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Norman K. Moon
Norman K. Moon, born 1936 in Lynchburg, Virginia, is a senior U.S. district judge for the Western District of Virginia, appointed by President Clinton in 1997.
Norwood C. Tilley, Jr.
Norwood C. Tilley, Jr. is an American jurist, a senior United States district judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988.
Notary
Notary: a legally authorized officer authenticating documents and signatures. Two models exist: civil law notaries who draft binding instruments, and common law notary publics who witness signatures; digital notarization now operates in the Philippines and Nigeria.
Nusrat J. Choudhury
Nusrat J. Choudhury, also known as Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, is an American district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by President Biden in 2023.
Obafemi Awolowo
Obafemi Awolowo (1909–1987), Nigerian statesman, Premier of the Western Region 1954–1959, Action Group leader, founder of Nigeria's first free primary education program (1955), later Federal Commissioner for Finance and two-time presidential candidate; portrait on the ₦100 note.
Ojetta R. Thompson
Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson, born 1951, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the First Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President Obama and confirmed in 2010.
Olayemi Olurin
Olayemi Olurin, also known as Olurinatti, is a Bahamian-Nigerian-American lawyer, writer, and political commentator; a former NYC public defender, prison abolitionist, Rikers closure advocate, and founder of Olurinatti Media.
Oleksandr Tupytskyi
Oleksandr Tupytskyi (Олександр Тупицький), born 1963, Ukrainian jurist, Constitutional Court judge from 2013 and Chairman 2019–2022; led Decision 13-r/2020 striking anti-corruption laws, suspended by Zelenskyi decrees later annulled, charged with witness tampering, fled abroad, sanctioned by Ukraine in 2025.
Oliver Tambo
Oliver Tambo (OR, Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo, 1917–1993), South African lawyer and anti-apartheid leader who headed the ANC in exile as President 1967–1991, co-founded the ANC Youth League and Mandela and Tambo law firm, and returned as National Chairperson in 1991.
Omar A. Williams
Omar A. Williams, also known as Omar Antonio Williams, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Connecticut since 2021, appointed by President Biden.
Ōoka Tadasuke
Ōoka Tadasuke (大岡忠相, 1677–1751), known as Ōoka Echizen no kami, was an Edo-period Japanese official who served as Edo's south town magistrate under shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune and led the Kyōhō reforms' municipal work.
Orelia E. Merchant
Orelia E. Merchant, also known as Orelia Eleta Merchant, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Eastern District of New York since 2023.
Orinda D. Evans
Orinda D. Evans, born 1943, is a senior United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia, appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979.
Orlando L. Garcia
Orlando L. Garcia, born Orlando Luis Garcia in 1952, is a US district judge for the Western District of Texas, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994 and chief judge from 2016 to 2022.
Orton Chirwa
Orton Chirwa was a Malawian lawyer and politician who founded the Malawi Congress Party, served as Malawi's first Minister of Justice, and died in prison in 1992.
Oscar Zeta Acosta
Oscar Zeta Acosta (1935–disappeared 1974), Chicano attorney, author of Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and Revolt of the Cockroach People, defender of the East L.A. 13, and Thompson's 'Dr. Gonzo', vanished off Mazatlán.
Otis D. Wright II
Otis D. Wright II is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2007, appointed by President George W. Bush.
Otto Morales Benítez
Otto Morales Benítez (1920–2015) was a Colombian lawyer, essayist, historian, and Liberal politician who served as Minister of Labor and Minister of Agriculture under Alberto Lleras Camargo.
Owen Roberts
Owen Josephus Roberts (1875–1955), U.S. Supreme Court associate justice 1930–1945, Teapot Dome special prosecutor, swing vote in West Coast Hotel v. Parrish, Pearl Harbor commission chairman, later Penn Law dean.
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya
Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, FCIArb (born 1967), Nigerian lawyer and arbitrator, founding partner of ALP NG & Co; 33rd Nigerian Bar Association president, elected July 2026, second woman and first elected female to lead the NBA.
P. K. Castel
P. Kevin Castel is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the Southern District of New York, appointed by George W. Bush in 2003.
P. N. Kaul
P. N. Kaul (Prem Nath Kaul, 1916, Baramulla) was an Indian Army officer and Judge Advocate who fought in the 1947 Kashmir tribal invasion, served as Consul-General in Lhasa (1959), and directed the Indian Cooperation Mission in Nepal (1966).
P. V. Narasimha Rao (పాములపర్తి వెంకట నరసింహారావు)
P. V. Narasimha Rao (పాములపర్తి వెంకట నరసింహారావు), 1921–2004, ninth Prime Minister of India (1991–96), Congress leader who launched the 1991 economic liberalization with Manmohan Singh; polyglot, novelist, posthumous Bharat Ratna (2024).
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi, born Pamela Jo Bondi in 1965, is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as Florida's first woman Attorney General from 2011 to 2019.
Pamela A. Barker
Pamela A. Barker, also known as Pamela Ann Barker, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Northern District of Ohio since 2019.
Pamela A. Harris
Pamela A. Harris, born 1962, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Fourth Circuit since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Pamela Ki M. Chen
Pamela Ki Mai Chen, born 1961, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge for the Eastern District of New York since 2013, nominated by President Barack Obama.
Pamela Pepper
Pamela Pepper is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Paolo Borsellino
Paolo Borsellino (1940–1992), Italian anti-Mafia magistrate of Palermo, co-leader with Giovanni Falcone of the antimafia pool and the 1986 Maxi Trial; killed 19 July 1992 in the Via D'Amelio car-bombing with five escorts.
Pasco M. Bowman II
Pasco M. Bowman II, born 1933, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.