LEE BROOKS (1908-1965)
Clarence Darrow’s Protégé & North Dakota Legislator

In 1934, a young North Dakota attorney was hired by Clarence Darrow, the most famous trial lawyer of the 1920s and 30s. Some people credit Lee Brooks’ successful work with Darrow in helping to bring about the enactment of the national minimum wage law in 1937. Brooks later had a successful law practice in North Dakota and served ten years in the state legislature.