He was the son of Sheikh Sulieman effendi Suheimat who was a national leader and a Member of the first municipal council of the city of Karak during the reign of the Ottoman Empire in the 1890s.
He held several senior positions including the President of the Al-Haqqania Court (Arabic:المحكمة الحقانية) in the Ottoman Empire and President of the Court of First Instance in The "National Government of Moab" (Arabic:محكمة بدايه الكرك في الحكومة العربية المؤابيه ).
He participated in the development of the National Charter in 1928, and in 1929 was a member of the first Legislative Council in the Emirate of Transjordan representing Al Karak and Ma'an.
Sheikh Attallah received a high Nishan-majidi (order of the Sultan) by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet V as a reward for serving the Ottoman Empire, and Sheikh Suheimat was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of Al-Nahda Al-Urduni in Jordan.
Sheikh Suheimat died on July 28, 1965, and was buried in the cemetery of the Prophet Noah in the city of Al Karak.