Lawyer Christopher Coats - Plano, TX Attorney

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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
TX	Eligible To Practice In Texas	2010	09/28/2020

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Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date granted
Law Review Staff Member	Texas Wesleyan Law Review	2010
Annual Health Law Student Award	American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics	2009

Work Experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Fort Worth SSDI Attorney	Coats & Todd	2011 - Present
Associate Attorney	The Moore Law Firm, PLLC	2010 - 2011

Associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
Federal Bar Association	Member	2018 - Present
State Bar of Texas	Member	2010 - Present

Education

School name	Degree	Graduated
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law	JD - Juris Doctor	2010
DePauw University	BS - Bachelor of Science	2006

Legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Jackson v. Colvin, 240 F. Supp. 3d 593	The court remanded because there was insufficient evidence that the ALJ considered the higher age category
Raper v. Colvin, 262 F. Supp. 3d 415	The court remanded for further review given the discrepancies in Commissioner's final determination.
Orosco v. Commissioner of Social Security, 171 F. Supp. 3d 539	The case was remanded because a defective hypothetical question does not require a showing a prejudice.
Martin v. Colvin, 165 F. Supp. 3d 506	The case was remanded because the ALJ's misplaced demand for empirical, objective evidence to support a mental impairment.
Davidson v. Colvin, 164 F. Supp. 3d 926	The court remanded for further review of the treating physicians' opinions even though they addressed a different time period.