Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (died 1938)

Clarence Darrow

American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union (1857–1938)

Clarence Seward Darrow was an American lawyer who became famous in the 19th century for high-profile representations of trade union causes, and in the 20th century for several criminal matters, including the Leopold and Loeb murder trial, the Scopes "monkey" trial, and the…