist finalist for the Breyer seat.
Leonie M. Brinkema
Leonie M. Brinkema, born 1944, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 1993, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Leslie A. Gardner
Leslie A. Gardner, also known as Leslie Abrams Gardner, is an American jurist who has served as a United States district judge in Georgia since 2014 and as chief judge since 2024.
Leslie Abramson
Leslie H. Abramson, American criminal defense attorney, UCLA Law 1969, known for defending Erik Menendez; cleared by the California State Bar in 1999; author of The Defense Is Ready.
Leslie E. Kobayashi
Leslie Emi Kobayashi is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the District of Hawaii, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010.
Leslie Southwick
Leslie Southwick, born 1950 in Edinburg, Texas, is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.
Letitia James
Letitia James, 67th Attorney General of New York since 2019, first woman elected to that office; former NYC Public Advocate and council member; secured over $9 billion, sued Trump for fraud, and was federally indicted in 2025, then dismissed.
Levin H. Campbell
Levin H. Campbell, also known as Levin Hicks Campbell, is an American jurist and senior judge of the First Circuit, appointed by Nixon in 1972.
Lewis A. Kaplan
Lewis A. Kaplan, born 1944, is a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and on senior status since 2011.
Lewis J. Liman
Lewis J. Liman, born Lewis Jeffrey Liman in 1960, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of New York since 2019.
Lewis T. Babcock
Lewis T. Babcock, also known as Lewis Thornton Babcock, is a senior United States district judge for the District of Colorado, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Li Boguang (李柏光)
Li Boguang (李柏光), usually romanized Li Baiguang (1968–2018), was a Chinese human rights lawyer from Hunan who defended evicted farmers and house churches, won the NED 2008 Democracy Award, and died suddenly in a Nanjing military hospital.
Liaquat Ali Khan (لیاقت علی خان)
Liaquat Ali Khan (لیاقت علی خان, 1895–1951), Shaheed-e-Millat, Pakistan's first prime minister 1947–1951, Muslim League honorary secretary 1936–47, mover of the 1949 Objectives Resolution, assassinated at Rawalpindi's Company Bagh on 16 October 1951.
Lidia Poët
Lidia Poët (1855–1949), first woman admitted to the Italian bar (Turin, 9 August 1883), disbarred by the Court of Cassation in 1884, readmitted in 1920 after the Sacchi Law; subject of the Netflix series The Law According to Lidia Poët.
Liles C. Burke
Liles C. Burke, born 1969 in Cullman, Alabama, is a United States district judge for the Northern District of Alabama, appointed by President Trump in 2018.
Lim Koon Teck
Lim Koon Teck (林坤德), Singapore-born barrister in the Colonial Legal Service, Deputy Registrar and Sheriff of the Supreme Court (1932), magistrate in Penang, and Legislative Assembly member for Paya Lebar, 1955–1959; father of sculptor Kim Lim.
Linda Fairstein
Linda Fairstein, former chief of the Manhattan DA's Sex Crimes Unit, oversaw the 1989 Central Park Five investigation, later became a bestselling crime novelist, and settled a 2024 defamation suit against Netflix over When They See Us.
Linda Lopez (federal judge)
Linda Lopez, born 1968, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of California since 2021, nominated by President Biden.
Linda R. Reade
Linda R. Reade is an American jurist serving as a senior US district judge for the Northern District of Iowa, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.