List of centenarians (jurists and practitioners of law)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as jurists and practitioners of law – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
BlowersSampson Salter Blowers	1742–1842	100	Canadian defence attorney representing the soldiers accused after the Boston Massacre
BootleWilliam Augustus Bootle	1902–2005	102	American attorney and jurist
BrownWesley E. Brown	1907–2012	104	American district court judge[1]
BurkeJoseph Burke	1888–1990	101	American judge[2]
CaneMelville Henry Cane	1879–1980	100	American lawyer and poet
CowenArnold Wilson Cowen	1905–2007	101	American lawyer and judge
CrawfordThomas Simpson Crawford	1875–1976	100	Australian lawyer and politician
DenningAlfred Denning, Baron Denning	1899–1999	100	English Master of the Rolls
FayEdgar Fay	1908–2009	101	British judge[3]
GabbertJohn Gabbert	1909–2013	104	American judge[4]
GillespieSamuel Hazard Gillespie, Jr.	1910–2011	100	American counsel[5]
GunzburgNico Gunzburg	1882–1984	101	Belgian lawyer and criminologist
HenryTrevor Henry	1902–2007	105	New Zealand justice on the Supreme Court of New Zealand
HillOliver Hill	1907–2007	100	American lawyer and civil rights activist
HutchinsonJeremy Hutchinson	1915–	100	British lawyer and peer[6]
KingAlan King-Hamilton	1904–2010	105	British judge[7]
LeightonGeorge N. Leighton	1912–	103	American judge[8]
LimbaughRush Limbaugh, Sr.	1891–1996	104	American jurist, grandfather of Rush Limbaugh
MartinLudwig Martin	1909–2010	100	German lawyer and Attorney General[9]
MedinaHarold Medina	1888–1990	102	American lawyer, teacher and judge
PogueL. Welch Pogue	1899–2003	103	American aviation attorney
PopeJack Pope	1913–	102	American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas[10]
ScovilCarlos P. Scovil	1804–1904	100	New York assemblyman, state senator, county judge[11]
SeawellDonald Seawell	1912–2015	103	American lawyer[12]
ShawcrossHartley Shawcross	1902–2003	101	Lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal
ThrowerRandolph W. Thrower	1913–2014	100	American attorney[13]
ThurlowArthur L. Thurlow	1913–	102	Canadian judge and politician[14]
WalshLawrence Walsh	1912–2014	102	American lawyer, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General[15]
WartenburgMarion Yorck von Wartenburg	1904–2007	102	German jurist, judge and World War II resistance fighter
WillistonSamuel Williston	1861–1963	101	American lawyer and law professor
WoodroughJoseph William Woodrough	1873–1977	104	American judge[16]

References

1. "Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in Wichita". The Wichita Eagle. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
2. Heise, Kenan (1990-02-01). "Judge Joseph Burke; spent 54 years on bench". Chicago Tribune.
3. "His Honour Edgar Fay". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
4. De Atley, Richard K.; Robinson, Alicia (2013-12-11). "Retired justice dies at 104". The Press-Enterprise. pp. A1–2, A10.
5. Snyder, Donald J. (Fall 2010). "The Supreme Centenarian—The Story of the Life and Legal Career of Samuel Hazard Gillespie Celebrating 100 Years of Risks Taken". The Senior Lawyer (New York State Bar Association) 2 (2). ISSN 1949-8330. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
6. "Jeremy Hutchinson". The Guardian. 28 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
7. "His Honour Alan King-Hamilton". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
8. Manson, Patricia (2012-10-22). "Leighton reaches the century mark". Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
9. "GBA: Zum Tode von Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof a.D. Ludwig Martin" (in German). Polizeipresse. 2010-04-01. Retrieved 2010-11-01.
10. Lindell, Chuck (2013-04-18). "Texas House honors ex-Justice Pope, 100". Austin American-Statesman (Cox Enterprises). Retrieved 2013-07-02.
11. "Oldest Ex-Assemblyman Dead". The New York Times. 1904-04-28. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
12. Davidson, Joanne (2012-08-02). "DCPA founder Donald Seawell turns 100, honored by dignitaries". The Denver Post (MediaNews Group). Retrieved 2012-08-09.
13. "A centennial celebration". Emory Lawyer (Atlanta: Emory University School of Law): 25. Fall 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
14. "Grapevine: Arthur Louis Thurlow 100th birthday". Hearsay Magazine (Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University) (2013-2014): 56. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
15. "Grapevine: Arthur Louis Thurlow 100th birthday". Hearsay. Winter 2013–2014. p. 56. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
16. "Woodrough, Joseph William". Federal Judicial Center. January 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-17.