John Feeney-Coyle
Senior Litigation Counsel Boulder
I received my J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and my B.A. in History from the College of the Holy Cross. I primarily handle complex consumer protection litigation.
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JOHN FEENEY-COYLE is Senior Litigation Counsel at Edelson PC where he is part of the Public Clients litigation group, focusing on 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. Most notably, John started the Colorado Attorney General’s Opioid Unit, leading state and national investigations, litigation, and settlement negotiations with several 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 and negotiated a $5 billion national opioid settlement; and was a member of the national Executive Committee that negotiated a $21 billion settlement with AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. The Attorney General also appointed John to lead negotiations with Colorado’s cities and counties for distributing over $700 million in opioid settlement funds, which resulted in Colorado being awarded the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s inaugural Award for Excellence in the Application of the Opioid Litigation Principles.
While in law school, John was Candidacy Editor for the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, a student attorney in the University of Denver’s Civil Rights Clinic, a Research Assistant for Professor Michael Sousa (Bankruptcy), and a Legislative Fellow for Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston (now Mayor of Denver). Prior to law school, John spent time in the Jesuit Volunteer Corp, working for a prisoner re-entry nonprofit in Tennessee, and worked for Legal Services NYC advocating for victims of predatory mortgage lending. John earned his undergraduate degree in History from the College of the Holy Cross where he was a member of the varsity football team and the mock trial team.
- 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
- Colorado
- United States District of Colorado