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Phone

407 900-1340

Address

Winter Park, FL 32789

George R. Coe

My practice focuses on civil litigation and counseling, including commercial and shareholder disputes, antitrust, class action, product liability, and environmental litigation. I have brought and defended litigation in courts across the United States, and coordinated litigation in Europe and the Middle East with foreign counsel. I also provide counseling and advice regarding corporate formation, compliance, risk mitigation, and internal investigations. In addition, I ensure that new and established businesses have the legal tools to protect their assets.

Before forming the Coe Law Firm PLLC, I was with the firm Boies Schiller Flexner. While with that firm my more recent experience includes serving as lead trial counsel to the plaintiffs in People United for Medical Marijuana v. Florida Dept. of Health, 2017-CA-1394 (Fl. 2d Cir. Ct.) that struck the legislature’s ban on smokeable medical marijuana and that was ultimately resolved by amendment to the relevant statute.

I was also a member of the trial team that won a $663 million verdict in a federal False Claims Act trial in the federal court for the Eastern District of Texas. This was the largest Qui Tam verdict ever rendered up to that date. In addition, I prevailed in an administrative challenge to a software contract related to the I-4 Ultimate Improvement Project in Central Florida.

Before Boies Schiller & Flexner, I worked with the firm Squire Patton Boggs in Denver, where my practice included complex civil litigation and environmental litigation. I also worked in-house at Qwest Communications as litigation counsel.

Education

  • University of Denver College of Law, J.D.; Order of St. Ives; Editor, Law Review; Ford Foundation Grant Recipient
  • University of Heidelberg, Law, German-English translation; President, Oekumenisches Institute
  • Centre College, B.A., English; President, Phi Sigma Tau; National Presbyterian Scholar

ADMISSIONS/Bars

  • Colorado
  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • Second Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Awards and Associations

  • Colorado Bar Association
  • Florida Bar Association
  • AV rated Martindale-Hubbell, 4.9 out of 5 stars,
  • Charter Member of Lawyers of Distinction, 2021 Power Lawyer
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