Gary Gurwitz, the managing partner of Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, has over 40 years of litigation experience representing corporations, banks, insurance companies, medical professionals, and individuals in cases involving a wide variety of legal issues, including, commercial and business law, trusts, class actions, toxic tort, medical and legal malpractice, product liability, and personal injury.

Born in San Antonio and raised in Three Rivers, Texas. Attended the University of Texas at Austin and received B.B.A. in 1958; JD, with honors, from the University of Texas Law School in 1959; an Associate Editor of Texas Law Review. Admitted to the Texas bar in 1959 and practiced in McAllen since that time. Managing Partner of the Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez law firm with offices in McAllen, Brownsville, Austin and Uvalde.

UT Affiliations: Member of the Littlefield Society; The President’s Associates; the Executive Committee of the Chancellor’s Council; former member of the Texas Foundation; Longhorn Foundation; former member of the University of Texas School of Law Dean’s Council; past Director of the University of Texas School of Law Alumni Association; and former District Director for the University of Texas Ex-Student’s Association Council. Received the Honorary Order of the Coif Award from the University of Texas School of Law; member of the University of Texas at Austin Development Board.

Professional Associations: 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. Been named a Texas Super Lawyer since 2003 as awarded by Thompson Reuters and published by Super Lawyers/Texas Monthly Magazine; Former Director, State Bar of Texas; Former member, State Bar of Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals.

Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez, LLP

The foundation of our law firm is simple: we hire good people with superb legal skills, who will put those skills to work for our clients. It is from that foundation that the firm has become a leading full-service law firm in South Texas. The firm has an established reputation for professionalism, public service, and a diverse, growing, and energetic practice.

Our attorneys handle litigation and business transactions in the Rio Grande Valley, and in other parts of Texas. The geographical focus of our practice is roughly the area south of a line from Laredo to San Antonio to Corpus Christi. The firm represents individuals, estates, trusts, large and small corporations, banks, realtors, title insurance companies, developers, contractors, insurers, foundations, nonprofit organizations, English and Spanish language radio and television stations, newspapers and governmental entities, including cities, counties, public utility districts and school districts.

Most of the firm’s lawyers either were born and raised in South Texas or have been practicing law here for at least a dozen years. So whether you or your business calls South Texas home or whether you see our area of Texas as an unfamiliar, remote outpost, you can have confidence that we are uniquely positioned to advise you on the right legal course of action for your lawsuit or business transaction in South Texas.