August 1, 2019 – In his New York Times bestseller “Evicted” Matthew Desmond, a Pulitzer Prize winner, chronicles the link between poverty in middle America and its correlation to evictions. Desmond walks the reader through the lives of low-income families across America who have suffered through the eviction process.
July 15, 2019 – In Texas, water law generally applies to either groundwater or surface water rights. Surface water is defined in the Texas Water Code Section 11.021 as “water under ordinary flow, underflow and tides of every flowing river, natural stream, lake, bay, arm of the Gulf of Mexico, and stormwater, floodwater or rain water of every river, natural stream, canyon, ravine, depression, and watershed in the state.” Diffused surface water is water on the surface of one’s land that has not yet entered a ‘watercourse’ and that instead is owned by the owner of the land over which it flows.
AUSTIN – May 1, 2019 – Coats Rose, P.C, a leading transactional and litigation law firm, has expanded its real estate practice in Austin with the addition of Racy L. Haddad, director.
Haddad is a director in the real estate practice in the firm’s Austin office.
HOUSTON – November 5, 2018 – Coats Rose, P.C. announces the addition of two attorneys to the firm’s Dallas office. Paige Mebane joins Coats Rose’s affordable housing and community development practice and Mary Cassandra “Cassie” Evans joins the real estate practice.
Coats Rose attorneys continued their successful track record in passing legislation on behalf of Texas real estate developers during the 85th Texas Legislative Session. Our attorneys’ work resulted in the passage of 16 local bills as well as a general law bill clarified certain Texas Water Code provisions.
Stephanie Lucas Harrison presented “Love Thy Neighbor: Negotiating Co-Tenancy Provisions in an Evolving Retail Landscape,” at the 29th Annual Spring Symposia for the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust & Estate Law CLE Programs on April 21, 2017. The presentation considered how co-tendancy lease provisions are evolving as retail developments are changing.
HOUSTON, TX – August 15, 2016: Coats Rose is pleased to announce that 11 attorneys in the firm have been selected by their peers for inclusion in 2017 The Best Lawyers in America© list published by Woodward White, Inc. The firm received Top Listed State and Metro awards for our Construction Law practice, in Texas and in Houston respectively.
Coats Rose attorneys are representing the City of Sugar Land in the drafting and negotiation of the procurement contracts for design and construction of a $75 million dollar performing arts venue.
The City used a two-step Construction Manager At Risk delivery method for the project.
November 11, 2013 Dallas, TX: Coats Rose lawyers closed one of the first Texas municipal bond financings secured solely by “assessments” collected through a Public Improvement District (PID). The bond proceeds were used by the City of Lavon, Texas, near Dallas, to reimburse the developer of the Grand Heritage master planned community for water, sewer, drainage and road improvements serving Grand Heritage.
