Scott Coffina

Scott A. Coffina was named June 8, 2007, by President George W. Bush to be an Associate Counsel to the President and Special Counsel to the President in the Office of Counsel.

Coffina, who recently served as a Partner in the litigation department at Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads LLP in Philadelphia, is "a friend and former associate" with White House Counsel Fred Fielding's former firm, Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP.

"Coffina graduated from the University of Pennsylvania law school in 1992, and shortly afterward went to work at Fielding's Washington law firm, where the two developed a lasting friendship. After Fielding's appointment earlier this year as White House counsel, he called Coffina to ask whether Coffina would consider coming to work for him."

"His new assignment will place Coffina, a white-collar defense lawyer with long experience in health care and employment law, at the center of White House efforts to respond to multiple investigations launched by congressional Democrats."

Profiles
At the end of President Ronald Reagan's second term, Coffina served as Assistant United States Attorney in United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Coffina was previously an Associate at Miller Alfano & Raspanti in Philadelphia. He "received his bachelor's degree from Cornell University and his JD from the University of Pennsylvania."

According to his firm profile, Coffina "concentrates his practice on government investigations and white collar crime, with special emphasis on civil and criminal fraud investigations, health care fraud and internal corporate investigations."

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 * Bush's White House Staff

Profiles

 * "Scott Coffina," HireMeMachine.com.

External articles

 * Jeff Blumenthal, "Schnader Harrison joins group of firms raising starting salaries," Philadelphia Business Journal, May 4, 2007.
 * Deb Reichmann, "White House Expands Its Legal Team," Associated Press (FederalNewsRadio.com), June 9, 2007.