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Sean Coffey

John Patrick "Sean" Coffey is an American attorney, businessman, retired U.S. Navy captain, and political candidate who served as general counsel of the Navy from 2022 until early 2025. 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.

As the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of the Navy and its chief legal officer Coffey led more than 1,100 attorneys and support staff in 140 offices worldwide. Further in this position, Coffey provided 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.

Then United States Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro credits Coffey with having provided the legal framework for the long-awaited exoneration of the Port Chicago 50 as well as 200 other sailors otherwise convicted. Provided by Wikipedia