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Michelle R. Coquelin

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Michelle Coquelin is an associate in Covington’s Los Angeles office and a member of the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group. Her practice focuses on counseling clients through investigations by federal and state enforcement authorities, conducting complex and sensitive internal investigations, and litigating claims of alleged violations of securities laws, antitrust laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the False Claims Act.
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Litigation and Investigations

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Anti-Corruption/FCPA

Regulatory and Public Policy

Antitrust/Competition

Cartel Defense and Investigations
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Representative Matters
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company and its subsidiary at trial in a consumer protection action brought by the California Attorney General relating to the marketing of the company’s mesh implant products.
- Represented one of Asia’s leading energy companies in a DOJ antitrust cartel investigation of alleged bid rigging and alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
- Represents former senior executive of a major financial institutional in criminal and civil investigations by the DOJ, SEC, and OCC regarding allegedly improper consumer sales practices.
- Represented a Special Committee of the board of directors of a national retailer in an internal investigation involving workplace culture issues.
- Represented a financial institution in SEC investigations of alleged accounting violations and alleged disclosure fraud relating to municipal debt offerings.
Represented a pharmaceutical company in an SEC investigation of alleged accounting and financial reporting violations.

Represented a financial institution in Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act settlement with DOJ relating to the issuance of mortgage-backed securities.
Areas of Expertise

Litigation and Investigations

White Collar Defense and Investigations

Anti-Corruption/FCPA

Regulatory and Public Policy

Antitrust/Competition

Cartel Defense and Investigations

Credentials

Education	New York University School of Law, J.D., 2015 Yale University, B.A., 2010
Bar Admissions	California New York

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