Griffin Bell
Griffin Boyette Bell was an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General. He served as the nations 72nd Attorney General during the Jimmy Carter administration. He was an attorney with the law firm King amp Spalding.
Bell was born on October 31, 1918 in Americus, Georgia to Adlai Cleveland Bell, a cotton farmer, and Thelma Leola Bell . He attended several public schools before enrolling at the Georgia Southwestern College and then the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. During World War II, Bell served in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps from 1942 to 1946. Bell served as city attorney of Warner Robins, Georgia while still in school. He practiced law at King amp Spalding in Georgia from 1948 to 1961. He returned to the firm before and after his service as the United States Attorney General. Bell handled many highprofile cases after leaving office, such as the internal investigation concerning the cash management practices of E. F. Hutton amp Co..
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