Rick Cofer

Travis County Private Defense Attorney; DNC operative; Local Democratic Party Leader

From Lawyer Monthly Profile: Rick Cofer is among the most recognized criminal defense attorneys in the United States. He is a partner with Cofer & Connelly Law Firm based in Austin, Texas. Mr. Cofer has served as both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. He has tried more than 100 cases to a judge or jury, and has thousands of hours of courtroom experience. He worked for President Obama’s 2008 campaign, served on the Democratic National Committee, and, most recently, served on President Biden’s National Finance Committee. Mr. Cofer serves as the longtime treasurer of the Criminal Law Section of the Austin Bar Association. He is a Fellow and Board Member of the Austin Bar Foundation. Additionally, he is an active member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Federal Bar Association, and National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Cofer & Connelly PLLC Law firm based in Austin, Texas

• Managing Partner (Mar 23 '20→?)

Board Memberships

Capital Area Progressive Democrats Austin Texas political organization

• Chair

Positions

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Travis County Attorney's Office

• Position

Austin Community Advisory Committee

• Position

Austin Community Education Consortium

• Position

Obama for America

• Texas Staff

Democratic Party of Texas

• Parliamentarian

University Democrats Student Democrat organization at UT Austin

• Position

Democratic National Committee Governing body for the U.S. Democratic Party

• Super Delegate ('04→?)

The Kind Clinic Queer Health Clinic in Austin texas

• Position

Texas Victory Leaders Council

• Position

Capital Area Progressive Democrats Austin Area Democratic Party Coalition

• Position

In the office of

Howard Dean 79th Governor of Vermont

• Position

Government Positions

City of Austin City located in Texas, US and it's municipal government

• Vice-char (?→Mar 11 '19)

Donations

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José Garza Elected District Attorney for Travis County, Texas; Former Executive Director at the Workers Defense Project; "Soros DA"

• Campaign Contribution · 11,000 USD ('23)

Greg Casar For Congress

• Donation · 3,300 USD

Beth Fagin Payan

• Donation/Grant · 2,053 USD ('21)

Amy Clark Meachum Travis County Texas Civil District Court Judge

• Donation/Grant · 250 USD (?→Sep 9 '19)

Greg Casar US House of Representatives for TX District 35; former Austin city councilperson

• Donation/Grant

Colin Allred former US Representative from Texas

• Donation/Grant

Veronica Escobar US Representative from Texas (2019-present)

• Donation/Grant

FTC PAC Fire Ted Cruz (2018)

• Donation/Grant

LGBTQ VICTORY FUND

• Donation/Grant

Democratic Party of Texas

• Donation/Grant

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Biden Victory Fund

• 1 contribution · 3,000 USD (Oct 1 '20)

Holdings

LBC Texas Ventures, LLC private equity and venture capital firm with expertise in structured finance, capital markets and technology

• Owner

Memberships

National Association of Distinguished Counsel

• Member

Family

Richard Lyn Cofer

• Relative

Services & Transactions

Austin AFL-CIO Council

• endorsement

Bianca Garcia Travis County Judge

• Service/Transaction

Kaitlin Armstrong Cyclist; Convicted of murder of Moria Wilson in Travis County

• client ('22→?)

Satya Nadella Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft

• Client

Balabhadra "Alex" B. Graveley Self-proclaimed "Creator" of Github Copilot, Dropbox Paper, and Mobilecoin (all disputed); Former Software Engineer at Microsoft and Github.

• client

Schools

University of Texas Austin

• Undergraduate (?→'04) [+1]

• JD ('00→'07)

Miscellaneous Relationships

West Austin Democrats

• speaking engagement host