Melissa Coffey is a senior counsel with Foley & Lardner LLP. Her practice concentrates on complex civil litigation, securities litigation and enforcement matters, government and internal investigations, and False Claims Act litigation and investigations. Ms. Coffey is a member of the firm’s Government Enforcement, Compliance & White Collar Defense and Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practices.

Ms. Coffey has experience with False Claims Act qui tam (whistleblower) investigations and litigation, shareholder derivative actions, class actions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, representation of public companies and their officers and directors in SEC enforcement matters, and internal and government investigations and related civil litigation, all involving a variety of alleged wrongdoing. She also has diverse experience with complex civil litigation, and has tried several cases. Ms. Coffey has represented individuals and private and public companies in the financial services, pharmaceutical, medical supplies, automotive and high technology industries, among others.

Ms. Coffey has experience with predictive coding, including in connection with document production in a government investigation, and with facilitating the efficient review of large volumes of electronic data. She is a member of the firm’s e-Discovery committee.

Prior to joining Foley, Ms. Coffey worked for WilmerHale LLP in Boston, where she focused on securities litigation and enforcement matters, pharmaceutical investigations and other white-collar matters, and complex commercial litigation.