Sarah Coyne

Sarah Coyne is a partner in Weil’s Litigation Department and a member of the Firm’s global White-Collar Defense, Regulatory and Investigations practice. She handles a wide range of civil and criminal white-collar matters, as well as internal investigations, and has experience across industry sectors, with an emphasis on financial institutions. Ms. Coyne is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where she was Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section. She is currently recognized as a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation.

Prior to joining Weil, Ms. Coyne was a federal prosecutor for 14 years, first in the District of New Jersey, then moving to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, where she worked for 11 years. In these roles, Ms. Coyne 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 before the Second Circuit, and one before the Third Circuit. As Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section, Ms. Coyne supervised 15 prosecutors working on white collar criminal matters.

Ms. Coyne currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Upon graduating from law school, Ms. Coyne clerked for two years for the Hon. Maryanne Trump Barry, both at the District Court level and at the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She earned her J.D. in 1998 from New York University School of Law, and received her B.A. from Georgetown University, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in 1993.