Matt Coe-Odess is a litigation associate in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He specializes in white-collar criminal matters, government investigations, internal investigations, and commercial civil litigation.

Representative matters include:

• Representing two universities in the Varsity Blues college admission scandal, including conducting internal investigations and advising clients on employment decisions concerning university personnel.
• Representing a Los Angeles-based company in a Congressional investigation by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform in connection with regulations by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Represented a publicly-traded semiconductor company regarding whistleblower allegations of securities fraud.  SEC declined enforcement with respect to Gibson Dunn’s client.
• Successfully defended the founder of a technology company in a complex shareholder dispute alleging breach of fiduciary duty.
• Represented a telecommunications company in an SEC investigation regarding revenue recognition.  The SEC declined to bring intent-based charges against Gibson Dunn’s client, and the matter was settled on favorable terms.
• Conducted several highly confidential internal investigations for multiple fortune 500 companies.
• Represented the University of Southern California and conducted an internal investigation into alleged misconduct by the dean of USC’s Keck School of Medicine.

Mr. Coe-Odess received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to the Order of the Coif.  While at Georgetown, Mr. Coe-Odess served as a Notes Editor on the Georgetown Law Journal and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Division of Barrister’s Council.  He also was selected to be a Global Law Fellow, where he helped teach a group of first-year students in an intensive and interactive FCPA course.

Mr. Coe-Odess received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where he majored in Psychology and minored in English.

Mr. Coe-Odess is admitted to practice law in the State of California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.