2002 Photo
Scott J. Atlas, Class of 1967
2002 Photo
Scott J. Atlas, class of 1967, was valedictorian, National Merit Scholar, and a member of the McHi football team. He is currently a successful Houston attorney and has recently been appointed as chairman of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section.
Scott was profiled in a recent (8/31/2002) article by Daniel Perry in the McAllen Monitor, which read in part:
Atlas is a partner at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P in Houston and specializes in complex commercial litigation work. Atlas' position [with the ABA] involves leading the more than 65,000 nationwide and international trial attorneys, judges and others involved in legal education, improved court procedures and good litigation practices.... Atlas was born in Austin while his father, Morris Atlas, attended law school at the University of Texas. The family moved to Houston briefly before settling down in McAllen. "I have very warm feelings and recollections about our time in McAllen," the younger Atlas said. "It was a very happy time in my life. We enjoyed it and people there made you feel welcome." Atlas worked one summer while growing up in the library of his father's law firm, Atlas & Hall L.L.P., in McAllen. He also observed some of his father's work in trials and court hearings. "I never tried to convince him to be a lawyer," Morris Atlas said. "Obviously, he was around lawyers." The younger Atlas graduated from high school in 1967 as a valedictorian, National Merit Scholar and member of the football team. He graduated form Yale University in New Haven, Conn., in 1971 and from the University of Texas School of Law in 1975. He worked as a clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit before joining the Houston firm in 1976.
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