Recognized as one of the top appellate lawyers in Texas, David Coale approaches law in a practical way with a respect for tradition. His diverse experience ranges from helping to win the largest verdict in Dallas County history, to defending a payphone operator before a Tarrant County Justice of the Peace. He’s also the only known Texas appellate lawyer who has been fictionalized in a romance-novel series as the lawyer for an outlaw motorcycle gang.
He has recently won the dismissal of a major securities-fraud case, the reversal of a “bet the business” judgment in a battle between railroads, and substantial affirmance of a large judgment in an oil-and-gas dispute from West Texas.
David is a frequent commentator on local TV, print, and radio about legal issues, and has a podcast called “Coale Mind” about contemporary Constitutional questions. He also publishes 600camp.com, a popular blog about commercial disputes before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 600commerce.com, a similar blog about the Dallas Court of Appeals, and 600hemphill.com, which focuses on the Supreme Court of Texas.
Honors & Awards:
- Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers, 2021
- Senior Fellow, Litigation Council of America, 2020
- Named “Best Lawyers in America” (appellate and commercial litigation) by Best Lawyers, 2012-2021
- Selected as “Texas Super Lawyer,” by Super Lawyers, 2003-2019 (Top 100 in DFW, 2014-2019 and Top 100 in Texas, 2015, 2017, 2019)
- Recognized as “Best Lawyers” (appellate and commercial litigation) by D Magazine in 2008-2011, 2014-2020
- Received the “Texas Trailblazers” award by Texas Lawyer, 2019
- Profiled as a “Defender,” one of 15 leading defense lawyers, by the Dallas Business Journal, 2009
Last updated Sep 2020
