Richard L. Coffman practices in the following areas of law: Complex Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Civil RICO; Securities Litigation; False Claims Act; Agricultural Tort Claims; Intellectual Property Litigation; Class Actions; Deceptive Trade Practices; Consumer Litigation; Civil Appeals; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Unfair Competition; Crop Damage; Qui Tam Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Tax Litigation; Appellate Practice; Agricultural Law; Breach of Contract; Business Litigation; ERISA; Securities Fraud; Patent Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Intellectual Property; Trademark Litigation; Trade Secrets Admitted: 1989, Texas and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court Law School: University of Texas at Austin, J.D., 1989 College: Texas Lutheran University, B.A., highest honors, 1978; University of Texas at Austin, M.P.A., with honors, 1980 Member: State Bar of Texas; Bar Association for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Federal Circuit Bar Association; U.S. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association; Jefferson County Bar Association; American Association for Justice; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Owners Association; Christian Trial Lawyers Association. Biography: Member, Review of Litigation, University of Texas School of Law, 1987-1988. Certified Public Accountant, Texas, 1982. Author: "A Civil RICO Primer, Part 1," Business Torts Section Newsletter, ATLA, with Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr. and G. Robert Blakey, Winter 2006; "The Abuse of Rule 11 and Forum Non Conveniens: Fast Effective Relief for Federal Docket Congestion?" 7 Rev. of Litig. 311, with Sonya Scates, 1988; "Construction Period Interest For IDBs," 16 The Tax Adviser 295, with Lorin D. Luchs, 1985. Adjunct Faculty: University of Washington School of Business, 1979-1980; University of Texas School of Business, 1985-1986. Born: Hillsboro, Texas, September 9, 1955 |
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