Robert
W.
Coleman
Of Counsel
214.698.8048
Dallas
Robert W. Coleman is Of Counsel in the Dallas office. Bob has more than 39 years of experience as a trial lawyer handling primarily complex commercial and business tort litigation. He has handled a wide range of cases at all levels of both state and federal courts, including professional liability, securities, real estate, partnerships, commercial transactions, deceptive trade practices, construction projects, wrongful discharge, “golden parachutes,” personal injury, and federal false claims.
Over the last 23 years, a significant portion of Bob’s practice has included the defense of accountants in multimillion-dollar claims. His work in this area has comprised liability claims involving allegations of negligence, negligent misrepresentations, breach of fiduciary duty, violations of state and federal securities laws, common law fraud, violations of deceptive trade practices statutes, and other business torts.
Bob has also represented individual accountants and firms in connection with administrative proceedings and investigations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, grand juries, the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, and various committees of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). In 1996, his victory in a two-week, state court accountant liability trial was selected by the National Law Journal as one of the 15 most important defense verdicts in the United States.
Admissions
Texas
Georgia
U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
Education
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1968,
with honors
Abilene Christian College, B.A.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association (Litigation Section – Professional Liability Committee; Dispute Resolution Section)
American Judicature Society
State Bar of Texas (Litigation Section – Business Tort Committee)
Dallas Bar Association (Litigation Section)
Dallas Bar Foundation
Publications
Co-author, Accountant Liability, Texas Bar CLE, seminar paper, August 2004
"Supreme Relief: Texas High Court Announces New Statute of Limitations Rule for Accountants,"
Today's CPA, July/August 1998