List of poet lawyers

The term poet lawyer describes a poet ( epic poet , writer , poet , playwright ) with legal training . The importance of a poet can be measured using the history of the reception of his works. Literature prizes provide an indication of the contemporary appreciation of the recipient.

According to epochs

The following list of important poet lawyers is arranged by epoch . The chronological classification depends on the epoch in which the poet lawyer worked.

Antiquity

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
Marcus Tullius Cicero * 106 BC Chr. † 43 BC Chr.	Roman politician, lawyer, philosopher and poet	De oratore , De re publica , Orationes In Catilinam
Publius Ovidius Naso * 43 BC Chr. † 17 BC Chr.	Roman poet and storyteller, judge	Metamorphoseon libri , Ars amatoria , Amores
Lucius Annaeus Seneca * AD 1 † AD 65	Roman philosopher and playwright, lawyer	Epistulae morales , apocolocyntosis , dialogues
Publius Cornelius Tacitus * 55 AD † 116 AD	Roman history teller	Germania , Annales

middle Ages

	Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
	Francesco Petrarca * 1304 † 1374	Italian poet, humanist and diplomat	Canzoniere
	Giovanni Boccaccio * 1313 † 1375	Italian narrator,	Decamerons

16th Century

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
Sebastian Brant * 1457 † 1521	German narrator and poet, lawyer and chancellor of the imperial city of Freiburg	The Ship of Fools
Thomas More * 1478 † 1535	English narrator, humanist and Lord Chancellor	Utopia
Michel de Montaigne * 1533 † 1592	French essayist and humanist, councilor and mayor of Bordeaux	Essays
Everwin von Droste zu Hülshoff * 1540 † 1604	German humanist, church lawyer and episcopal official in Münster	Latin and Low German epigrams

17th century

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
Pierre Corneille * 1606 † 1684	French playwright, magistrate	Le Cid
Andreas Gryphius * 1616 † 1664	German lyric poet and playwright, syndic of the Glogau estates	Sonnets
Jean de La Fontaine * 1621 † 1695	French narrator, lawyer	Fables
Molière * 1622 † 1673	French playwright, lawyer	The Miser , The Misanthrope , The Imaginary Invalid , Tartuffe
Charles Perrault * 1628 † 1703	French narrator, lawyer	Contes de fées, Les Contes de ma mère l'Oye

18th century

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
Charles de Montesquieu * 1689 † 1755	French writer, judge and constitutional lawyer	From the Spirit of Laws , Persian Letters
François Gayot de Pitaval * 1673 † 1743	French lawyer	Pitaval
Henry Fielding * 1707 † 1754	English storyteller and playwright, magistrate	Tom Jones: The Story of a Foundling
Matthias Claudius * 1740 † 1815	German poet	Poems
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * 1749 † 1832	German poet, storyteller and playwright, minister in Weimar	Young Werther's sufferings , elective affinities , west-east divan , Marienbad elegy , Faust
Anton Matthias Sprickmann * 1749 † 1833	German writer, university professor for law and history in Münster, Breslau and Berlin	Plays, librettos of several operas and one operetta
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg * 1750 † 1819	German poet and translator, lawyer, Danish-Holstein diplomat	Poems, odes, ballads of Sturm und Dranges, works of church history
Walter Scott * 1771 † 1832	Scottish storyteller and poet, lawyer	Ivanhoe
Novalis * 1772 † 1801	German poet and storyteller, saline assessor	Hymns to the night , Heinrich von Ofterdingen

19th century

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
ETA Hoffmann * 1776 † 1822	German narrator and essayist, judge at the Supreme Court	The elixirs of the devil , life views of the cat Murr , the golden pot , night pieces , the brothers of serapion
Ludwig Uhland * 1787 † 1862	German poet, lawyer	Poems
Joseph von Eichendorff * 1788 † 1857	German poet and narrator, Privy Councilor	From the life of a good-for-nothing , poetry
Franz Grillparzer * 1791 † 1872	Austrian playwright and narrator, archive director at the kk Hofkammer	King Ottokar's luck and end , the poor minstrel
Heinrich Heine * 1797 † 1856	German poet and essayist, doctor of both rights	Book of Songs , Germany. A winter fairy tale , the Harz journey , the romantic school
Christian Dietrich Grabbe * 1801 † 1836	German playwright, auditor	Joke, satire, irony and deeper meaning
Levin Schücking * 1814 † 1883	German lawyer, writer and journalist.	Novels, short stories, travel literature, biographical works, dramas and poems
Theodor Storm * 1817 † 1888	German poet and storyteller, lawyer, district judge and governor	Immensee , Pole Poppenspäler , Der Schimmelreiter
Robert Louis Stevenson * 1850 † 1894	Scottish narrator, lawyer	Treasure Island , The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Emile Verhaeren * 1855 † 1916	Belgian poet, lawyer	Poems

20th century

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti * December 22, 1876 in Alexandria † December 2, 1944 in Bellagio	Italian narrator and essayist, lawyer	Mafarka the Futurist, Futurist Manifesto
Nikos Kazantzakis * March 2, 1883 in Heraklion † October 26, 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau	Greek narrator, doctor of law	Alexis Sorbas
Georg Heym * 1887 in Hirschberg † January 16, 1912 in Gatow	German poet and narrator, trainee lawyer	Poems
Franz Kafka * July 3, 1883 in Prague † June 3, 1924 in Kierling	German-speaking narrator, senior secretary at the "Workers Accident Insurance Institution for the Kingdom of Bohemia"	The trial , the castle , the metamorphosis , the judgment , before the law , in the penal colony , a hunger artist
Kurt Tucholsky * January 9, 1890 in Berlin † December 21, 1935 in Gothenburg	German narrator and poet, doctor of law	Poems, features
Carlos Fuentes * November 11, 1928 in Panama City † May 15, 2012 in Mexico City	Mexican narrator, diplomat	La muerte de Artemio Cruz, Terra Nostra
Louis Begley * October 6, 1933 in Stryj, then Poland, now Ukraine	American narrator and lawyer	Lies in times of war

21st century

Name (life data)	activity	Significant works
Herbert Rosendorfer * February 19, 1934 in Gries, Bozen, South Tyrol † September 20, 2012 in Bozen	German writer, judge at the Higher Regional Court	Letters to the Chinese Past
Bernhard Schlink * July 6, 1944 in Bielefeld	Professor of public law and legal philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin, judge at the constitutional court for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.	The Reader
Janko Ferk * December 11, 1958 in St. Kanzian, Carinthia, Austria	Austrian writer, judge at the regional court, professor at the University of Klagenfurt	Letter to the public prosecutor. A forensic novella.
Ferdinand von Schirach * 1964 in Munich	Writer, lawyer	Crime , Terror - Your Verdict

Alphabetical

This alphabetically sorted list contains poet lawyers who are listed in this or another Wikipedia.

A.

Austin Abbott (1831-1896), American scholar, storyteller, and lawyer
Bernhard Abeken (1826–1901), German narrator, lawyer and member of the Reichstag
Matthias Abele von und zu Lilienberg (1616 or 1618–1677), Austrian playwright, town clerk for Krems and Stein, judge and government lawyer
Leo Abse (1917–2008), British lawyer, politician and author
Paul Adler (1878–1946), German writer and lawyer
Giorgio Agamben (* 1942), Italian philosopher and essayist
Willibald Alexis (1798–1871), German writer and poet
David Ambrose (* 1943), British writer and lawyer
François Andrieux (1759–1833), French scholar, playwright and judge
August Apel (1771–1816), German scholar, playwright, storyteller and lawyer
Achim von Arnim (1781–1831), German poet
Johann Georg Daniel Arnold (1780–1829), German scholar, playwright and poet
Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010), American novelist, historian, essayist and lawyer
Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948), Austrian lawyer and writer
Tash Aw (* 1971/1973), Taiwanese poet lawyer
Francisco Ayala (1906–2009), Spanish writer and sociologist

B.

David Baldacci (* 1960), American storyteller and screenwriter; Defense attorney and business lawyer
Karl Baldamus (1784–1852), German poet, storyteller, publicist and lawyer
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist
Jakob Baxa (1895–1979), Austrian sociologist, lawyer, cultural and literary historian and poet
Louis Begley (* 1933), American storyteller and lawyer
Larissa Behrendt (* 1969), Australian scholar, storyteller and lawyer
Karl Christian Ernst von Bentzel-Sternau (1767–1849), German novelist and satirist, President of the High Court, Minister of State and Finance

Martin Beradt (1881–1949), German writer and lawyer

Max Bernstein (1854–1925), German critic, playwright and storyteller, lawyer

Michael Beuther (1522–1587), German scholar, poet and church councilor

Franz Adam Beyerlein (1871–1949), German storyteller, playwright and lawyer

Willem Bilderdijk (1756–1831), Dutch lawyer, poet and playwright

Wolfgang Bittner (* 1941), German writer, lawyer

Hans Friedrich Blunck (1888–1961) German narrator, poet, councilor and university syndic

Johann Caspar Bluntschli (1808–1881), Swiss legal scholar

Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004), Italian legal philosopher and author

Paul von Bojanowski (1834–1915), German writer, journalist, librarian and trainee lawyer

Achille Bonito Oliva (* 1939), Italian scholar and poet

Ludwig Börne (1786–1837), German writer

Karl Friedrich Borée (1886–1964), German writer

Sebastian Brant (1457 or 1458–1521), German scholar, poet and judge at the Imperial Court of Justice

Erich Brautlacht (1902–1957), German narrator and judge

Fred Breinersdorfer (* 1946), German screenwriter and lawyer

Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer (* 1976), German screenwriter and lawyer

Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747) German writer and poet; City and district judge, bailiff

Max Brod (1884–1968), German-speaking Jewish writer, translator and composer

Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966), Polish poet, children's book author and translator

Mile Budak (1889–1945), Croatian writer, publicist and politician

Heinrich Alfred Bulthaupt (1849–1905), German playwright, poet and lawyer

Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794), German poet and scholar

Kemal Burkay (* 1937), Kurdish writer, politician and lawyer

Matthias Buth (* 1951), poet and essayist, legal advisor in the Federal Chancellery

Dino Buzzati (1906–1972), Italian writer and editor

C.

Ian Callinan (born 1937), Australian judge and storyteller
Miguel Cané (1851–1905), Argentine lawyer, politician and author
Gianrico Carofiglio (* 1961), Italian judge, public prosecutor and narrator
Stephen L. Carter (* 1954), American scholar and storyteller
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author and national poet
Peter O. Chotjewitz (1934–2010), German narrator and lawyer
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), Roman politician, lawyer, philosopher and poet
Matthias Claudius (1740-1815), German poet
Heinrich Clauren (1771–1854), German writer, Privy Councilor
Paulo Coelho (* 1947), Brazilian narrator
John Connor (* 1946), British writer and prosecutor
Paolo Conte (* 1937), Italian chanson writer, lawyer
Gottlieb Siegmund Corvinus (1677–1747), German poet, novelist, notary and lawyer
William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet and lawyer
Anthony Cronin (1928-2016), Irish writer and Bachelor of Laws

D.

Felix Dahn (1834–1912), German scholar, novelist and poet
Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815–1882), American storyteller, attorney, and federal attorney
Franz Josef Degenhardt (1931–2011), German poet, novelist and singer, lawyer
John Denham (1615–1669) Irish writer and lawyer
Henry Denker (* 1912), American storyteller, playwright and lawyer
Alan M. Dershowitz (* 1938), American scholar, storyteller and lawyer
Janus Djurhuus (1881–1948), Faroese poet
Albert Drach (1902–1995), Austrian storyteller, poet and playwright, lawyer
Everwin von Droste zu Hülshoff (around 1540–1604), German humanist and church lawyer
Heinrich von Droste zu Hülshoff (author) (1875–1934), German writer and lawyer
Wilderich von Droste zu Hülshoff (* 1948), German lawyer and writer
Marguerite Duras (1914–1996), French writer and screenwriter

E.

Georg Ebers (1837–1898), German scholar and narrator
Wilfried Eggers (* 1951), German crime writer and lawyer
Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857), German poet, novelist and playwright, Privy Councilor
Ludwig Eichrodt (1827-1892), German poet and chief magistrate
Gerd Eidam (* 1941), German novelist and lawyer
Friedrich von Einsiedel (1750–1828), German narrator and President of the Weimar Higher Appeal Court
Thomas Elbel (* 1968), German fantasy author and professor of public law
Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), German storyteller and poet
Albrecht von Eyb (1420–1475), German writer and translator, chamberlain

F.

Linda Fairstein (* 1947), American storyteller and prosecutor
James Gordon Farrell (1935–1979), British-Irish writer
Reinhard Federmann (1923–1976), Austrian writer
Janko Ferk (* 1958), Austrian poet, writer and judge
Henry Fielding (1707–1754), English storyteller and playwright
Pedro Figueredo (1819–1870), Cuban poet and lawyer
Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (1923–2014), Turkish poet, judge
Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880), French novelist
Ossip K. Flechtheim (1909–1998), German essayist, political scientist and lawyer
Adolf Foglár (1822–1900), Austrian storyteller and playwright, district judge
Bruno Frank (1887–1945), German writer and playwright
Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904), Austrian storyteller and poet
Paulo Freire (1921–1997), Brazilian educator, author and lawyer
Johann Gottlieb Frenzel (1715–1780), German poet, senior lawyer
Johann Burchard Freystein (1671–1718), German hymn poet, lawyer, counselor
Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012), Mexican writer

G

Inge Gampl (1929–2018), Austrian legal scholar and author of crime novels
Carl Ludwig Giesecke (1761–1833), German scholar, poet and lawyer
Emily Giffin (* 1972), American narrator
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German novelist, poet and playwright, minister in Weimar
Nahum Goldmann (1895–1982), Israeli-Swiss author and doctor of law
Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793), Italian comedy poet and librettist, lawyer
Yvan Goll (1891–1950), German-French poet and playwright
Witold Gombrowicz (1904–1969), Polish writer
Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896), French novelist and playwright, ministerial official
Ghazi al-Gosaibi (1940–2010), Saudi Arabian writer, politician and diplomat
Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836), German playwright and poet, military auditor
Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (1664–1718), Italian writer and lawyer
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian playwright and storyteller, archive director at the kk Hofkammer
Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German scholar and storyteller
Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German scholar and storyteller
John Grisham (* 1955), American author and lawyer
Tommaso Grossi (1791–1853), Italian writer and notary
Waldemar von Grumbkow (1888–1959), German playwright and storyteller
Andreas Gryphius (1616–1664), German poet and playwright of the Baroque era

H

Jacob Israël de Haan (1881–1924), Dutch novelist, lawyer
Carl Haensel (1889–1968), German storyteller and playwright, lawyer and legal advisor at Südwestfunk
Max Halbe (1865–1944), German playwright and narrator
Gerhard Anton von Halem (1752–1819), German playwright and poet, administrative officer and judge at the Imperial Court of Justice
Samuel Carter Hall (1800–1889), Irish writer and lawyer
Heinrich Hannover (* 1925), German lawyer, children's book author
James Hardiman (1782–1855), Irish writer and lawyer
Gerhard Harkenthal (1914–1985), German writer, lawyer
Zsolt Harsányi (1887–1943), Hungarian writer and theater director
Heiko Michael Hartmann (* 1957), German narrator, former administrative officer at the Federal Banking Supervisory Office
Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940), German writer
Isabelle Hausser (* 1953), French administrative lawyer, writer and translator
August Franz von Haxthausen (1792–1866), German lawyer, agricultural scientist, economist, farmer, writer and folk song collector .
Werner von Haxthausen (1780–1842), German government official, philologist and landowner
Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863), German playwright and poet
Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German poet
Friedrich Helbig (1832–1896), German playwright and district judge
Rolf Henrich (* 1944), German lawyer and narrator
Johann Friedrich Hertzog (1647–1699), German poet, lawyer
Georg Heym (1887–1912), German playwright, poet and narrator
Julie Hilden (* 19 **), American writer and lawyer
Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel (1741–1796), German poet, playwright and novelist, director of the Königsberg criminal court
Rudolf Hirsch (1816–1872), Austrian poet, journalist and librarian
Jilliane Hoffman (* 1967), American writer, deputy. Public prosecutor
ETA Hoffmann (1776–1822), German novelist and playwright, judge at the Supreme Court
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929), Austrian writer, playwright, poet, librettist
Anthony Hope (1863–1933), English storyteller, lawyer, and government official
Andreas Hoppert (* 1963), German crime writer, judge at the social court
Bernhard Horstmann (1919–2008), German author of crime novels
Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997), Czech narrator
Rudolf Huch (1862–1943), German storyteller and playwright, lawyer and notary
Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), English writer, lawyer
Maria Hyland (* 1968), Irish storyteller and lawyer

I.

Carl Leberecht Immermann (1796–1840), German narrator, poet and playwright, district judge
Hermann Iseke (1856–1907), German epic poet
Jacques Isorni (1911–1995), French lawyer and playwright

J

Henry James (1843–1916), American storyteller and playwright
Janko Jesenský (1874–1945), Slovak poet and epic poet, lawyer and civil servant
Philip Jeyaretnam (1964), Singaporean storyteller and lawyer
He Jiahong (1953), Chinese storyteller and professor of criminal law at China People's University
William Quan Judge (1851-1896), Irish-American lawyer and author
Friedrich Georg Jünger (1898–1977), German poet and storyteller
Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), Austrian poet and writer

K

Franz Kafka (1883-1924), German-speaking narrator, senior secretary at the "Workers Accident Insurance Institution for the Kingdom of Bohemia"
Mazhar Kaleem (* 1942), Pakistani storyteller and lawyer
Fritz Kalmar (1911–2008), Austrian author in exile and lawyer
Friedrich Karl Kaul (1906–1981), German university professor, narrator of the GDR
Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), American lawyer and poet
Marian Keyes (* 1963), Irish writer
Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), German playwright, storyteller and poet
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831), German poet and playwright
Hans-Ulrich Klose (* 1937), German politician, public prosecutor, government director; Poetry
Alexander Kluge (* 1932), German filmmaker, storyteller and lawyer
Jakob Köbel (1462–1533), town clerk in Oppenheim
Friedrich Koffka (1888–1951), German judge and writer
Ernst Koch (1808–1858), German scholar, narrator and government secretary
Christian Gottfried Körner (1756–1831), German scholar, poet and appellate judge
Eduard Kranner (1893–1977), Austrian writer and lawyer
Timm Kröger (1844–1918), German narrator and lawyer
Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian writer and lawyer

L.

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892–1979), Italian opera tenor and music writer
Johann Anton Leisewitz (1752–1806), German playwright, Privy Councilor of Justice
Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850), Austrian writer
Karl Lieblich (1895–1984), German lawyer and writer
José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), Cuban poet, government official
Eleazar Lipsky (1911–1993), American storyteller and playwright, prosecutor and lawyer
Daniel Caspar von Lohenstein (1635–1683), Silesian playwright, poet and narrator, councilor, lawyer and diplomat

M.

Donagh MacDonagh (1912–1968) Irish poet, playwright and epic poet, lawyer and judge
Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982), American poet and lawyer
Franz Mai (1911–1999), German lawyer, director; poet
Geert Mak (* 1946), Dutch writer and essayist, lecturer in public and immigration law
Luigi Malerba (1927–2008), Italian poet
Ernst Friedrich Georg Otto von der Malsburg (1786–1824), German poet, envoy
Hilary Mantel (* 1952), British writer and Bachelor of Jurisprudence
Peter Marginter (1934–2008), Austrian author and translator, administrative lawyer
John Martel (* 19 **), American storyteller and lawyer
Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950), American poet, playwright and storyteller, lawyer
Hans Mayer (1907–2001), German literary scholar, lawyer and writer
Karl Mayer (1786–1870), German poet, lawyer and senior justice advisor
Karl Mayer (1819–1889), German lawyer and politician, author of novels and plays
Charles Major (1856–1913), American storyteller and lawyer
Scott McBain (* 1960), Scottish novelist
Eduardo Mendoza (* 1943), Spanish writer
Wilhelm von Merckel (1803–1861), German poet; Chamber judge
Kurt Messow (1888–1955), German lawyer and writer
Friedrich Ludwig Wilhelm Meyer (1759–1840), German playwright, government auditor
Gottlieb Dieterich von Miller (1753–1822), German poet; Senior Justice Council
Molière (1622–1673), French playwright
Alfred Mombert (1872–1942), German poet, lawyer
Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592), French politician, philosopher, essayist and poet
Montesquieu (1689–1755), French writer and political theorist, storyteller, presiding judge
Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Irish writer and poet, administrative lawyer
Soma Morgenstern (1890–1976), Austrian writer
Guido Morselli (1912–1973), Italian storyteller and playwright
John Mortimer (1923–2009), British writer and barrister
Thomas More (1478–1535), English statesman and humanist author
Martin Mosebach (* 1951), German storyteller and playwright
Justus Möser (1720–1794), German lawyer, statesman, writer and historian
Paul Mühsam (1876–1960), German-speaking poet, lawyer and notary
Friedrich Müller alias Fedja Müller (* 1938), German scholar and poet
Uğur Mumcu (1942–1993), Turkish journalist, writer and lawyer
Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen (1874–1945), German poet, diplomat
José Antonio Muñoz Rojas (1909–2009), Spanish poet and essayist

N

Karl Gottfried Nadler (1809–1849), Palatinate dialect poet, lawyer
Eckart von Naso (1888–1976), German playwright, narrator
Johann Nestroy (1801–1862), Austrian playwright
Novalis (1772–1801), German poet and narrator, saline assessor

O

Urs Oberlin (1919–2008), Swiss writer
Peter Ochs (1752–1821), Swiss lawyer, politician and historian and author of dramas and opera libretti
Rudolf Olden (1885–1940), German writer and lawyer
Martin Opitz (1597–1639), German poet
Heinrich Albert Oppermann (1812–1870), German narrator, lawyer and notary
Georg M. Oswald (* 1963), German narrator and lawyer

P

Franz Daniel Pastorius (1651–1719), German lawyer, town clerk in Germantown, USA
Andrew Barton Paterson (1864–1941), Australian poet and storyteller, lawyer
Richard North Patterson (born 1947), American storyteller, prosecutor and attorney
Gilles Perrault (* 1931), French writer and lawyer
Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), Italian poet
Christian Karl Ludwig von Pfeil (1712–1784), German poet; Prussian Minister of State
Krzysztof Piesiewicz (* 1945), Polish screenwriter, lawyer
Robert Pinget (1919–1997), Swiss storyteller, playwright and translator, lawyer
Alexis Piron (1689–1773), French poet and playwright, lawyer
François Gayot de Pitaval (1673–1743), French lawyer
Pitigrilli (d. I. Dino Segre; 1893–1975), Italian writer and legal scholar
August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835), German poet and playwright
Hanns-Ekkehard Plöger (1938–2005), German lawyer and notary, poet
Walter Popp (* 1948), German author, lawyer
France Prešeren (1800–1849), Slovenian poet and lawyer
Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French novelist
Albert Pütz (1932–2008), German writer, judge

Q

Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998), Syrian poet and diplomat
Georg Quabbe (1887–1950), German essayist; Attorney General
Theodor Johann Quistorp (1722–1776), German playwright, lawyer, senior tribunal councilor, chamberlain

R.

Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener (1714–1771), German novelist and poet, tax auditor
Heinrich Rantzau (1526–1598 / 99), writer, bailiff and governor of the Danish king
Matthew Reilly (* 1974), Australian writer
Charles François Marie de Rémusat (1797–1875), French playwright, lawyer and minister
Pierre-Jean Rémy (1937-2010), French diplomat and writer
Fritz Reuter (1810–1874), Low German narrator
Ruth Rewald (1906–1942), German narrator of Jewish origin
Alfonso Reyes (1889-1959), Mexican poet; diplomat
Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976), American poet, lawyer
Elmer Rice (1892–1967), American playwright
Johann Kaspar Riesbeck (1754–1786), German writer and lawyer
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Austrian author and poet
Walther Rode (1876–1934), Austrian lawyer and writer
Georges Rodenbach (1855–1898), Belgian poet, lawyer
Peter Rosei (* 1946), Austrian storyteller, poet and playwright
Herbert Rosendorfer (1934–2012), German storyteller and playwright, judge at the Higher Regional Court
Ernst Roth (1896–1971), Austrian novelist and lawyer
Karl Rottmanner (1783–1824), German poet and lawyer
Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895), Swedish scholar, storyteller and poet

S.

Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886), German scholar, narrator and poet
Ferdinand von Schirach (* 1964), German defense attorney and writer
Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), German scholar and playwright
Bernhard Schlink (* 1944), German scholar, narrator, constitutional judge
Georg Schmückle (1880–1948), German narrator and poet, public prosecutor
Levin Schücking (1814–1883), German storyteller, playwright and poet
Wolfgang Schüler (* 1952), German narrator and lawyer
Johann von Schwarzenberg (1463–1528), poet; Hofmeister
FR Scott (1899–1985), Canadian poet and constitutional lawyer
Walter Scott (1771–1832), Scottish storyteller and poet, lawyer
Lisa Scottoline (* 1955), American narrator, lawyer
Walter Serner (1889–1942), German narrator and Dadaist
Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810), German poet
Max von Seydel (1846–1901) alias Max Schlierbach , German scholar, poet, government assessor
Daren Shiau (* 1971), Singaporean storyteller and poet, lawyer
Philipp Jakob Siebenpfeiffer (1789–1845), German poet and narrator, administrative officer
Sheldon Siegel (* 1958), American storyteller and lawyer
Florence Friedrich Sigismund (1791–1877), German judiciary and poet
Hermann Sinsheimer (1883–1950), German writer and lawyer
Alexander McCall Smith (* 1948), Zimbabwean scholar and storyteller
Anton Matthias Sprickmann (1749–1833), German scholar and playwright
Maximilian Steinbeis (* 1970), German writer and journalist
Jörg Steinleitner (* 1971), German lawyer and writer
Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), American poet, essayist, and lawyer
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish writer
Karl Stieler (1842–1885), German writer, lawyer
Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672), Swedish poet, administrator and judge
Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), Austrian narrator
Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750–1819), German poet and playwright; diplomat
Theodor Storm (1817–1888), German poet and storyteller, lawyer, district judge and governor
Karl Hans Strobl (1877–1946), Austrian narrator, clerk at the district court and finance commissioner

T

Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55–116), Roman storyteller
Otto von Taube (1879–1973), German writer
Jodocus Donatus Hubertus Temme (1798–1881), German narrator, public prosecutor and judge
Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954), Romanian storyteller and lawyer
Studs Terkel (1912-2008), American author
Ludwig Thoma (1867–1921), German storyteller and playwright, lawyer
Morley Torgov (* 1927), Canadian storyteller and lawyer
Albion W. Tourgée (1838–1905), American storyteller, lawyer, and judge
Adam Trabert (1822–1914), German-speaking narrator, poet and playwright, lawyer, railway official
Gustav Trockenbrodt (1869–1904), German poet and notarial registry
Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), German storyteller, poet and playwright
Scott Turow (* 1949), American storyteller and lawyer

U

Friedrich von Uechtritz (1800–1875), German playwright and narrator, Privy Councilor of Justice
Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862), German scholar, poet, ministerial official and lawyer
Karl Uschner (1802–1876), German poet and narrator, Privy Councilor of Justice

V

Andrew Vachss (* 1942), American storyteller and comic book author, lawyer
Birgit Vanderbeke (* 1956), German writer
Lucian Vărşăndan (* 1975), Romanian author and theater director
Friedrich Karl von Vechelde (1801–1846), German writer, publicist, historian and lawyer
Carl Franz van der Velde (1779–1824), German novelist and city judge
Jules Verne (1828–1905), French writer
Eva Völler (* 1956), German narrator, judge and lawyer
Voltaire (1694–1778), French writer
John Friedrich Vuilleumier (1893–1976), Swiss storyteller and playwright

W.

Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773–1798), German writer and lawyer
Tonio Walter (* 1971), German criminal lawyer and narrator
Samuel Warren (1807–1877), English narrator, lawyer
Karl Julius Weber (1767-1832), German writer and satirist
Frank Wedekind (1864–1918), German playwright, poet and narrator
Joseph HH Weiler (* 1951), American scholar of South African origin, narrator
Zacharias Werner (1768–1823), German playwright and lyric poet, Chamber Secretary
Ernst Wichert (1831–1902), German playwright and narrator, Privy Councilor of Justice
Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813), German poet, translator and editor
Paul Wigand (1786–1866), German storyteller, poet and playwright, city court director
Douglas E. Winter (born 1950), American writer, lawyer
Alfred Wolfenstein (1883–1945), German lyric poet and playwright

Y

J. Lanier Yeates (* 1945), American lawyer and narrator
Helîm Yûsiv (* 1967), Syrian-Kurdish narrator

Z

Manfred Zach (* 1947), German storyteller and playwright, ministerial official

Juli Zeh (* 1974), German writer, legal focus on international law

Caspar Ziegler (1621–1690), German scholar and poet

Franz Wilhelm Ziegler (1803–1876), Prussian narrator, lawyer and Lord Mayor

Rudolf Zipkes (1911–2013), Swiss essayist, court clerk