User details
ID 773202808 Email address djefferson@coatsrose.com
Status ResoluteOnly
First name Dwight Last name Jefferson
Full name Hon. Dwight E. Jefferson
Gender Male
Pdf https://www.nadn.org/resolute/PDF/773202808.PDF
Photo resolute/photos/Dwight-Jefferson.JPG
Contact information
Corporation Coats Rose
Address 1 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000
City Houston
ZIP Code 77046
State Texas
Phone (713)653-7378 Fax (713)651-0220
Cell public? Yes
Promote video conferencing? No
CC name   CC email  
Formal Qualifications & Memberships
Judge? Yes
ADR services 1,2,9
Education
  • J.D., 1983, University of Texas School of Law
  • B.A., Government, 1978, University of Texas
  • Certified International Arbitrator, 2006, A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center, University of
    Houston Law Center
Memberships
  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Committee, Past Member
  • Houston Bar Association
  • American Arbitration Association (Commercial, Employment, Construction, Complex Litigation, Mass Torts, Class Action Panelist)
  • National Arbitration Forum (Neutral)
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Board of Directors, Chair Finance / Audit Committee (2010-2015)
  • American Diabetes Association (Houston Chapter Board of Directors and Past Chairman)
Biography

Judge Jefferson is Of Counsel with Coats Rose and a retired State District Judge (215th District Court of Harris County, Texas). He has over 30 years of litigation experience, beginning as an in-house counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. He has been a certified mediator since 1997, and an American Arbitration Association approved arbitrator since 2006. The Judge currently holds an AV Peer Review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. This is his second tenure with Coats Rose, having been a litigation associate and Director from 1988, until his appointment to the bench by then Governor George W. Bush in 1995.

The Judge has represented clients in the litigation of personal injury, commercial, class action, environmental, employment and election cases. He has also served as an expert witness in state and federal courts on judicial issues, reasonableness of verdicts, and attorney fees in personal injury, commercial, construction, insurance and mass tort cases.

The Judge has served as Ad Litem and Special Master, in Harris County State Courts, and as an arbitrator on cases involving employment discrimination, construction disputes, commercial contracts, noncompete agreements, class actions, asbestos settlement trust, and municipal annexation. He has also mediated hundreds of cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice, construction, environmental, employment discrimination and breach of contracts, and the Judge has extensive experience as a Property Damage Umpire, having presided over hundreds of wind damage appraisal disputes.

The Judge’s experience in Transportation, Public Finance and Governmental Affairs arises from his appointment by the Mayor of Houston to the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) Board of Directors and his supervision as Chair of the Finance/Audit Committee of over $900 million METRO bond issues over his five-year tenure and management of METRO’s annual Contractual Obligation bonds for bus purchases of $50-100 million annually.

The Judge also served as a member of former Mayor Annise Parker’s transition team on the Committee that conducted interviews and recommended appointment of the Presiding Judge of the City of Houston Municipal Courts. 

ADR Practice & Case Experience
Additional languages 1
Practice started 0
Dispute areas 14,15,18,20,95,28,32,37,50,61,72,85
Calendar Settings
Private calendar purchased No
Calendar preference Enabled Calendar display type 5 day
Calendar last update time Never
Booking
Whole days Disabled Multiple mediations Disabled Ask Client to Select ADR Service? Disabled
Time zone Central
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? Disabled Auto hold type On Hold Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? Disabled
Notes mandatory? Yes
Additional attendees No
GoogleMaps
Map enabled No Streetview enabled No
Latitude 29.732173
Longitude -95.4344614
Rating  
GoogleMaps accuracy ROOFTOP
Time zone America/Chicago