About Christopher L.
Christopher L. Coats studied philosophy as an undergraduate before turning to law. He earned a B.S. in 2006 from DePauw University, where he majored in philosophy. He then attended Texas A&M School of Law (formerly Texas Wesleyan School of Law), completing his J.D. in 2010. Those years of study combined a liberal arts background with formal legal training.
While still in law school, Coats took on internships that exposed him to both regulatory and appellate work. In 2009 he was a student intern at the Federal Trade Commission, and he also served a term at the Second Court of Appeals in Fort Worth. Those placements gave him exposure to administrative processes and to the routines of an appellate court.
After law school he moved into private practice. In 2010 he worked as an associate at The Moore Law Office. The following year he began practicing at The Law Offices of Coats & Todd. His early career path shows experience in small-firm practice and in roles where casework and client contact are central.
Coats is licensed to practice in Texas and is admitted to appear before federal courts in the region. He holds membership in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Those admissions expand the venues in which he can represent clients and reflect a practice that spans state and federal matters.
Colleagues and records show a steady progression from internships to associate work to handling matters under his firm’s name. That trajectory suggests familiarity with litigation procedures and court filings, as well as with the administrative side of representing clients in both regulatory and judicial settings. He has continued to build that practice in the years since his early roles.
Today Christopher L. Coats practices at The Law Offices of Coats & Todd. He works on matters arising in Texas state courts and in federal courts where he is admitted, maintaining a practice concentrated on state and federal court matters in Texas.
