Bill Coffield is the founding partner of the Coffield Law Group based in Washington, D.C. His areas of practice and expertise include criminal and civil litigation, as well as Government and Independent Counsel investigations.
For two decades Bill Coffield has been successfully representing clients in a wide variety of complex civil and criminal cases.
Most recently, Mr. Coffield obtained the dismissal of all charges pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against a client who was one of the security contractors for Blackwater USA. Read the article from the Associated Press.
Bill Coffield is an AV? Preeminent? Peer Rated lawyer admitted to practice before numerous United States District Courts, United States Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court. He has successfully represented a number of corporate and individual clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Customs Service, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce, the United States Congress, the Department of Justice, and U.S. Attorneys' offices across the country.
Prior to entering private practice Mr. Coffield was the Executive Assistant to United States Congressman Bill Emerson of Missouri, where he oversaw all legislative issues and dealings with the Executive agencies. He attended the George Mason School of Law at night while managing Congressman Emerson's Washington office. Born in New York, Bill Coffield attended Fordham University and The University of Miami, where he graduated as Distinguished Military Graduate. After graduation Bill Coffield served in the United States Army as an Infantry Officer. He is a graduate of numerous Military programs, to include the U.S. Army Airborne School and the U.S. Army Ranger School.
