Goldstein, Elliott, 1915-

Lawyer Elliott Goldstein worked for over 50 years at the Atlanta, Ga., law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy.

Elliott Goldstein was born in Atlanta, Ga., on 23 October 1915. He attended the Georgia School of Technology and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia in 1936. Goldstein then attended Yale Law School, graduating in 1939.

Goldstein began working as an associate at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy in 1939, a law firm in which his father, Max Goldstein, was a founding partner. From 1941 until 1946, during World War II, Goldstein served in the United States Army, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenent Colonel by 1945. He fought in a number of major campaigns in France in 1944 and 1945. Following the end of the war, Goldstein served as Assistant to the Director, Property Control Division, of the Allied Control Council of Berlin.

In 1946, Goldstein returned to Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, where he was named partner. He remained with the law firm for almost 50 more years, retiring in 1995. During that time, Goldstein specialized in corporation and securities law. He opened a Washington office of the law firm in 1977. Goldstein held memberships and participated in many legal organizations, including the Atlanta Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Within the American Bar Association, he served on the Council of the Section of Corporation, Banking and Business; the House of Delegates; the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securies; the Ad Hoc Committee on the ALI Corporate Governance Project; and the Tax Section. He also wrote and lectured frequently on legal topics.

Goldstein was active in a number of civic, cultural, political, and religious organizations, including the Atlanta Historical Society, the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the United Way, Central Atlanta Progress, the High Museum of Art, the National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the Atlanta Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Citizens Planning Group for Social Services Atlanta, Atlanta Action Forum, the American Jewish Committee, the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, the Chatham Valley Foundation, the Standard Club, the Commerce Club, the Atlanta Opera, and the Kiwanis Club.

Goldstein married Harriet Weinberg on 24 October 1942. They had two daughters, Lillian Friedlander and Ellen Goldstein.