Louis Brandeis (1856–1941) was an American attorney of great renown in the early part of the twentieth century. Because of his deep commitment to freedom, justice, and fair play, Brandeis was widely known as “The People’s Attorney.” In 1916 he became the first Jewish Justice appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States. The causes Brandeis advocated for were privacy rights, workers’ rights, free speech, freedom of religion, limitations on corporate power, and women’s rights. He was a strong supporter of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.
