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May 8, 2018

Keep Them Talking

San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Tana Coates wants lawyers in probate court to communicate.

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Keep Them Talking

Tana L. Coates

San Luis Obispo County (San Luis Obispo)

Career Highlights: Appointed to the San Luis Obispo Superior Court bench by Gov. Jerry Brown, May 22, 2017; partner, Coates & Coates LLP, San Luis Obispo, 2009-17; partner, James R. Murphy, Jr. and Tana L. Coates ALC, Arroyo Grande, 2005-09; associate, James R. Murphy, Jr. ALC, Arroyo Grande, 1991-05

Law School: University of Houston Law Center, 1991
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SAN LUIS OBISPO — Judge Tana Coates might be a new civil judge, but she’s already firm on what she expects: lots of dialogue before trial.

She’s penned a four-page case management order outlining everything she’d like to see completed — or at least attempted — including informal discovery conferences.

If there’s no agreement on a binding discovery order, Coates said she encourages infor... (continued)

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