William Hawley Atwell (June 9, 1869 – December 22, 1961), frequently known as W. H. Atwell, was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
William Hawley Atwell
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Born 1869 in Sparta, WI
Died 1961
FJC ID: 70
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 3/year
Texas Northern District Court · 1923–1961
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas1891–1898, 1913–1924
U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas1898–1913
Appointments
1923–1961 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1891- Southwestern UniversityA.B., B.S. · 1889
- Southwestern UniversityB.S. · 1889