Vanessa Coleman

Vanessa Coleman is an associate in the Healthcare Law practice group at Brach Eichler, focusing her practice on general corporate, transactional, regulatory as well as litigation matters.

Prior to joining Brach Eichler, Vanessa was a Deputy Attorney General at the State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Vanessa provided legal counsel to healthcare regulatory agencies that issue professional licenses including the state boards of medical examiners, nursing, pharmacy, respiratory care, ophthalmic dispensers and technicians, kosher/halal group, and chiropractic examiners. Prior to her work at the Attorney General’s office, Vanessa clerked at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office in the appellate section and she was a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Steven F. Nemeth, J.S.C., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Family and Criminal Divisions, Monmouth County.

California

State Bar of California

ID Number: 332185

New Jersey

New Jersey Courts

ID Number: 161022015

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration

ID Number: 5647441

Associate

Brach Eichler LLC

2022 - Current

Deputy Attorney General

New Jersey Office of Attorney General, Division of Law

2017 - 2022

• Provide day-to-day legal counsel to NJ healthcare regulatory agencies that issue professional licenses including the state boards of nursing, pharmacy, respiratory care, ophthalmic dispensers and technicians, as well as the medical practitioner review panel and kosher/halal group. • Coordinate with civil and criminal authorities on numerous consumer fraud and professional misconduct investigations. • Perform legal research and analysis for legislative initiatives; draft legal justification for regulatory amendments. • Provide appellate consulting and brief-writing services to Boards. • Recipient of Attorney General Award for Excellence in a Supporting Role as Co-counsel to the Board of Pharmacy.

Seton Hall University School of Law

J.D. (2015)

2015