HOUSTON – January 30, 2020 – Coats Rose, P.C., a transactional and litigation law firm focused on development, announces the promotions of two lawyers to director, S. Shannon Davis Hunter and F. Christopher Wootten, from the firm’s Houston and New Orleans office, respectively.
January 2, 2020 – HOUSTON – Amy P. Verhulst, Director of Marketing, Business Development and Communications at Coats Rose, has been elected to serve as the 2020 President of the Legal Marketing Association Southwest (LMASW) Region. Verhulst will preside over a 10-member Board of Directors for the region, which includes over 375 members across seven states including: Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah, with Local groups located in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston, New Orleans/Baton Rouge, and Phoenix.
HOUSTON – Dec. 26, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C., a leading business transaction and litigation law firm, is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Haecker Ryan* was selected to the 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers® list in the area of Class Action/Mass Torts.
AUSTIN – December 9, 2019 – Effective today, our Austin office has moved to a new location. All correspondence should be addressed to the new address: Terrace 2, 2700 Via Fortuna, Suite 350, Austin, Texas 78746. Directions to the office and to visitor parking for the building are included below:
DIRECTIONS TO THE AUSTIN OFFICE
Traveling Southbound on MoPac (Loop 1):
Exit Capital of Texas Highway 360 North
Stay in left lane on frontage road and take MoPac (North Loop 1) turn-around before intersection/stoplight at 360
After turn-around, travel north on frontage road and move over quickly to right lane
Turn right at Tuscan Terrace, which is the first entrance into The Terrace Complex
Make a left turn onto Via Fortuna
Make your second left turn into the Terrace 2 parking lot/garage
Coats Rose is located in the Terrace 2 Building, Suite 350
Traveling Northbound on MoPac (Loop 1):
Exit Capital of Texas Highway 360
Proceed through stop light at 360 and move to farthest right lane of frontage road
Turn right at Tuscan Terrace, which is the first entrance into The Terrace
Turn right at Tuscan Terrace, which is the first entrance into The Terrace Complex
Make a left turn onto Via Fortuna
Make your second left turn into the Terrace 2 parking lot/garage
Coats Rose is located in the Terrace 2 Building, Suite 350
Traveling Eastbound on Capital of Texas Highway 360 from Barton Creek Mall:
At stoplight on far side of MoPac (Loop 1), turn left onto frontage road
Travel north on MoPac frontage road and move over quickly to right lane
Turn right at Tuscan Terrace, which is the first entrance into The Terrace Complex
Make a left turn onto Via Fortuna
Make your second left turn into the Terrace 2 parking lot/garage
Coats Rose is located in the Terrace 2 Building, Suite 350
Traveling Westbound on Capital of Texas Highway 360 from US 290/Ben White Blvd:
Turn right onto MoPac (Loop 1) northbound frontage road and stay in right lane.
December 6, 2019 – HOUSTON – Coats Rose of counsel Keith Short was honored by the Houston Achievement Place (HAP) as the 2019 Pathlighter Award Honoree in recognition for his generosity and service in leadership to the Houston community.
HOUSTON – December 4, 2019 – Coats Rose attorneys and staff fulfilled wish lists of Houston-area children in need this year by donating toys, bikes, clothes and books for the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation’s (HYLF) annual Adopt an Angel program.
HOUSTON – NOVEMBER 26, 2019 – Coats Rose attorney Tim Green represented the developer in the creation of a 107-acre public improvement district (“PID”) in Tomball, Texas. The PID was created for the purpose of financing public infrastructure to a serve single-family residential development.
HOUSTON – November 13, 2019 – Coats Rose Affordable Housing and Community Development attorneys represented the Housing Authority of the City of Texarkana, Texas (“HATT”) as 
partnership and bond counsel on the closing of a transaction which will revitalize and redevelop the historic Hotel Grim in downtown Texarkana, Texas.
HOUSTON – Nov. 1, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C., a business transaction and litigation law firm headquartered in Houston, has been recognized in the 2020 “Best Law Firms” survey by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® for national and metropolitan rankings across its offices in Houston, Cincinnati, San Antonio, Austin, and New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS – October 28, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C., a leading business transaction and litigation law firm, is pleased to announce that Bryanna C. Frazier has been elected to serve as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section – Affordable Housing and Vice Chair of the ABA Young Lawyers Division – Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Committee for the 2019-2020 term.
HOUSTON – September 3, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C., a leading business transaction and litigation law firm, is pleased to announce that six attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2019 Texas Super Lawyers© list.
NEW ORLEANS – August 30, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C., a leading business transaction and litigation law firm, is pleased to announce that Elizabeth Haecker Ryan has been elected to serve as Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commercial Transportation Litigation General Committee, for the 2019-2020 term.
Coats Rose Austin attorneys recently hosted a Commercial Real Estate Super Round Table luncheon for commercial brokers, builders and developers. The Super Round 
Table was attended by invitation only by over 15 key top real estate professionals in the greater Austin area.
Houston – August 15, 2019 – Best Lawyers, published by Woodward/White, Inc., has named two Coats Rose, P.C. lawyers to its 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” report. Director Alysse E. Hollis was named a 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Cincinnati in the area of public finance law, and Director Rick Reed was named a 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in San Antonio in the area of construction law.
HOUSTON – Aug. 15, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C., a transaction and litigation law firm focused on development, is pleased to announce that 14 lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2020 The Best Lawyers in America© list published by Woodward White Inc.
AUSTIN – July 17, 2019 – Coats Rose is pleased to have Barry J. Palmer, Mattye Gouldsby Jones, and Bill Walter speak at the 2019 Texas Housing Conference hosted by the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Provides (“TAAHP”) at the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, Texas July 22-24, 2018.
HOUSTON – July 1, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C. announces the addition of six attorneys to the firm’s Houston, Dallas, New Orleans and Austin offices as the firm expanded its affordable housing and community development, public finance, real estate and construction practices.
HOUSTON – June 27, 2019 – Barry S. Rabon and Richard S. Fulton were honored by the Texas Bar Foundation earlier this year as they each were elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation.
HOUSTON – June 18, 2019 – Coats Rose Affordable Housing and Community Development attorneys represented the Housing Authority of the City of Texarkana, Texas (“HATT”) as partnership and bond counsel on the closing of a transaction that is the largest combination of Revitalization, RAD, and LIHTC in the region to date.
AUSTIN – June 17, 2019 – Coats Rose attorneys continued their successful track record in passing legislation on behalf of Texas real estate owners/developers during the 86th Texas Legislative Session. Our attorneys’ work resulted in the passing of 21 “local bills,” creating 21 new conservation and reclamations districts, encompassing approximately 10,000 acres in the greater Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and El Paso metropolitan areas.
