Margarita Coale's practice focuses on a broad range of bankruptcy issues. Before joining Miller, Egan, Molter & Nelson LLP, Ms. Coale was an associate professor at the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, where she taught civil procedure, international business transactions, and alternative dispute resolution. Previously, she practiced with the Dallas office of Weil, Gotshal, & Manges, L.L.P., where she had major responsibility for the international (English, Dutch, Cayman Islands, and Peruvian) and claims handling aspects of the landmark bankruptcy case of In re Enron Corp. She had significant involvement in other large corporate bankruptcies, including those of a major toy manufacturer, paging service, and chemical treatment company, as well as work for a major asset purchaser in In re Trans World Airways. She also taught courses about international law at the Universidad de Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She began her legal career as a law clerk for Chief Judge Jerry Buchmeyer of the U.S. Northern District of Texas. Ms. Coale is fluent in Spanish, her native language, and maintains significant personal and professional relationships in Mexico.

Education

• University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 1999; Articles Editor, Texas International Law Journal)
• University of Texas at Austin (M.A., 1995, Latin American Studies)
• Universidad de Monterrey (Licenciada, 1990; Valedictorian, recognized by the President of Mexico as one of the nation’s outstanding college students)

Awards

• Texas Super Lawyers (Rising Stars Edition), Law & Politics Magazine (Published in Texas Monthly) (2004-07)
• Leadership University Park, 2006

Publications and Presentations

• Conference presentation on historic racial classification in Latin American slavery, University of Gloucester, U.K., 2006.
• Presentation on developments in international arbitration, Dallas Bar Association Friday clinic series, 2006.
• Restricting Parallel Litigation in Federal Court,” 7 COMM. & BUS. LITIG. 5 (Fall 2005).
• “Stabilization Clauses in International Petroleum Transactions,” 30 DENVER J. INT’L L. & POLICY 217 (2002).
• “Stay, Dismiss, Enjoin, or Abstain? A Survey of Foreign Parallel Litigation in the Federal Courts of the United States,” 17 BOSTON UNIV. INT’L L.J. 79 (1999).
• “Recent Changes to Mexican Arbitration Law: Is Constitutionality Achievable?,” 36 TEX. INT'L L.J. 562 (1995).
• “Torts and Divorce: A Comparison of Texas and the Mexican Federal District,” 17 CONN. J. INT'L L. 1014 (1995).