lawyer

22Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Philip F. Foglia, lawyer and civic activist

Philip F. Foglia lawyer and civic activist, advocate for Italian American rights issues died from COVID-19 on April 21, 2020, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights, Manhattan, at the age of 69. Philip F. Foglia (November 27, 1950 – April 21, 2020) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, civic activist, politician, and advocate for Italian-American rights issues. Most recently, Foglia led a campaign to construct a statue honoring Frances Xavier Cabrini, an Italian-American Catholic nun more commonly known as Mother Cabrini, after the proposal was initially rejected by a New York City commission. Foglia, the son of a police detective, was raised in Belmont, a neighborhood of The Bronx with a large Italian American and Italian immigrant community. His childhood frien...

18Apr

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High Profilers, Nigeria, Profiles

Abba Kyari, businessperson and lawyer

Abba Kyari ‑ a Nigerian businessperson, lawyer, and government official. He served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria from August 2015 to April 2020 ‑ died on the evening of 17 April 2020 at age 67. Kyari was born on 23 September 1952, to a Kanuri family from Borno. He was educated in St. Paul's College in Wusasa Zaria, and later considered joining the Nigerian Army following advice from Mamman Daura and Ibrahim Tahir. In 1976, he met General Muhammadu Buhari who was then Governor of Borno State. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Warwick in 1980, and also obtained a law degree from the University of Cambridge. Kyari was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983 after attending the Nigerian Law School. &n...

17Apr

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High Profilers, Profiles, United States

Henry Miller, lawyer

Henry Miller ‑ an American lawyer and jurist – died on April 16 2020 due to Covid‑19. Miller was a past president of the New York Bar Association, and the author of several books and articles on trial advocacy; he was known as an expert in trial lawyering. Miller was born in Brooklyn, the son of Henry A. and Anne Withers Miller, on February 18, 1931. He attended St. John's College (class of 1952) and St. John's Law School (class of 1959). Miller was the senior partner of the law firm of Clark, Gagliardi & Miller, P.C., where he practiced trial work starting in 1966. He was president of the Westchester Bar Association and the New York Bar Association, the largest voluntary bar association in the United States. He received man...

16Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, Turkey

Ali Ülkü Azrak, lawyer and academic

Ali Ülkü Azrak ‑ a Turkish lawyer and academic ‑ died at the Florence Nightingale Hospital on 15 April 2020 due to complications from COVID-19. He had two sons from his marriage to Hannelore Azrak, who was of German origin. He spent the majority of his time between Turkey and Germany. Their children Deniz and Atilla live in Germany. Azrak graduated from Vefa High School as a top student. He later graduated from Istanbul University School of Law in 1956. He started to work as an assistant in Istanbul University in 1958. He became "Associate Professor" in 1970. In 1971, he started to work as an "Associate Professor" at Istanbul University School of Law - Administrative Law department and continued this duty until 1979. In 1979, he was among the people who founded the Istanb...

5Apr

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Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

Lila Fenwick, lawyer

Lila Althea Fenwick – an American lawyer, human rights advocate and United Nations official – died on April 4, 2020 due to Covid-19. She was the first black women to graduate from Harvard Law School. Fenwick was born in Manhattan, New York, on May 24, 1932. Her parents, John and Hilda Fenwick, had immigrated to the United States from Trinidad. She received her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College in 1953 before enrolling at Harvard Law School. A student in the class of 1956, Fenwick matriculated into the school’s fourth class that admitted women. She then completed her studies at the London School of Economics. During her career, Fenwick was a private practice lawyer and later became chief of the U.N. Human Rights Section. She held the position ...

25Mar

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High Profilers, Italy, Profiles

Lorenzo Acquarone, lawyer & politician

Lorenzo Acquarone –an Italian lawyer and politician – succumbed to Covid-19 on 24 March 2020. Born in Ventimiglia, Acquarone graduated in law and became a lawyer and university lecturer. As a member of the Italian People's Party, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for three legislatures. In 2002 he participated in the formation of the new political entity called the "Margherita" or Democracy is Freedom - The Daisy, but in September 2003 decided to leave the party to join the Popular-UDEUR. On 27 December 2007, Acquarone was awarded the Knight Grand Cross Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - uniform ribbon. Acquarone died at the age of 89 on 24 March 2020 due to COVID-19 in Italy.