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Legrome D. Davis
Legrome D. Davis, born in 1952, is an American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed by George W. Bush in 2002.
Legs Diamond
Jack "Legs" Diamond, Prohibition-era New York bootlegger and Hudson Valley gang boss, survived four shootings and two Troy trials before being murdered in Albany on December 18, 1931.
Lei Áurea
Lei Áurea (Golden Law), Law No. 3,353 of 13 May 1888, the Brazilian statute signed by Princess Isabel that abolished slavery in Brazil, freed roughly 600,000 people, and granted no compensation or follow-up policies.
Leigh M. May
Leigh M. May, also known as Leigh Martin May, is an American district judge for the Northern District of Georgia, appointed by Barack Obama in 2014.
Leigh Steinberg
Leigh Steinberg, American sports agent and attorney, founder of Steinberg Sports & Entertainment (1975), inspiration for Jerry Maguire; record eight No. 1 NFL draft picks, 62 first-rounders, $503 million Mahomes deal, alcoholism collapse and comeback.
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.
Lemon law
Lemon laws are U.S. state statutes requiring manufacturers to repurchase or replace vehicles with unrepairable substantial defects. Built on the 1975 Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, all 50 states have them, with varying repair-attempt thresholds, windows, and arbitration rules.
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), a U.S. Supreme Court case striking down Pennsylvania and Rhode Island aid to religious schools, announced the three-prong Lemon test for Establishment Clause cases, overruled in Kennedy v. Bremerton (2022).
Len Roberts-Smith
Len Roberts-Smith (Leonard William Roberts-Smith) is a retired WA Supreme Court judge, inaugural WA Court of Appeal member, Corruption and Crime Commissioner, and former Judge Advocate General; father of Ben Roberts-Smith.
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 Boatman
Leo Lancing Boatman (born 1986) is an American Florida death-row inmate convicted of four murders: the 2006 Ocala National Forest shooting of two college students, two prison killings, and the 2019 murder of inmate William Chapman with William Wells.
Leo Frank
Leo Frank (Leo Max Frank) was a Jewish-American superintendent for the National Pencil Company in Atlanta who was lynched in 1915 after being convicted of Mary Phagan's murder.
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 Sharp
Leo Earl Sharp Sr., known as "Tata", was an American World War II veteran and daylily breeder who became a cocaine courier for the Sinaloa Cartel in his late eighties.
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 Lake
Leonard Lake (born 1946, died June 2, 1985) was an American serial killer who with Charles Ng ran the Wilseyville, California abduction-murder scheme, built a bunker for Operation Miranda, and died by cyanide in custody before trial.
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.
Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc.
Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc., 88 F. Supp. 2d 116 (S.D.N.Y. 1999), the Pepsi Harrier jet case: Judge Kimba Wood held a TV ad offering a fighter jet for 7,000,000 Pepsi Points was a joke, not an offer, and affirmed on statute of frauds grounds.
Leonarda Cianciulli
Leonarda Cianciulli, the Soap-Maker of Correggio (la saponificatrice di Correggio), Italian killer convicted in 1946 of murdering three women in 1939-1940, boiling their remains with caustic soda; died 1970 in Pozzuoli.
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant
Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant is a Brazilian jurist and judge of the International Court of Justice since 4 November 2022, elected to fill the seat of Cançado Trindade, serving until 5 February 2027, formerly UFMG professor and CEDIN founder.
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.
Leongatha mushroom murders
Leongatha mushroom murders: July 2023 poisoning of three relatives of Erin Patterson by death cap mushrooms in beef Wellington at her Victorian home; convictions 2025, life sentence, appeals pending.
Leonid Nikolaev (Леонид Васильевич Николаев)
Leonid Nikolaev, also known as Leonid Vasilevich Nikolaev, was a Soviet Communist Party member who assassinated Sergei Kirov, the party chief of Leningrad, at the Smolny Institute on December 1, 1934.
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.