Tristram J. Coffin
{{Short description|American attorney (born 1963)}}
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|office1 = United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
|president1 = Barack Obama
|term_start1 = 2009
|term_end1 = January 12, 2015
|predecessor1 = Tom Anderson
|successor1 = Eric Miller
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|16}}
|birth_place = Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S.
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|education = Wesleyan University (BA
Columbia University (JD)
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Tristram J. Coffin (born May 16, 1963) is an American attorney from Vermont. He served as the United States attorney for the District of Vermont from 2009 to 2015.
Education
Coffin was on born May 16, 1963, in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.[https://www.martindale.com/burlington/vermont/tristram-j-coffin-168797572-a/ Tristram J. Coffin Lawyer profile on Martindale.com] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in 1985 and earned a Juris Doctor from Columbia University Law School in 1989.{{Cite web |url=https://whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-preet-bharara-tristram-coffin-jenny-durkan-paul-fishman-j |title=President Obama Nominates Preet Bharara, Tristram Coffin, Jenny Durkan, Paul Fishman, John Paul Kacavas and Joyce Vance for US Attorney |date=May 15, 2009 |access-date=March 30, 2018}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/realitycheck/the-press-office/president-obama-nominates-preet-bharara-tristram-coffin-jenny-durkan-paul-fishman-j Alt URL]
Career
After graduating from law school, Coffin served as a law clerk for Judge Albert Wheeler Coffrin in the District of Vermont. From 1991 to 1994, he was a counsel to Senator Patrick Leahy on the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Technology and the Law. Prior to that, he spent two years as a litigation associate at Hale and Dorr in Boston. From 1994 to 2006, he was an assistant United States attorney in the District of Vermont, serving in the Civil Division for four years and the Criminal Division for eight years. From 2006 to 2009 he was of counsel at Paul Frank & Collins, a law firm in Burlington, Vermont.
=United States attorney=
On May 15, 2009, Coffin was nominated to be the United States attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.{{Cite press release |title=Alumnus Tristram Coffin 89 Nominated as U.S. Attorney for District of Vermont |date=May 18, 2009 |publisher=Columbia Law School |url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2009/may2009/tristram-coffin |access-date=March 30, 2018}} He was recommended to the post by Senator Patrick Leahy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rutlandherald.com/articles/coffin-poised-to-be-next-u-s-attorney-for-vermont/ |title=Coffin poised to be next U.S. attorney for Vermont |date=May 15, 2009 |publisher=Rutland Herald |access-date=March 30, 2018}} His nomination was received by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 4, 2010. His nomination was reported out of committee on June 18, 2009. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by voice vote on August 7, 2009.[https://www.congress.gov/nomination/111th-congress/531?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22Tristram+Coffin%22%5D%7D&r=1 PN531 — Tristram J. Coffin — Department of Justice] On December 19, 2014, he announced his resignation, effective January 12, 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-vt/pr/united-states-attorney-tristram-j-coffin-submits-resignation |title=United States Attorney Tristram J. Coffin Submits Resignation |date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=March 30, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2014/12/19/tristram-coffin-resigns-federal-prosecutor/20644721/ |title=Tristram Coffin resigns as Vermont US attorney |last=Silverman |first=Adam |date=December 19, 2014 |publisher=Burlington Free Press |access-date=March 30, 2018}}
=Post-government career=
In January 2015 Coffin joined the Burlington office of Vermont law firm Downs, Rachlin, Martin, LLC.{{Cite press release |title=US Attorney Tristram J. Coffin to join Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC |date=December 19, 2014 |publisher=Downs, Rachlin, Martin, PLLC |url=https://www.drm.com/news/us-attorney-tristram-j-coffin-to-join-downs-rachlin-martin-pllc}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.drm.com/team/tristram-coffin |title=Tristram J. Coffin, Director}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.drm.com/team/tristram-coffin Lawyer profile at Downs, Rachlin, Martin LLC]
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Assistant United States attorneys
Category:Columbia Law School alumni
Category:People from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Category:United States attorneys for the District of Vermont