John Coselli served as the presiding Judge of the 125th Civil District Court of the State of Texas and as an assigned State District and County Court Judge for ten years. Prior to taking the Bench he was in private practice with the law firm of Carl, Lee & Coselli (formerly Carl, Lee, Fisher & Coselli) from 1977 until appointed to the Court in 1999.

John Coselli now mediates, arbitrates, serves as an appraisal umpire, is a litigation consultant, and continues to sit by assignment as a District and County Court Judge. From 1977 through 1999 John Coselli’s experience included general civil litigation and transactional legal work, legal negotiation, mediation, arbitration, insurance umpire work, and case facilitation and evaluation. As a mediator he has mediated over 1,500 cases involving the resolution of over a billion dollars in collective controversy. Those cases have included state and federal court business, commercial and construction litigation; personal injury; labor and employment; insurance; condemnation; environmental; product liability; intellectual property; professional malpractice; probate; oil and gas; worker’s compensation; deceptive trade practice; banking; fraud; bankruptcy; family; class actions; and appellate disputes, among others. As an arbitrator and umpire, he has presided over approximately 100 cases resolving millions of dollars in disputes in business, contract, construction, employment, appraisal, insurance and personal injury cases. As a Special Master, he has been Court appointed to help the litigants resolve discovery disputes. As a State Civil District Court Judge, John Coselli has tried many complex cases.