Profilo
Mallory Cooney represents clients in government investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, internal investigations, and complex litigation matters at the trial and appellate level.
She advises businesses navigating contentious disputes regarding a variety of claims, including tortious interference, violations of covenants not to compete, theft of trade secrets, defamation, unfair competition, trademark infringement, and civil RICO. Additionally, Mallory guides clients through investigations and enforcement actions involving government agencies, commodities exchanges, and other enforcement authorities.
Mallory’s investigations and enforcement clients include individuals, broker-dealers, international futures and swap exchanges, financial institutions, and other public and private entities in highly regulated industries, inside and outside of the United States, with a focus on crypto, digital assets, and derivatives.
Mallory is committed to service and has an active pro bono practice. She has advocated for victims of human trafficking, filed amicus briefs in death penalty appeals across the country and before the United States Supreme Court, and provided legal services to victims of nonconsensual pornography (i.e., “revenge porn”) when their explicit images are distributed and displayed online without consent.
Concentrations
- Contractual and business disputes
- Regulatory compliance
- Unfair competition and false advertising litigation
- White collar criminal defense and fraud litigation
Competenze
Esperienze Professionali - Attività Accademiche
- Represented 61 futures brokers in a multiyear investigation by the CFTC into allegations of market manipulation.°
- Assisted with a three-part trial to successfully contest the discharge of a $600 million judgment issued by the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council (U.K.).°
- Drafted a response brief in an appeal resulting in affirmance of $4.2 million judgment by the Third District Court of Appeal.°
- Drafted three briefs amici curiae filed in support of petitions for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States and another filed with the Supreme Court of Idaho on behalf of capital defendants.°
- Argued for the issuance of preliminary and permanent injunctions in cyber-harassment actions.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Cooney prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
- Law Clerk, New York County District Attorney’s Office, 2016
- Legal Intern, Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Criminal Division, 2014
- Intern, Office of the (Florida) State Attorney, 17th Judicial Circuit, Career Criminal Unit, 2010, 2011
Riconoscimenti e Premi
- Listed, Super Lawyers, Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2022-2026
- Listed, Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch,” Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense: White Collar 2024-2027
- Recipient, Miami-Dade Bar, “Circle of Excellence Award: Criminal Law,” 2024
- Listed, Miami-Dade Bar, “40 Under 40,” 2023
- Recipient, Florida Bar, “Lynn Futch Most Productive Young Lawyer Award,” 2024
- Recipient, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade Chapter, “Judge Amy Karan President’s Award,” 2022
- Listed, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade Chapter, “Leaders in the Law,” 2020
- Listed, National Association of Women Lawyers, “Rising List,” 2022
- Member, Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (MDFAWL)
- Immediate Past President
- President, 2025–2026
- President-Elect, 2024–2025
- Secretary, 2023–2024
- Director, 2021–2023
- Chair, Public Relations Committee, 2019–2023
- Member, National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)
- Advocacy Committee, 2023–Present
- Annual Meeting Host Committee, 2023–Present
- Member, Women’s Fund of Fund of Miami-Dade, Raise the Bar Planning Committee, 2018–Present
Formazione
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Laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza, New York University School of Law
- Staff Development Editor, Review of Law and Social Change
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Diploma di maturità, with honors, University of Florida
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Florida
- Inglese, Madrelingua
- American Sign Language, Colloquiale
- Spagnolo, Colloquiale