Kendall Coffey

Kendall Coffey, a partner at the boutique firm Coffey Burlington—and a former U.S. attorney who stepped down from that post in 1996 over allegations that he bit a stripper at a nightclub—previously represented Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz. A 2020 article in the Los Angeles Times characterized Coffey not only as Dershowitz’s attorney, but also as a “close friend.” Coffey is no stranger to high-profile lawsuits; in 2016, Donald Trump’s campaign assigned him to represent Corey Lewandowski over allegations that the former Trump campaign manager forcibly grabbed a female reporter at a rally. (The case was later dropped by prosecutors.) Appointed a U.S. Attorney by then-President Bill Clinton, Coffey’s career as a prosecutor came to an unceremonious end in 1996 after a stripper at the Lipstik Adult Entertainment Club in Dade County accused him of biting her when she declined to kiss him on the lips during a lap dance. He went on to represent former Vice President Al Gore’s campaign during the infamous Florida recount battle of 2000. In 2016, he rocketed to prominence again on the opposite side of the aisle, when he defended ex-President Trump’s former campaign manager Lewandowski against misdemeanor battery charges. The following year, the Associated Press reported Coffey was working for GOP trickster and eventual felon Roger Stone. University of Florida (J.D., March, 1978) University of Florida – B.S. (1972-1975) Miami Dade Community College