John C. Coffee

John C. Coffee is the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1966, his LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1969 and later an LL.M. (in taxation) from New York University School of Law. He was an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore from 1970-76. He has also worked served as Reporter for the American Bar Association for its Model Standards on Sentencing Alternatives and Procedures and for the American Law Institute's Principles of Corporate Governance.

Professor Coffee has been listed by the "National Law Journal" as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in the United States." He is often quoted by the New York Times and other major media outlets in their corporate and securities reporting. He has also written one of the best known casebooks on U.S. securities regulation.