Sarah Coyne
USA Guide 2024
Band 2 : Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
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About
Provided by Sarah Coyne
Practice Areas
Sarah Coyne is Co-Head of Weil’s global White Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations practice. She focuses on a wide range of civil and criminal white collar matters, as well as internal investigations, with experience across industry sectors and an emphasis on financial institutions. She is a regularly featured speaker on CNN and for many years, taught a course on white collar crime at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Sarah is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney, serving for 14 years in the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of New York, where she was Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section and oversaw a large team of prosecutors working on white collar criminal matters. In these roles, Sarah prosecuted or supervised a number of high-profile matters, including those involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities and investment fraud, and off-label promotion in the healthcare space. She also tried 14 jury trials and argued seven successful appeals.
Personal
New York University School of Law (J.D.), Georgetown University (B.A.)
Chambers Review
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Sarah Coyne takes on a wide variety of criminal defense work, but is particularly noted for her experience conducting regulatory proceedings and sensitive internal investigations for financial services firms.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sarah is great on the big picture and is a strategic thinker."
"She is an incredible advocate for clients."
"Sarah is great on the big picture and is a strategic thinker."
"She is an incredible advocate for clients."