Sean Coffey

Sean Coffey
General Counsel of the Navy
Incumbent
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 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.