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Simone Veil
Simone Veil (née Jacob, 1927–2017), French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician; health minister who carried France's 1975 abortion law, and first president of the directly elected European Parliament (1979–1982), the first woman to head an EU institution.
Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet
Sir Edward Sullivan, 1st Baronet (1822–1885), Irish lawyer and Liberal MP for Mallow; solicitor general and attorney general for Ireland under Palmerston and Gladstone, master of the rolls (1870), and lord chancellor of Ireland 1883–1885.
Sisamnes
Sisamnes, also Sisamnes the Judge, was a royal judge under Persian king Cambyses II who was executed and flayed for taking a bribe; his skin covered the judgment seat on which his son Otanes sat as successor, per Herodotus 5.25.
Skip Brittenham
Harry "Skip" Brittenham (1941-2025) was an American entertainment lawyer, co-founder of Ziffren Brittenham LLP, pioneer of Hollywood's backend profit-participation deal, and adviser on the Pixar-Disney sale and DreamWorks Animation IPO.
Skye Perryman
Skye Perryman is an American lawyer and President of Democracy Forward. She was named to TIME's 2025 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Soli Sorabjee
Soli Jehangir Sorabjee (1930–2021), Indian jurist and Senior Advocate, twice Attorney General for India (1989–90, 1998–2004) and Solicitor General (1977–80); champion of free speech, Kesavananda Bharati and Bommai counsel, Padma Vibhushan recipient.
Solicitor General for Scotland
The Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the two Scottish Law Officers, deputy to the Lord Advocate, a Scottish Government minister under the Scotland Act 1998, dating to 1587; the current holder is BJ Gill KC.
Solicitor General of Barbados
The Solicitor General of Barbados is the senior deputy law officer heading the Solicitor General's Chambers, through which the Attorney-General advises the government, under a 1980 statute.
Solicitor General of Seychelles
Seychelles has no distinct office of Solicitor General; the Attorney-General, established under Article 76 of the Constitution, fulfills that role, advising the government and prosecuting crimes.
Solicitor General of the Cape Colony
The Solicitor General of the Cape Colony was a Crown law office in the Cape of Good Hope's Law Department, abolished at the creation of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
Solicitor General of the United States
Solicitor General of the United States: the Justice Department officer, created in 1870, who supervises and conducts all US government litigation in the Supreme Court and controls the government's appellate positions; first held by Benjamin Helm Bristow; often called the Tenth Justice.
Solicitor-General for Ireland
The Solicitor-General for Ireland was one of the Crown's law officers in Ireland, deputy to the Attorney-General, advising on Irish legal matters until the office ended in 1924.
Solicitor-General of Australia
Solicitor-General of Australia: the Commonwealth's second law officer and principal government counsel, appearing before the High Court and advising on constitutional law; created under Hughes with Sir Robert Garran; 12th holder Dr Ruth Higgins SC since June 2026.
Solicitor-General of New Zealand
The Solicitor-General of New Zealand is the country's second law officer, a non-political public servant who advises the Crown, supervises prosecutions, and leads the Crown Law Office since 1875.
Solomon Oliver, Jr.
Solomon Oliver, Jr. (born 1947) is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Ohio from 1994 to 2021.
Sparkle L. Sooknanan
Sparkle Leah Sooknanan, born 1983 in Trinidad and Tobago, is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge in the District of Columbia.
Specialist legal practice
Specialist legal practice is the organization of lawyers' work around a defined field of law like tax or intellectual property, through certification, self-designation, or market specialization.
Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), Tory Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809, lawyer and evangelical; the only British Prime Minister assassinated, shot by John Bellingham in the Commons lobby on 11 May 1812.
Sports agent
Sports agent: representative who negotiates playing contracts, endorsements, and financial planning for athletes. Began with Christy Walsh and C. C. Pyle in the 1920s; regulated by the UAAA, SPARTA, and players-association certification.
Sri Srinivasan
Sri Srinivasan (Srikanth Srinivasan), born 1967 in Chandigarh, India, is chief judge of the D.C. Circuit since 2020; former Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Obama appointee confirmed 2013, once shortlisted for the Supreme Court.
Stacey D. Neumann
Stacey D. Neumann, born 1978, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Maine since 2024; appointed by President Biden, she became the court's twentieth district judge.
Staci M. Yandle
Staci Michelle Yandle is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Illinois since 2014, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Stanley A. Bastian
Stanley A. Bastian, born Stanley Allen Bastian in 1958, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Washington, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2014.
Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr.
Stanley Blumenfeld, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2020, appointed by President Trump.
Stanley Marcus
Stanley Marcus, born 1946, is an American jurist serving on the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 1997, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Stanley R. Chesler
Stanley R. Chesler (born 1947) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the District of New Jersey, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
Stanley T. Anderson
Stanley Thomas Anderson, born 1953 in Lexington, Tennessee, is a United States district judge for the Western District of Tennessee since 2008, chief judge from 2017 to 2023.
State attorney general
State attorney general: chief legal officer of each U.S. state, commonwealth, DC, and territory; elected in 43 states, appointed in 7; independent of the governor in 48 states; handles litigation, opinions, consumer protection, and criminal appeals.
Stefan R. Underhill
Stefan R. Underhill (born 1956) is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the District of Connecticut, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1999.
Stella Assange
Stella Assange, born Sara Gonzalez Devant and formerly Stella Moris, is a South African-born human rights lawyer who joined Julian Assange's legal team in 2011, married him at Belmarsh prison in 2022, and led the campaign against his US extradition until his June 2024 release.