Monday, January 5, 2009
News Griffin Bell dies
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:31 PM
From the Atlanta Business Chronicle:
Former U.S. Attorney Griffin Bell, 90, died Monday morning in Atlanta after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Bell, former attorney general of the United States during the Jimmy Carter administration, was a towering figure in the nation’s legal field for decades. As a senior partner with King & Spalding LLP, Bell represented controversial clients such as tobacco firms. The American College of Trial Lawyers even renamed its Committee on Unpopular Causes after Bell.
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