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Marilyn Warren
Marilyn Warren AC KC, Australian jurist, first woman appointed Chief Justice of any Australian supreme court (Victoria, 25 November 2003, 11th Chief Justice, served 2003–2017) and Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria 2006–2017; ended courtroom wigs, drove Court Services Victoria.
Marina G. Marmolejo
Marina G. Marmolejo, also known as Marina Garcia Marmolejo, is an American jurist serving as a US district judge in Laredo, Texas, since 2011, nominated by President Obama.
Marina Wheeler
Marina Wheeler KC (born 1964) is a British barrister, mediator, and writer at 1 Crown Office Row, called in 1987, made QC in 2016, known for public law, human rights, and employment work, her memoir The Lost Homestead, and as Boris Johnson's ex-wife.
Marinus van der Lubbe
Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934), Dutch council communist, set fire to the Reichstag on 27 February 1933. Tried in Leipzig, sentenced to death under the retroactive Lex van der Lubbe, beheaded 10 January 1934; verdict annulled in 2007; sole authorship still disputed.
Marissa Alexander case
Marissa Alexander case: 2012 Florida prosecution of a Jacksonville woman sentenced to 20 mandatory years for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband; conviction reversed on appeal, resolved by 2014 plea deal and house arrest.
Marital coercion
Marital coercion: English common law doctrine presuming a wife committing an offence in her husband's presence acted under his coercion; abolished as presumption 1925, as defence 2014.
Marital rape
Marital rape: non-consensual sex by a spouse, long exempt from rape law under Hale's 1736 implied-consent doctrine. Abolished in the UK (R v R, 1991) and US (first conviction 1979), but retained in India's BNS 2023 and many other countries.
Maritime boundary
Maritime boundary: the agreed or adjudicated line separating overlapping coastal-state jurisdiction over territorial seas, EEZs, and continental shelves, governed by UNCLOS Articles 74 and 83 and the three-stage equidistance methodology.
Maritime boundary treaties of the Persian Gulf
The maritime boundary treaties of the Persian Gulf are agreements that divide the continental shelf among eight states. Six treaties are in force, but several boundaries remain unnegotiated.
Maritime Labour Convention
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) is the ILO treaty, adopted 23 February 2006, in force 20 August 2013, setting minimum working and living standards for seafarers. Consolidates 37 earlier conventions; 113 ratifications cover 96.6% of world shipping tonnage; amended 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2025.
Marjorie O. Rendell
Marjorie O. Rendell, born 1947, is an American jurist serving as a senior judge of the Third Circuit, appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Mark "Chopper" Read
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (1954–2013), Australian criminal, stand-over man and bestselling author of Chopper, From the Inside; never convicted of murder, subject of the 2000 film Chopper starring Eric Bana.
Mark A. Barnett
Mark A. Barnett, also known as Mark Allen Barnett, is an American judge on the United States Court of International Trade since 2013, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Mark A. Goldsmith
Mark Allan Goldsmith (born 1952) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Michigan since 2010, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Mark A. Kearney
Mark A. Kearney (born 1962) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 2014, nominated by President Barack Obama.
Mark C. Scarsi
Mark C. Scarsi, also known as Mark Christopher Scarsi, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Central District of California since 2020.
Mark Ciavarella
Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., former Luzerne County, Pennsylvania juvenile court judge (1996–2009), convicted in 2011 in the kids-for-cash scandal of racketeering and fraud for $2.8 million in payments tied to for-profit detention centers; serving a 28-year federal sentence.
Mark E. Walker
Mark Eaton Walker, U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Florida since December 2012 (confirmed 94-0), Obama appointee, chief judge 2018-2025, known for rulings striking down Florida's 2021 election law and Stop WOKE Act injunctions.
Mark Fuhrman
Mark Fuhrman (1952–2026), LAPD detective in the O.J. Simpson murder trial; found the bloody glove, was discredited by taped racial slurs, pleaded no contest to perjury in 1996, later a Fox News contributor and true-crime author.
Mark G. Mastroianni
Mark Gerald Mastroianni (born 1964 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Massachusetts since 2014, appointed by Barack Obama.
Mark Geragos
Mark Geragos (born 1957) is a Los Angeles criminal defense and civil trial lawyer, principal of Geragos & Geragos, known for Susan McDougal, Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, Kaepernick, the Menendez brothers, and Armenian Genocide litigation.
Mark Goudeau
Mark Goudeau (born 1964), the "Baseline Killer," is an Arizona death-row inmate convicted in 2011 of nine Phoenix murders among 67 counts from a 2005–2006 crime series against 33 victims; convictions affirmed in 2016.
Mark H. Cohen
Mark H. Cohen, also known as Mark Howard Cohen, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Georgia since 2014.
Mark Hofmann
Mark William Hofmann (born 1954, Salt Lake City) is a Utah rare-documents dealer and master forger of Mormon and American historical documents, including the Anthon Transcript and Salamander Letter; his 1985 pipe bombings killed Steven Christensen and Kathy Sheets, and he is serving five years to life in Utah prison.
Mark J. Bennett
Mark J. Bennett, born Mark Jeremy Bennett in 1953, is a judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 2018, previously Hawaii's attorney general from 2003 to 2010.
Mark McCormack
Mark McCormack (1930–2003), American lawyer and founder of IMG, the pioneering sports agency; his 1960 handshake deal with Arnold Palmer launched modern sports marketing and athlete endorsement representation.
Mark R. Hornak
Mark R. Hornak, also known as Mark Raymond Hornak, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania since 2011.
Mark S. Davis
Mark S. Davis, also known as Mark Steven Davis, is an American judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2008.
Mark S. Norris, Sr.
Mark S. Norris, Sr., also known as Mark Saalfield Norris, Sr., is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Tennessee since 2018.
Mark T. Pittman
Mark T. Pittman, full name Mark Timothy Pittman, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of Texas since 2019.