Celia Choy

Associate

cchoy@cov.com
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Covington & Burling LLP
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004-2401
Tel: 202.662.5518


 

Practices

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D., 2012
    • Yale Law Journal
    • Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic
    • Jerome Sayles Hess Prize for International Law
  • Yale University, B.A., 2007
    • summa cum laude
    • Phi Beta Kappa
    • George A. Schrader, Jr. Prize for Excellence in the Humanities

Bar Admissions

  • New York

Languages

  • Mandarin


Celia Choy is an associate in the firm’s Washington office.  Her practice focuses on white collar defense and investigations and complex commercial litigation.

Ms. Choy is admitted to the New York bar.  She is currently not admitted in the District of Columbia but is supervised by principals of the firm.

Representative Matters

  • Representing a Fortune 100 company in investigations by the Department of Justice and Department of State under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
  • Representing an employee of a global financial institution in an investigation by the Department of Justice Fraud Section.
  • Representing a utility company seeking insurance coverage for historical environmental liabilities.

Previous Experience

  • Yale-China Fellow, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China (2007-2009)

Pro Bono

  • Representing an Alabama death row inmate in post-conviction proceedings.

Publications and Speeches

  • "The Treaty Power: Its History, Scope, and Limits," Cornell Law Review (2013), Co-Author
  • "Civilian or Combatant: A Challenge for the 21st Century," Yale Journal of International Law (2012), Author
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