Ellen (Nell) Coogan

Ellen (Nell) Coogan is a founding member of CSC Investigations. With an office in Burlington, Vermont,  she conducts investigations throughout the State of Vermont and New England. After graduating cum laude from Vermont Law School in 1982, Ms. Coogan worked as a criminal defense lawyer, civil litigator, hearing officer and mediator. Starting in 2008 and to the present, Ms. Coogan has investigated complaints of unlawful discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, policy violations, and wrongful employment practices for colleges, universities and employers.  Ms. Coogan is approved by the Vermont Agency of Education and the Vermont Human Rights Commission to conduct Independent Reviews of a school’s response to a complaint of harassment.

Ms. Coogan is licensed as a private investigator by the State of Vermont. She is an attorney in good standing and admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Vermont. In addition to her membership in the Vermont Bar Association and the New Hampshire Bar Association, Ms. Coogan is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution and the Association of Workplace Investigators. Ms.Coogan is approved by United Educators as an independent sexual misconduct investigator.

Nancy Goss Sheahan

Nancy Goss Sheahan is a founding member of CSC Investigations and is based in Burlington, Vermont. She received her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Vermont Law School. A former prosecutor, she is a principal of the law firm of McNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, P.C.

In her capacity as a prosecutor and litigator in private practice, Ms. Sheahan has been involved in numerous cases involving sex crimes and/or policy violations, allegations of civil rights violations, and claims of discrimination and harassment.

Ms. Sheahan serves as the chairperson of Vermont’s State Police Advisory Commission. She is a past co-chair of the Chittenden Unit for Special Investigations, a multi-agency task force providing criminal investigative services in the area of sexual offenses.

Ms. Sheahan is licensed as a private investigator by the State of Vermont. She is also admitted to practice law in Vermont as well as admitted before the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Sheahan is a member of the Vermont Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Chittenden County Bar Association. She is also a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association and the Association of Workplace Investigators. Ms.Sheahan is approved by United Educators as an independent sexual misconduct investigator.