Sanford Charles Coats
United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma
In office
December 30, 2009 – January 16, 2016
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byJohn C. Richter
Succeeded byTimothy J. Downing
Personal details
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Alma materTulane University (BA)
University of Oklahoma College of Law (JD)

Sanford Charles "Sandy" Coats (born 1971) is the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Early life and education

Coats was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1971.[1] His father, Andy Coats, served as mayor of Oklahoma City and was the Democratic Party's unsuccessful candidate in the 1980 Oklahoma Senate election.[2]

Coats attended Bishop McGuinness High School[3] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and received a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in 1994.[4] He then attended the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where his father served as dean beginning in 1996, and earned his Juris Doctor in 1998.[2][4] After completing law school, Coats served as a law clerk for Judge Marian P. Opala of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.[4]

Career

Coats served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Oklahoma from 2004 to 2009.[4] From October 2007 to August 2008, Coats was Chief of the Major Crimes Section and also Project Safe Childhood coordinator.[1] In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Coats volunteered to temporarily serve as an Associate U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Louisiana, based in New Orleans, from April 2007 to September 2007.[1][5]

On September 30, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Coats to serve as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma.[4] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 24, 2009 and was sworn into office on December 30, 2009.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Woodrow, Stephanie (October 12, 2009). "Meet Sanford Coats". Main Justice. Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  2. 1 2 Ramonas, Andrew (January 14, 2010). "Oklahoma City Bombing Moved U.S. Attorney Toward Public Service". Main Justice. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Crowe & Dunlevy names co-chairs of Criminal Defense, Compliance & Investigations Practice Group". Tulsa World. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (September 30, 2009). "President Obama Nominates Sanford Coats, Beth Phillips and Stephanie Villafuerte to be U.S. Attorneys". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2011 – via National Archives.
  5. 1 2 Shawnee News-Star Staff (December 30, 2009). "Sanford C. Coats sworn in as U.S. Attorney". Shawnee News-Star. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
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