Judge Jeffrey Coen

I still miss his wit and his intellect. So wish he were her to hear his perspective on how things are now. Impossible to imagine what has changed in these years.
May God comfort you as you continue forth until you are reunited again.

Jeff's goodness and sense of fairness remain in short supply and are dearly missed.

He was a great man who loved what he did for a living.
May God continue to bless your family

I feel a personal sense of loss in learning of the passing of Judge Coen. He modeled judicial temperament via his patience, compassion and intellect. In one of the many conversations that I had with him, I asked him how his health issues affected him? He told me that it made him grateful for every single day of life. He demonstrated that gratitude by giving generously of his time to the pro bono clinic and to lawyers, like me, who had an endless well of questions.

Scott E. Kurth

Jeffrey will be missed. Even in the early 80's, Jeff had such rare compassion and knew the meaning of friendship. I am the better for having been his friend. Roy DeLay

Thoughts and prayers of comfort to Janet and family as we mourn the loss of our beloved colleague, dear friend, and eminent legal scholar. Godspeed my friend until we meet again.

Jeff was a gentleman, and a thoughtful and compassionate scholar of the law. He will be missed by the many persons that his life touched.

RIP my friend & colleague. I will miss you. May your family find comfort knowing how respected and liked you were.

I first met Judge (Jeff) Coen in 2011 when he ran for Court of Appeals in Dallas and I conducted the forum for that race (which had 5 candidates).

Typically once the election is over, you usually never hear from either the winner or the losers.

However, Jeff was no ordinary human being. We continued to stay in touch. I learnt a lot about Family Law from him, knowledge that he shared without any reservation or expectation of compensation.

Over the last 3 years, I received...