 | This biographical article is written like a résumé. (September 2024) |
Sean Coffey | |
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| General Counsel of the Navy | |
| Assumed office February 16, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Secretary | Carlos Del Toro |
| Preceded by | Robert Sander |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John P. Coffey 1956 (age 67–68) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | United States Naval Academy (BS) Georgetown University (JD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1978–2004 |
| Rank |  Captain |
John Patrick "Sean" Coffey is an American attorney, businessman, retired U.S. Navy captain, and political candidate serving as general counsel of the Navy. He led a lawsuit against WorldCom on behalf of investors. In the case, his team recovered over $6 billion from Wall Street banks and responsible parties paid millions of dollars in compensation. Bloomberg Markets dubbed Coffey "Wall Street's New Nemesis." In 2009, Coffey retired from his partnership at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann to seek the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general; he received 16% of the vote in the primary. In 2011, Coffey co-founded BlackRobe Capital Partners, which closed one and a half years later.
Presently as the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Navy and its chief legal officer Coffey leads more than 1,100 attorneys and suppport staff in 140 offices worldwide.[1] Further in this posistion, Coffey provides legal advice to the Secretary of the Navy, the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy and their staffs, and the multiple components of the Department, including the Navy and the Marine Corps.[2]
- ^ "Commissioning 2023". Columbia School of General Studies. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
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