Education
J.D., Yale University, 1982
B.A., Washington and Lee University, 1979

Recognized for his publications addressing the intersection of law and literature, Professor Atkinson is one of the country's leading scholars on legal professionalism, a noted scholar on the law of nonprofit organizations and on the relationship between business ethics and legal ethics.

He teaches Property, Professional Responsibility, Legal Ethics, and Law and Literature, and has also taught Taxation of Nonprofit Organizations. Recipient of the 2001 Professionalism Award from the Florida Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism, Professor Atkinson served as a Visiting Professor at Cornell Law School in Spring 2002. Before entering law teaching, Professor Atkinson was associated with the firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan in Washington, D.C., and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.