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Michele A. Coffey

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The general counsel of Morgan Lewis, Michele A. Coffey focuses her practice on representing financial institutions and their employees in investigations and enforcement actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and other agencies. One of the leaders for the litigation practice’s financial services practice, she also represents clients in state and US federal courts, and in arbitration and mediation. Michele frequently lectures on securities regulatory and enforcement issues.

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2017 Year in Review: Select SEC and FINRA Developments and Enforcement Cases

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2016 Year in Review: Select SEC and FINRA Developments and Enforcement Cases

    Extended Profile

    Some of the world’s top financial institutions have turned to Michele to handle multiple high-stakes investor and employee disputes in FINRA and other arbitral forums. She has experience in SEC investigations into issues including market manipulation and insider trading, and in FINRA inquiries into short selling, mark-ups, front-running, and other trading practices.

    Prior to assuming her role as general counsel of the firm, Michele served as deputy general counsel, one of several internal leadership positions she has held at Morgan Lewis.

    Education

    • New York University School of Law, 1987, J.D.
    • University of Utah, 1984, B.A.

    Admissions

    • New York
    • U.S. Supreme Court

    Awards and Affiliations

    Member, Law Firm of the Year, Securities Regulation, US News/Best Lawyers – Best Law Firms (2019)

    Recommended, The Legal 500 US (2016)

    Member, Legal Ethics Editorial Advisory Board, Law360 (2018)

    Member, American Bar Association

    Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Judiciary Committee (2000-2004), Interim Member (2005-2006)

    Publications

    February 2018 - 2017 Year in Review: Select SEC and FINRA Developments and Enforcement Cases

    February 2017 - 2016 Year in Review: Select SEC and FINRA Developments and Enforcement Cases

    2/19/2014 - Select Broker-Dealer, Investment Adviser, and Investment Company Enforcement Cases and Developments: 2013 Year in Review

    February 2014 - Select Broker-Dealer, Investment Adviser, and Investment Company Enforcement Cases and Developments: 2013 Year in Review

    3/20/2013 - Presenter, SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society's 45th Annual Seminar

    3/17/2013 - SIFMA: 2013 Compliance & Legal Society Annual Seminar

    1/16/2013 - CFPB Issues Final Ability-to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Rule

    9/28/2012 - What We’ve Learned From CFPB’s 1st Year, Law360

    9/20/2012 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Frequently Asked Questions

    5/7/2010 - Handling a Regulatory Investigation II, presented at the SIFMA Compliance & Legal Society 2010 Annual Seminar, Washington, D.C.

    News

    3/28/2018 - Morgan Lewis Partners Named to Law360 2018 Editorial Advisory Boards

    2/28/2017 - Morgan Lewis Issues 11th Annual Report on SEC, FINRA Enforcement Developments and Cases

    1/7/2013 - Securities Group of the Year: Morgan Lewis, Law360

    Events

    3/24/2019 - 2019 SIFMA Compliance & Legal Annual Seminar

    3/18/2018 - 2018 SIFMA Compliance & Legal Annual Seminar

    10/5/2017 - 2017 Annual Private Fund Investors Roundtable

    7/10/2013 - The Fine Line of Insider Trading Webinar

    6/13/2012 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Turns One: The New Regulator’s First Year in Action

    SIFMA CL 2010 Annual Seminar