The Atlanta Lawyer January/February 2014 | Page 12

Celebrating 125 Years

Under Judge Elbert P. Tuttle's leadership (shown on the
left), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals pioneered in
civil rights law. Tuttle was Atlanta Bar President in 1947.
While brother-in-law Tuttle followed a judicial career,
William A. Sutherland (shown on the right) continued
building the law firm the two had founded in the 1920s.
(Courtesy of Herbert R. Elsas.)

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THE ATLANTA LAWYER

January/February 2014

Leonard Haas was the American
Civil Liberties Union's first
counsel in Georgia. In this
role, Haans argued before the
U.S. Supreme Court in 1941
in Taylor v. State of Georgia,
which declared unconstitutional
a statute authorizing involuntary
servitude. (Courtesy of Mrs.
Leonard Haas.)

Donald L. Hollowell handled
major civil rights cases in
Atlanta during the 1950s
and '60s. (Courtesy of
Donald L. Hollowell.)

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