Tal (Thal) Rudolf (1905–1941) — lawyer.

Rudolf Thal was born on 21 December 1905 in Riga, in the family of a pharmacist; father — Abram, mother — Rebekka (née Weinberg). From 1912, he studied at the private gymnasium named after N. Tidebel.

After graduating from the Riga Municipal German Secondary School in 1923, he studied at the Herder Institute. In 1926, he began studying law at the University of Latvia, graduating in 1931. During his studies, he gave private lessons.

He worked in the office of sworn advocate A. Kenin. From 31 May 1933, he was an assistant to sworn advocate P. Zifers; from 8 May 1935, assistant to sworn advocate L. Rubinstein in Riga. From 1 May 1940, he was a sworn advocate in Riga.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941 he was admitted to the Collegium of Advocates; from February he headed the Rezekne legal consultation office, while continuing to practice in Riga. On 13 May 1941, at his own request, he withdrew from the Collegium of Advocates.

He was murdered in the Riga Ghetto during the German occupation in 1941.

In 1939, he married Ofelia Malkina.

Works:

“Nepilngadīgo tiesību un darbības spēja. Referāts.” (Legal capacity and rights of minors. Paper.) — Riga, 1940.