On June 14...DL21C's 2010 candidate series continues with a whistleblowing attorney and former Naval Officer, now running for NYS Attorney General.
Sean brings a unique mix of public and private sector experience and was a decorated Navy Officer. See you on June 14 for a fantastic event!
Event begins at 7pm
Free for members; $7/nonmembers
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See you on June 14!
Sean Coffey was born in the Bronx in 1956 to Irish immigrant parents. To help pay for his education in parochial school, Sean followed in his father’s footsteps, a union carpenter, and worked as a carpenter’s apprentice, including on the construction of the World Trade Center. Sean also spent several summers working on his mother’s farm in County Cork, Ireland.
Sean graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1978. As a Naval officer, he flew P-3 Orion aircrafts tracking Soviet submarines during the Cold War, and was selected by the Navy to serve as the personal military assistant to a Vice President. After completing his active service, Sean continued to serve for an additional 18 years in the Navy Reserve. At the time of his retirement as a Navy Captain in 2004, Sean’s military decorations included the Meritorious Service Medal, the Navy Pistol Expert Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.
While working at the Pentagon and in the White House, Sean attended Georgetown University Law Center at night from which he graduated magna cum laude in 1987. In 1991, Sean was sworn in as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted more than 60 members of the “48 Hours” heroin distribution organization, and oversaw the FBI’s “Operation Drex Paper,” dismantling a nationwide stolen car network. Sean then returned to private legal practice, and in 2005, was dubbed “Wall Street’s New Nemesis,” as the lead attorney in the WorldCom securities case. He helped to recover over $6 billion for thousands of investors, including the New York State Common Retirement Fund, and in a historic first, required the outside directors and key wrongdoers to contribute from their personal funds.
Sean and his wife of more than twenty years, Anne Churchill, live in Westchester County with their children Kate, Cameron and Conor.