Joseph Coyne
Corporate Vice President, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel,
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Joseph Coyne is corporate vice president, secretary and deputy general counsel.
Coyne is responsible for the corporate secretary and governance function and serves as deputy general counsel, supervising general legal activities with specific responsibility for litigation, international and other legal matters.
Coyne has 30 years' experience in a broad range of legal and business matters with particular expertise in litigation and the aerospace and defense industry. As a partner at Sheppard Mullin, Coyne worked directly with Northrop Grumman on a number of important legal matters since 1981. He handled complex litigation, including antitrust and intellectual property in the firm's Los Angeles office. He was also a member of Sheppard Mullin's Executive Committee.
His honors in the legal community include Leading Litigator in America from Lawdragon Magazine, the National Law Journal's award for one of the top national defense verdicts, and several Los Angeles Business Journal lists including Best of the Bar, Who's Who in Law, and Most Powerful Lawyers and Top Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles.
He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D. from Stanford University, and has served on Stanford Law School's Board of Visitors.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.