Robert C. Coates

Background

About Robert C. Coates

Judge Robert C. Coates is a longtime leader in San Diego's legal comunity, and in the community at large. After a career as a Trial Lawyer starting in 1971, Coates became a Judge in 1982, and served until formal retirement in January 2011.when he resumed his Law Practice. He has presided over years of Jury Trials, hundreds of Settlement Conferences, and served in all of the Divisions of the San Diego Superior Court, excepting only probate. Judge Coates is also active in the greater San Diego community. He continues to participate in the local Eagle Scouts. He is a member of the Mission Valley Rotary Club, where he chairs the committee on Understanding Climate Change. One of his greatest causes is the eradication of homelessness in San Diego, with a special focus on homeless women. He has written extensively on the subject and serves as Chair of the Homeless Women's Task Force, as well as being involved with other charitable organizations in San Diego focused on this issue. Specialties: As an attorney, Judge Coates' practice spanned criminal up to and including murder, civil cases involving both State and Federal Courts, and environmental and mining, injury and mental health law. His present firm feaures lawyers: civil litigators and out-of-court transactional attorneys: A team.