the TOP
ATTORNEYS
in TEXAS
A MOST
APPEALING
LAWYER
Greg Coleman gets
decisions overturned
at the highest levels
PHO TOGRAPHY BY CRAIG WASHBURN
In 2010, we profiled a star of Texas law named Greg Coleman. Soon after
publication, Coleman passed away, and like many, we were saddened to
hear the news. By 46, Coleman, of Yetter Coleman, had accomplished
more than most lawyers his age. He was the first solicitor general of Texas
from 1999 to 2001. He built a 12-person office from scratch, instituted
programs to upgrade and standardize the quality of the legal team, and
represented the state in such matters as the multistate tobacco litigation
and the Hopwood affirmative action case against UT law school. And in
2009, he successfully argued two high-profile civil rights cases before
the U.S. Supreme Court, Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No.
1 v. Holder and Ricci v. DeStefano. Coleman had important cases still in
progress as well. In October 2010, Greg argued Skinner v. Switzer before
the U.S. Supreme Court. “A decision on that case—considering whether a
convicted prisoner who wishes to sue a state to obtain access to evidence
for DNA testing must file a habeas petition or can do so via a civil rights
lawsuit—will come down soon,” says friend and partner Paul Yetter.
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