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'''John Asa Rountree III''' (born c. [[1926]] in [[Birmingham]] – died [[February 11]], [[2010]]) was an attorney and author.
'''Asa Rountree''' can refer to any of the following:


Rountree was the son of [[John Rountree, Jr]] and his wife, the former [[Cherokee Rountree|Cherokee Jemison Van de Graaff]]. He attended public schools in Birmingham and Montgomery and graduated from the Capital Page School in Washington D. C. while serving as a page to the U.S. Supreme Court.
* [[John Rountree|John Asa Rountree]] (1867–1936), newspaper editor and good roads advocate
* [[Asa Rountree, Jr|John Asa Rountree, Jr]] (1896–1986), pilot and state aeronautics director
* [[Asa Rountree III|John Asa Rountree III]] (1927–2010), attorney and author


During [[World War II]] Rountree served in the ordnance corps and as a military policeman. He graduated from the [[University of Alabama]] in [[1949]] and, after serving as an infantry officer in the [[Korean War]], he went to Harvard Law School. When he completed his degree in [[1954]] he returned to Birmingham and joined the firm of [[Cabaniss & Johnston]], where he was made a partner. He was president of the [[Birmingham Junior Bar Association]] and vice-president of the Family Counseling Association.
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In [[1962]] Rountree moved to New York, New York to become a partner in the firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. He was a corporate litigator as well as the firm's chief financial officer. During his time there he was one of the founders of the American Bar Association's litigation section, which he chaired in [[1980]]-[[1981|81]]. He left in [[1991]] and returned to Birmingham as a shareholder in the firm of [[Maynard, Cooper & Gale]]. He retired from practice in [[2000]].
 
Rountree is the author of three published books: ''The Roman Republic: An Historical Parallel?'', ''Human Nature, Morality, and the State,'' and ''Words, Essays and Other Words'', and completed numerous other unpublished manuscripts.
 
Rountree died in [[2010]]. He was survived by his wife, Helen; two sons, Robert and John IV, and two grandchildren.
 
==References==
* "Asa Rountree" obituary (February 14, 2010) ''Birmingham News''
 
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