"Thank you so much for everything you've done. I know it's your job, but I know that with all people within a profession, there are those who just do what they have to in order to get paid and to get by. You, on the other hand, are very good at your job and I was very lucky that your firm was the first firm that I called."
C.R., Indian Head, Maryland
Success on appeal requires a unique skill set. At trial, a lawyer may spend days (or weeks) explaining a divorce, custody case, property division or other family matter to the judge or a jury.
In an appeal, however, an effective appellate lawyer must be adept at constructing persuasive legal arguments in a written brief submitted to the appellate court. During oral argument before the Texas Courts of Appeal or the Texas Supreme Court, a successful appellate lawyer also must be able to focus the issues, think on his or her feet and answer the judges' questions in a limited amount of time.
In addition to being an experienced trial lawyer, Sonya Coffman is a skilled legal writer and oral advocate. She has argued appeals in state and federal appellate courts in Texas and across the United States. Sonya Coffman stands ready to provide a wide range of post-trial and appellate services in family matters, including:
• Briefing and arguing emergency mandamus petitions to Texas Courts of Appeal regarding significant rulings by a trial court in divorce, custody, property division or other family matters.
• Briefing and arguing motions for new trial and other post-trial motions in divorce, custody, property division and other family matters.
• Briefing and arguing appeals in divorce, custody, property and other family matters in the Texas Courts of Appeal and the Texas Supreme Court.
• Preparing and arguing amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs in support of appeals filed by others.
If you have a "bet the farm" family matter on appeal — whether you need to protect a trial court ruling in your favor or reverse a trial court ruling against you — trust your appeal to Sonya Coffman. Because ... family matters.
Sonya B. Coffman
First City Building
505 Orleans St., Suite 505
Beaumont, Texas 77701
Telephone: (409) 833-7700
Fax: (866) 835-8250
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Sonya Coffman represents clients from all over the world and throughout Texas, including Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Liberty, Winnie, Anahuac, Jefferson County, Orange County, Hardin County, Liberty County and Chambers County.