The confirmation arrived just before Thanksgiving 2010: Gregory Coleman, a former Texas solicitor general who’d become a name partner at Houston-based Yetter Coleman, had died in a plane crash along with two family members.
Coleman had arrived at the firm only three years earlier and had built a very solid appellate and U.S. Supreme Court practice. His loss came as a tremendous personal and professional blow. “Obviously, you don’t replace a star litigator and a good friend — ever, really,” said name partner R. Paul Yetter. “It’s been a year of transition and renewed growth, but we were lucky to have a very deep bench that Greg helped build.”
