Roy Black (Attorney) Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	The Professor
Profession(s)	Attorney, Lawyer
Famous for	Representing high-profile clients including Jeffrey Epstein and pop star Justin Bieber
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 8" (173 cm)
Eye Colour	Hazel Brown
Hair Colour	Salt and Pepper
Awards, Honours, Achievements	• Best Lawyers in America (annual) (1987–2014) • Florida Super Lawyers (Top 10 each year) (2006-2014) • The Top 100 Trial Lawyers by National Trial Lawyers (2007-2012) • Florida Legal Elite Hall of Fame (2009-2013) • Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2010-2012) • Top 10 Florida Super Lawyers (2011-2014) • The Round Table: America’s 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers (2012–2013) • M. Minette Massey Award (2014) • Chambers USA Star (2014) • Top 100 Litigation Lawyers (2014) • Distinguished Counsel founding member (2014) • Chambers USA Star Individual (criminal & white‑collar defense) (2015–2018) • Best Lawyers in America – Lawyer of the Year, Criminal Defense (2025)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	17 February 1945 (Saturday)
Birthplace	New York City, USA
Date of Death	21 July 2025 (Monday)
Place of Death	Coral Gables, Miami
Age (at the time of death)	80 Years
Death Cause	Due to long term illness
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Nationality	American
Hometown	Coral Gables, Miami
College/University	Jamaica College, Jamaica University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Educational Qualification	Doctor of Law from the University of Miami
Religion	Christianity
Hobbies	Writing, Reading, Golf Playing
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Naomi Morris Black (1980s) • Lea Black (1991)
Marriage Date	• Second Marriage: 1984 • Third Marriage: 1994
Family
Wife/Spouse	• Second Wife: Naomi Morris Black (m.1984) • Third Wife: Lea Black (m.1994)
Children	Son- RJ Daughter- Nora Black (Psychotherapist)
Money Factor
Assets/Properties	• A 10,636 square foot mansion in Miami on the famous Star Island of $7.1 million cost • A 3,536 square foot Hollywood Hills home of $1.76 million cost • Own homes in Coral Gables and Key Largo
Net Worth (approx.)	$85 million (as of 2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Roy Black

• Roy Black grew up in New York City. His parents divorced soon after his birth.

• Roy’s custody was granted to his mother. Later, she remarried in 1951 to a British automotive executive, who relocated the family to Connecticut and then to Jamaica.

• He spent much of his youth in Jamaica, where he attended Jamaica College, one of the most prestigious British-style schools in America.

• While attending the University of Miami, Black was a member of the Zeta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Tau Omega, a social fraternity in the United States.

• After his graduation, he appeared on the Florida Bar Exam in 1970 and received the highest possible score

• As a lawyer, he started working as an assistant public defender in a law firm in 1971.

• Since 1973, he had been working at the University of Miami as an adjunct professor in criminal evidence.

• Roy worked as a public defender in Miami-Dade County before he transitioned to private practice. During his five years as a public defender, he represented hundreds of poor defendants who could not afford private lawyers.

• Roy Black was the founding partner of a law firm named Black Srebnick.

• He was a member of the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame of the USA.

• Black gained national recognition after winning an acquittal in the highly publicised 1991 William Kennedy Smith rape trial. Soon after this trial, he became the first choice for various celebrities for their legal matters.

• His second wife, Lea Black, was a juror on that trial. They began dating after that and married in 1994. In 2012, they opened up their marriage publicly.
  

  Roy Black with his wife

• Roy defended Miami police officer William Lozano, successfully winning an acquittal for him during a highly publicised retrial in 1992. In 1989, Lozano had shot Clement Lloyd, which had sparked the riots in Miami. However, after his conviction was overturned on appeal, he was acquitted in a retrial in 1993.

• In 2008, he defended famous race car driver Hélio Castroneves and his sister, securing their acquittal on charges of income tax evasion.

• Roy Black won the only acquittal at trial in the well-known Varsity Blues college admissions scandal (2011). His client was Amin Khoury, who was acquitted.

• Since 1987, Roy had been included every year among The Best Lawyers in America.

• Chambers USA once described Roy as a leading litigator with “the best national reputation in the State of Florida” and “known for his skill and consistently practising at that standard.” Chambers also stated that,

Roy is so good, he is scary good,” is “uniquely gifted in front of juries,” and that “no one is as well prepared or has the presence in court of Roy Black.”

• From 2006 to 2014, he was chosen as a top lawyer by Super Lawyers (a firm that provides lawyer ratings of selected lawyers and helps you find the rated lawyer/attorneys in various locations of the USA focused on all legal issues)..

• He had also featured on the cover of and in many national legal and business publications and magazines.
  

  Roy Black featured on the Attorney at Law Magazine (2019)

• Roy had served as NBC’s legal analyst on “The Today Show” and frequently appears on ABC’s “Good Morning America” as well as other network and cable news programs.

• In 2011, his wife, Lea Black, joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for the first season and appeared in all three seasons. Roy, along with his family, had also been featured on the show throughout.

• He had also written a book titled Black’s Law, a book that recounts the strategies he employed to safeguard the freedom of his four reputed clients.
  

  Roy Black’s book Black’s Law cover page

• With over five decades of experience representing some of the most well-known individuals and companies throughout the United States.

• Among the other celebrities represented by Black are financier Jeffrey Epstein, for whom he played a role in the legal defence during Epstein’s 2006 Florida criminal case involving charges of soliciting prostitution from underage girls. Additionally, Black represented pop musician Justin Bieber, who faced allegations of drag racing and driving under the influence in 2014.

• Black was informally known by the nickname “The Professor” due to his courtroom strategies, cross-examinations, and ability to command juries and media coverage. He was later referred to as the “GOAT” (Greatest of All Time) in Miami legal circles.

• On July 21, 2025, he passed away at home in Coral Gables after battling an illness. At the time of his death, he was still working at his renowned law firm on Biscayne Boulevard.

• Roy Black and his wife, Lea Black, quietly supported underprivileged children’s charities and local legal aid organisations in South Florida.

• Roy Black was a passionate sailor who devoted his free time to exploring the waters surrounding Florida.

• He was very interested in music, which he often credited for helping him focus during trial preparations.