Gary R. Gurwitz
Partner
Gary Gurwitz, a former Managing Partner of Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, has over 50 years of litigation experience representing corporations, banks, insurance companies, medical professionals, and individuals across commercial and business law, trusts, class actions, medical and legal malpractice, product liability, and personal injury. He earned his B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1958 and his J.D. with honors in 1959, where he received the Honorary Order of the Coif Award and served as an Associate Editor of Texas Law Review. He has practiced in McAllen and the Rio Grande Valley since being admitted to the Texas bar in 1959.
Gary is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has been named a Texas Super Lawyer numerous times since 2003 and received the Hidalgo County Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Education:
- The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 1959
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1958
Honors & Awards:
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Hidalgo County Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award
- Texas Super Lawyer, Thompson Reuters, 2003-present
- Honorary Order of the Coif
Professional & Community Involvement:
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Member, International Association of Defense Counsel; American Counsel Association; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers; Member and former Vice President of Texas Association of Defense Counsel; Past President of the Hidalgo County Bar Association and recipient of the Hidalgo County Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Was named a Texas Super Lawyer numerous times since 2003; Former Director, State Bar of Texas; Former member, State Bar of Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals; Former Member of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law Dean’s Roundtable; Member, Former Director and Vice-President of Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism.
