AT&T Names David McAtee II To Lead Global Litigation Efforts

by Mark Curriden, Senior Legal Affairs Writer David McAtee Sr. was preparing to argue a landmark case before the Texas Supreme Court in 1993. His client, Walmart, had been hit with a big jury verdict for gross negligence after a customer had been seriously injured when she tripped over an uneven sidewalk outside a South Texas store. At dinner, McAtee explained the case to his son, who was then a second-year law student at the University of Texas. “David immediately put his finger on the critical issue and he told me that the Supreme Court is going to want to…