Margie Pitts Hames practiced law in Atlanta from 1962 until her death in 1994. Born in Milton, Tennessee in 1933, Hames graduated with honors from Kittrell High School in 1951. After receiving her B.S. at Middle Tennessee State University, Hames attended Vanderbilt University School of Law where she received her J.D. in 1961. After graduation she worked with Fisher and Phillips in Atlanta on labor-management relations. After the birth of her children, Adam and Donia, she left the firm in 1968 and the following year began volunteer work for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a Ford Foundation project that worked to prevent confrontations between civil rights demonstrators and police. She opened her own firm in 1971. Hames actively engaged in cases involving abortion rights, women's rights, school desegregation, employment discrimination, workers compensation, personal injury, social security claims, domestic relations, criminal defense, medical malpractice, defense, educational rights for gifted and disabled children, and general civil litigation.
From the description of Margie Pitts Hames papers, 1969-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122654145
