Margarita Coale is a sole practitioner in Dallas, focused exclusively on the representation of authors, and romance writers in particular (with some podcast and gaming clients and children's authors for a little variety). A love of romance novels is one of the few constants in her well-traveled, adventurous life. Born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, she attended law school at the University of Texas (got a couple of other degrees along the way), worked for several years at the white-shoe New York firm representing Enron in its epic bankruptcy filing, and then taught procedure and international law at the Texas Wesleyan School of Law in Fort Worth.

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Her current practice grew out of her business-law work and has expanded to include writers worldwide on a host of commercial and intellectual property issues. Margarita has helped many authors successfully negotiate agreements for the reversion of rights.  Her practice includes advising client of their intellectual property rights, the creation of literary trusts and  the legal day to day operations in the business of being an author. 

“Mom” to four children (and wife to one more), she also leads the elementary school parent-teacher group and coordinates volunteers for the junior high and high school. She can often be heard speaking to her clients about their universes, in hopes of mystical babies and plans to climb a Colorado mountain in 2020.