Nancy Atlas
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Nancy Atlas | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| Assumed office June 20, 2014 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| In office June 30, 1995 – June 20, 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | James DeAnda |
| Succeeded by | George C. Hanks Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nancy Ellen Friedman[1] May 20, 1949 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Tufts University (BS) New York University (JD) |
Nancy Ellen Friedman Atlas (born May 20, 1949) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Early life and education[]
Born in New York City, New York, Atlas received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University in 1971 and a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1974. She was a law clerk to Judge Dudley Bonsal of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1974 to 1976.
Career[]
After working in private practice in New York City from 1976 to 1978 as an associate at the law firm Webster & Sheffield,[2] Atlas was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1979 to 1982. She was thereafter in private practice in Houston, Texas, until 1995.
Federal judicial service[]
On April 4, 1995, Atlas was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by James DeAnda. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 30, 1995, and received her commission the same day. She assumed senior status on June 20, 2014.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Confirmation hearings on federal appointments: Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session
- ^ "Nancy Friedman Atlas," Directory of Federal Court Guidelines, In-house: MR, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2017-2 Supplement.
External links[]
- Nancy Friedman Atlas at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1949 births
- Living people
- American women judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- People from Scarsdale, New York
- Scarsdale High School alumni
- Lawyers from New York City
- Assistant United States Attorneys
- 20th-century American judges
- 21st-century American judges
- 20th-century women judges
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- 21st-century American women