Christine Coogle

Counsel

Christine Coogle is Counsel at Democracy Forward.

Christine Coogle previously served as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division. In that role, she represented the government in constitutional and statutory challenges in federal district courts nationwide, including on matters related to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, overtime pay protections for workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act, and statutory removal protections for administrative law judges. Christine received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service for her work defending the Drug Price Negotiation Program, as well as the Civil Division Rookie of the Year Award and two Civil Division Special Commendation Awards. Prior to her work at DOJ, she clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Christine first gained experience in high-profile constitutional litigation while still an evening law student, as she spent more than two years working in the Office of General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives. She worked on litigation on behalf of the House before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal appellate and district courts, as well as the U.S. Senate sitting as a court of impeachment.

Christine holds a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School with highest honors and a B.A. from the University of Virginia with high distinction.