Nancy Friedman Atlas

Nancy Friedman Atlas (born 1949) is a United States federal judge.

Born in New York, New York, Atlas received a B.S. from Tufts University in 1971 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1974. She was a law clerk to Hon. Dudley Bonsal of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York from 1974 to 1976. After working in private practice in New York City from 1976 to 1978, she 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.

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.

Sources

• Nancy Friedman Atlas at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

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Name	Atlas, Nancy Friedman
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Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	1949
Place of birth	New York, New York
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