July 23, 2025
Roy Black, Epstein’s Lawyer, Dies at 80
Roy Black, the Miami Defense Star Who Once Represented Jeffrey Epstein, Passes Away at 80 Roy Black spent his life inside the courtroom, but one case stands out that many will remember long after he’s gone—his role as a defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein. When news broke this week that Black had died peacefully at 80 in Coral Gables, Florida, it reopened the book on a career defined by headline-making trials and high-stakes drama. Black was already famous for winning the televised 1991 trial of William Kennedy Smith, but defending Epstein put him into a different kind of spotlight—one tangled




