Sanford Charles Coats | |
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| United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma | |
| In office December 30, 2009 –January 16, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | John C. Richter |
| Succeeded by | Timothy J. Downing |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 51–52) Oklahoma City,Oklahoma,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Tulane 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.
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]
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]
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