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On behalf of the State Bar of Georgia, I am writing to extend condolences to the family, colleagues and many friends of longtime Atlanta attorney, Emory University School of Law Associate Dean Emeritus and 1988-89 State Bar President A. James Elliott after his passing January 14.
James Elliott (left) receives the Randolph Thrower Lifetime Achievement Award from Avarita L. Hanson, executive director, Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism in 2017. (Photo: John Disney/ALM)
A Georgia Bar member since 1966, Mr. Elliott also served as president of the State Bar’s Young Lawyers Division in 1976-77. He practiced law with the Atlanta firm of Alston & Bird for 28 years before entering the field of legal academia at Emory Law, his alma mater.
