Andrew M. CoatsAttorney
Andrew Coats is a director at Crowe & Dunlevy’s Oklahoma City office. He also serves as Dean Emeritus and professor of law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, in addition to Director Emeritus of the university’s Law Center.
An expert in litigation and trial, product liability and white collar crime laws, Andrew’s legal career is highlighted by successfully arguing before the Supreme Court for the Universities of Oklahoma and Georgia in their landmark case against the National Collegiate Athletic Association which broke the college football TV monopoly. His past positions also include serving as Mayor of Oklahoma City and District Attorney for Oklahoma County.
Coats is active in many professional organizations and is currently a member of the Oklahoma Board of Directors for IBC Bank. He has also served as president of Crowe & Dunlevy, the Oklahoma Bar Association and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
- Named the “Outstanding Lawyer in Oklahoma” in 1977
- Fellow and past president of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Oklahoma Fellow of the American Bar Association
- Trustee to the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, Dean (1996 - 2010)
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mayor
- Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, District Attorney
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
B.A., 1957
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Norman, OK
J.D., 1963
Honors:
Order of the Coif
Outstanding Law Graduate
- Oklahoma Young Lawyers Conference, Chairman (1968 - 1969)
- Oklahoma County Bar Association, President (1975 - 1976)
- Oklahoma Bar Association President (1992 - 1993)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Charter Oklahoma President
- American College of Trial Lawyers, President, (1996 - 1997
- Anglo/American Legal Exchange (1999 - 2000)
- United States Supreme Court Historical Society, Trustee (1995 - Present)
- American College of Trial Lawyers, National President, 1992
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow and Past National President
- Oklahoma Board of Directors of the International Bank of Commerce
- Inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame
- Named the "Outstanding Lawyer in Oklahoma", 1977
- List in Best Lawyers in Antitrust Law, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Municipal, Litigation – Real Estate, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs (1983 - Present)
- Oklahoma Board of Directors for IBC Bank
