Background
II, Emmet Jopling Bondurant was born on March 16, 1937 in Athens, Georgia, United States. Son of John Parnell and Mary Claire (Brannon) B.
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Emmet Jopling Bondurant II
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Emmet Jopling Bondurant II, American Lawyer. Bar: Georgia 1959. Named 1 of 5 Outstanding Young Men of 1970, Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1992 Ga.Trial Lawyer of the Year, American Board Trial Advocates (Georgia Chapter); recipient Good Government award, League of Women Voters Atlanta-Fulton County, 1980, Durfee award, California Western School Law, 1984.
Education
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, U. Georgia, 1958; Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, U. Georgia, 1960; Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Law clerk to Judge Clement Haynsworth, Junior, United States Court Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1960-1961;
associate, Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey & Regenstein, Atlanta, 1962-1968;
partner, Kilpatrick, Cody, Rogers, McClatchey & Regenstein, 1968-1977;
partner firm, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore and predecessor, Atlanta, since 1977. Visiting lecturer in antitrust law U. Georgia, spring 1971. President Atlanta LegalAid Society, 1972-1973.
Vice chairman Georgia Governor's Commision on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, 1974.
Achievements
Membership
Member Joint Atlanta-Fulton County Citizens Advisory Committee on Consolidation,1969. Chairman Atlanta Charter Commission, 1971-1972. Co-chairman Committee for Sensible Rapid Transit, Atlanta, 1971-1972.
Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (Executive Committee Atlanta lawyers committee for civil rights), Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association (Executive Committee 1975-1981, Leadership award 1992), State Bar Georgia (chairman of the section antitrust law 1972-1973, chairman judicial system committee since 1991), American Law Institute, American College Trial Lawyers, American Academy Appellate Lawyers, American Judicature Society, Georgia Law School Alumni Association (president 1996-1997), Lawyers Club Atlanta (secretary 1971-1972), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Jane E. Fahey, August 12, 1990. Children by previous marriage: Emmet Jopling III, KatherineElizabeth, Melissa Eileen, Christopher Scott, Miles Stephen.
Awards
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Named 1 of 5 Outstanding Young Men of 1970, Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1992 Ga.Trial Lawyer of the Year, American Board Trial Advocates (Georgia Chapter). Recipient Good Government award, League of Women Voters Atlanta-Fulton County, 1980, Durfee award, California Western School Law, 1984.Named 1 of 5 Outstanding Young Men of 1970, Atlanta Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1992 Ga.Trial Lawyer of the Year, American Board Trial Advocates (Georgia Chapter). Recipient Good Government award, League of Women Voters Atlanta-Fulton County, 1980, Durfee award, California Western School Law, 1984.