Sean Coffey
John P. "Sean" Coffey (born 1956) is a retired Navy Captain and former federal prosecutor. On October 15, 2009, he announced his candidacy for the statewide office of attorney general, the seat vacated by Democrat Andrew Cuomo, who ran for governor in November.[1] Coffey, however, failed to secure the party nomination on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, after receiving over sixteen percent of the vote.[2]
Noteworthy events
Comptroller donations
The New York Daily News reported in late-June 2010 that Coffey and his former law firm, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, benefited financially from donations to pension fund powerbrokers, among them disgraced New York Comptroller, Alan Hevesi. Both Coffey and his law firm donated as much as "$112,000 to the past three state controllers" at the same time that they had been "hired to represent the pension fund in three major class-action suits."[3] One of these cases was against WorldCom, which, following a nearly $6 billion settlement, netted the firm $336 million in legal fees. While critics of the former prosecutor questioned these donations as a conflict of interest, Coffey responded that he was merely supporting people who shared the views of both him and his firm of aggressively pursuing corporate misconduct.[4]
Elections
2010
- See also: New York Attorney General election, 2010
| 2010 Race for Attorney General - Democratic Primary[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Democratic Party |  Eric Schneiderman
|
34.4% | |
| Democratic Party | Kathleen M. Rice | 31.9% | |
| Democratic Party | Sean Coffey | 16.4% | |
| Democratic Party | Richard Brodsky | 9.9% | |
| Democratic Party | Eric Dinallo | 7.4% | |
| Total Votes | 661,296 | ||
Contact information
Campaign Address:
Sean Coffey for New York Attorney General
P.O. Box 4533 Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163
Phone: (212) 557-6100
Fax: (212) 557-6102
E-mail: seancoffey@coffey2010.com
See also
External links
- Sean Coffey's Facebook profile
- Coffey2010.com 2010 Campaign website
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine was used to recall this version of the website from August 25, 2010.
Footnotes
- ↑ Securities Docket, "Sean Coffey Retires from BLB&G to Run for NY AG" 15 Oct. 2009
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Coffey Says He Won't Return to Law After Defeat for N.Y. Attorney General" 15 Sept. 2010
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Attorney General hopeful Sean Coffey cashed in big on donations, records show" 21 June, 2010
- ↑ New York Daily News, "Sean Coffey Colleague Said Big Comptroller Donations Were "To Get A Foot In The Door" 23 June, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections - 2010 Primary Election Results
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