Angela Coco is a litigation associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn.
Angela's practice spans a broad range of complex civil and criminal litigation matters, with a focus on high-stakes white collar defense, securities-related investigations, and commercial litigation across all industries. Angela has served as a key team member representing clients in regulatory inquiries, internal investigations, and enforcement actions brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, as well as various other federal, state, and local government agencies and attorneys general. Angela has been involved in all stages of arbitration and litigation and has contributed to successful outcomes in both bench and jury trials.
Angela maintains an active pro bono practice and has handled a wide range of matters, including serving as first-chair in the successful representation of an asylum petitioner before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (U.S. Immigration Court). She has also partnered with organizations such as Legal Services NYC, Catholic Charities, and HerJustice to provide legal services to individuals in need.
Angela earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2022, where she served as an Executive Editor of the Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and as an intern to the Honorable Judge Richard M. Berman of the Southern District of New York. While attending law school, Angela was awarded certificates of merit for superior academic performance and for recognition in Pro Bono service. Angela also represented low-income individuals and United States Veterans in Michigan State Courts through the Veterans Legal Clinic and Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic. In February 2022, Angela authored an article published in The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Journal analyzing the impact of COVID-19 on the older workforce and proposing reforms to ensure a safer workplace.
Angela earned her Bachelor of Arts in history from Wellesley College, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with departmental honors. At Wellesley, Angela also received the Deborah W. Diehl Prize for Distinction in History, and was honored with various other awards and fellowships recognizing her superior academic performance and papers in various disciplines.
Angela is admitted to practice in the State of New York, before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Tax Court, and the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Capabilities
- Litigation
- Appellate and Constitutional Law
- Betting and Gaming
- Class Actions
- Consumer and Retail
- Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort
- Government Contracts
- International Arbitration
- Judgment and Arbitral Award Enforcement
- Labor and Employment
- Law Firm Defense
- Media, Entertainment, and Technology
- Securities Enforcement
- Securities Litigation
- Transnational Litigation
- Trials
- White Collar Defense and Investigations
Credentials
Education:
- University of Michigan - 2022 Juris Doctor
- Wellesley College - 2019 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- New York Bar