Shannen Wayne Coffin[1] (born September 19, 1969)[2] is an American attorney for the Washington, D.C. law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP who until early November 2007[3] served as general counsel to AmericanVice PresidentDick Cheney.[4][5] Coffin was previously at the Department of Justice, where he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division. In that position, Coffin was responsible for oversight of the Federal Programs Branch, a component of the Civil Division that defends the federal government in a diverse array of lawsuits, including the defense of constitutional challenges to federal statutes and agency programs, civil anti-terrorism litigation, and disputes involving access to Executive Branch information.
Prior to joining the Justice Department, Coffin had worked for Steptoe & Johnson in its Supreme Court and appellate practice. He clerked for Judge David B. Sentelle on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the 1994–1995 term.
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