Jeffrey B. Coopersmith, a former federal prosecutor, represents clients in white collar criminal matters and related civil, administrative and regulatory matters, as well as in complex commercial litigation and in connection with internal corporate investigations.

Mr. Coopersmith graduated first in his law school class, clerked for a federal appeals court judge and practiced law at a major Washington, DC firm and the US Department of Justice before joining DLA Piper in 2005 as a partner.

Since joining the firm, Mr. Coopersmith has represented corporate and individual clients in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Dallas, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur and other cities in connection with enforcement proceedings and investigations involving the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal and state agencies in a wide variety of substantive areas including securities, tax, antitrust, banking, corruption, health care and food safety. Recently, Mr. Coopersmith represented the former CFO of Countrywide Financial Corporation in SEC litigation, where a few days before trial the SEC agreed not to pursue fraud claims alleged in its complaint. Mr. Coopersmith has also obtained the government's agreement not to pursue charges in several other high-profile matters.

Mr. Coopersmith joined DLA Piper after a distinguished prosecutorial career as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington. Serving as Deputy Supervisor of the Complex Crimes Unit, he was responsible for coordinating the office's corporate and securities fraud prosecution efforts. Mr. Coopersmith successfully tried to verdict as lead counsel a number of major criminal cases as a federal prosecutor, including one that the media called the largest securities fraud case in Washington state history up to that point. In 2003, Mr. Coopersmith was awarded the inaugural Thomas C. Wales Performance Award, which is presented annually to the most outstanding attorney in the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington.

Mr. Coopersmith was a law clerk for the Honorable R. Lanier Anderson III, on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Coopersmith was named a Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics magazine and is also named in Best Lawyers in America.

Mr. Coopersmith is the Pro Bono Coordinator for the Seattle office.

Representative Engagements

• Representation of company in criminal food safety investigation
• Representation of CEO in parallel civil and criminal investigation regarding statements in SEC filings
• Representation of attorney in SEC investigation regarding stock sales
• Representation of foreign nationals in connection with criminal investigation of abusive tax shelter promotion
• Representation of former CEO in parallel civil and criminal accounting fraud investigations concerning stock options backdating
• Representation of former CFO in parallel civil and criminal accounting fraud investigations concerning stock options backdating
• Representation of outside directors in civil and criminal accounting fraud investigations concerning stock options backdating
• Representation of company in connection with civil and criminal investigations and litigation concerning stock options backdating
• Representation of former Controller in parallel civil and criminal accounting fraud investigations concerning revenue recognition issues
• Representation of several hedge fund principals in SEC and DOJ investigations concerning PIPE transactions
• Representation of private equity funds in civil and criminal investigations and litigation
• Representation of hedge funds for purpose of devising and implementing insider trading compliance plans
• Representation of former corporate officer in criminal and civil tax investigation regarding alleged false corporate and individual returns
• Representation of individual in criminal tax investigation involving offshore transactions
• Representation of corporate officer in a criminal antitrust investigation
• Representation of insurers in property casualty loss litigation and ERISA benefits litigation
• Conducted internal review of a company's historical stock options granting practices
• Conducted internal review of large international company's anti-money laundering and OFAC policies and controls in foreign operations
• Representation of Audit Committee in connection with investigation of related party transaction issues for company in Asia
• Conducted internal corporate review of relating to potential FCPA violations
• Representation of Audit Committee in connection with a counterfeit computer parts investigation for a manufacturing company in Asia
• Representation of individual in a mortgage fraud investigation
• Representation of company in an abusive tax shelter promotion criminal investigation
• Advised companies on options granting practices
• Advised companies on insider trading liability issues
• Advised companies on potential liability under the FCPA