- New York Office
- McKool Smith
- One Bryant Park, 47th Floor
- New York NY 10036
- TEL: 212.402.9407
- FAX: 212.402.9444
- jcooney@mckoolsmith.com
Education
- J.D., Duke University, 1969. Note Editor, Duke Law Journal 1968-1969.
- B.S., Indiana University, 1966.
Court Admissions
- State of New York
- The U.S. Supreme Court
- The U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits
- The U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Bar Admissions
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Jack Cooney
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Jack Cooney is a Principal in the New York Office of McKool Smith. Prior to joining McKool Smith he was a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Mr. Cooney has represented individuals and institutions in grand jury and other governmental investigations relating to a wide range of criminal charges, involving securities and insider trading, mail and wire fraud, tax, antitrust, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, government contracting, FDA violations, accounting irregularities, and environmental accidents. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations.
A Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mr. Cooney has acted as chairman of its Committee on the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. He has taught in the Harvard, Cardozo and Fordham law schools’ trial practice programs, and has lectured on white collar crime at various professional seminars and at Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Cooney served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1972 to 1977, and as Chief of the Offices of Narcotics prosecutions in 1976-1977. As a prosecutor and defense counsel, he tried numerous criminal cases to verdict before federal juries.
Chambers USA has cited Mr. Cooney as “a passionate advocate for his client."
Representative Matters
Before joining McKool Smith:
Sanjay Kumar. In his federal prosecution relating to accounting irregularities while he was CEO at Computer Associates.
Shell Audit Committee. Internal Audit Committee investigation. Investigation of the re-classification of Shell’s oil reserves.
Siemens’ Audit Committee. Inquiry into improper payments.
Philip Morris. Department of Justice’s criminal investigation of the tobacco industry.
Finmeccanica. In Texas and Delaware courts against a claim relating to a $5 billion Russian satellites project.
The heads of passenger and cargo service for a major airline. Price-fixing investigation.
The audit committee of an international hotel chain. Investigation of improper conduct by a high ranking executive.
Exxon. State and federal criminal investigations of its oil spill in the Arthur Kill.
A member of the law firm of Gordon, Hurwitz, Butowsky, Weitzen & Shalov. Criminal tax investigation.
W. Paul Thayer. Insider trading prosecution.
Clark Clifford. State and federal criminal investigation of his role in the BCCI matter.
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Criminal investigation of purported kickbacks to Commonwealth of Kentucky officials for municipal bond assignments.
An executive of Appleton Paper. Antitrust grand jury.
International Paper Company. Criminal price-fixing investigation.
Warner Lambert. Criminal regulatory inquiry.
Recognition Equipment. Acquittal for alleged bribery of the vice chairman of the U.S. Postal Board of Governors.
The Estate of Charles Shipman Payson. Successfully rebutting a challenge to his will.
Winfield Dunseath. Acquittal at trial for alleged foreign currency fraud.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Since joining McKool Smith:
European Financial Institutions. In connection with the Madoff Ponzi scheme.
A high ranking executive of a major Madoff feeder-fund. In civil, regulatory and criminal matters.
Executive in a major Asian Conglomerate. In a Department of Justice investigation of false filings.
Finmeccanica. In Chancery Court in Delaware in litigation involving a major international business transaction.
Professional Activities
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (Past Chairman of its Federal Criminal Procedure Committee); Federal Bar Council, Chairman, Bar and Bench Liaison Committee; New York Council of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Wong Sung Society; Supreme Court Historical Society.
Awards & Recognition
Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America; American Lawyer Media’s Corporate Counsel: Best Lawyers Annual Guide to Criminal Defense Law; and Legal Media Group’s Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Litigation Lawyers.