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JOHN FEENEY-COYLE is Senior Litigation Counsel at Edelson PC where he is part of the Public Client litigation group, handling complex consumer protection and fraud cases.

Prior to joining Edelson PC, John served twelve years as a Senior Assistant Attorney General for the Colorado Department of Law, investigating and prosecuting complex consumer protection, fraud, and health care cases. He founded the Colorado Attorney General’s Opioid Unit, where he led state and national investigations, litigation, and settlement negotiations with pharmaceutical opioid manufacturers, distributors, and chain pharmacies. John led Colorado’s investigation and prosecution of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family, co-led the national investigation of Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Pharmaceuticals resulting in a $5 billion national settlement, and served on the national Executive Committee that negotiated a $21 billion settlement with AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson.

John also led negotiations with Colorado’s cities and counties for distributing over $700 million in opioid settlement funds. This work earned Colorado the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s inaugural Award for Excellence in the Application of the Opioid Litigation Principles.

Before law school, John served in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps at a prisoner re-entry nonprofit in Tennessee and worked for Legal Services NYC advocating for victims of predatory mortgage lending. He earned his law degree from the University of Denver, where he worked in the Civil Rights Clinic, and his undergraduate degree in History from the College of the Holy Cross.

  • State of Colorado v. Purdue Pharma LP, et al. (Dist. Ct., Denver County). Lead counsel for the Colorado Attorney General’s investigation and prosecution of Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family for their role in causing Colorado’s opioid crisis.
  • State of Colorado v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. and State of Colorado v. McKesson Corp., et al. (Dist. Ct., Denver County and MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio)). Lead counsel for national investigation of opioid manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson/Janssen Pharmaceuticals, and co-lead negotiator for $5 billion national settlement. Member of national Executive Committee for investigation and $21 billion national settlement with opioid distributors, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson.
  • State of Colorado v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc., et al. and State of Colorado v. Allergan Ltd., et al. (Dist. Ct., Denver County and MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio)). Member of national Executive Committee for investigation and $20.4 billion settlement with national chain pharmacies, CVS Health, Walgreens, and Walmart, and with opioid manufacturers, Allergan Ltd and Teva Pharmaceuticals.
  • State of Colorado v. McKinsey & Company, Inc. US and State of Colorado v. Publicis Health, LLC (Dist. Ct., Denver County): Aided national investigations and settlement negotiations with consulting and marketing firms for opioid manufacturers, resulting in tens of millions of dollars for Colorado. Colorado Attorney General’s lead for designing and negotiating the Colorado Opioids Settlement Memorandum of Understanding with Colorado’s cities and counties for the distribution of opioid settlement funds.Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health awarded Colorado the Award for Excellence in the Application of the Opioid Litigation Principles.
  • Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Cancer Fund of America, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:15-cv-00884-NVW (D. Ariz.): Co-lead of national Executive Committee representing the FTC, all fifty states, and Washington DC for investigating and prosecuting network of national cancer charities for over $180 million in charity fraud.
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Award for Excellence in the Application of the Opioid Litigation Principles, 2023
  • Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Team Performance, 2022
  • Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Individual Performance, 2019
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  • United States District of Colorado