Tor Erling Staff (22 February 1933 – 22 July 2018) was a Norwegian criminal defense lawyer.

He started working for barrister Olaf Trampe Kindt and for stipendiary magistrate Christian Bernt Apenes.

He continued his studies in the United States.

From 1967 he worked as a lawyer in Oslo and at the Supreme Court.

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