Mullen Coughlin, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Entering 2026, Mullen Coughlin LLC welcomed five (5) new attorneys to both the Incident Response (IR) and Advisory Compliance (AC) practice groups – Koye Adeyeye, Evan Berman, Alexandra Fochios, Andrew Gallup, and Santina Liciardello.

Koye Adeyeye joins Mullen Coughlin UK (MCUK) as an Associate and is based in London. An experienced Breach Counsel attorney, Koye enhances MCUK’s incident response capabilities in investigating all types of domestic and cross-border incidents and ensuring clients’ compliance with the various UK-based and other international data privacy and security laws and regulations. Koye is licensed as a Solicitor in England & Wales and received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sheffield.

Evan Berman, Andrew Gallup, and Santina Liciardello are Associates in the Firm’s IR practice group; Evan is based in New Jersey, Santina in Devon, PA, and Andrew in Washington, DC. These three attorneys will build off of their previous legal experience and provide Breach Counsel services to organizations experiencing a data privacy and security incident. Evan received his J.D. from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law and is licensed to practice in New Jersey and Florida; Santina also received her J.D. from Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania; and Andrew received his from American University Washington College of Law and is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia.

Alexandra Fochios, based in New York, joins the Advisory Compliance practice group. A former Mullen Coughlin Law Clerk, she devotes her practice to counseling organizations of all sizes and across all industry sectors with proactive and pre-incident compliance and incident preparedness services. She is licensed to practice in New York and also received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law.

Continuing our long-standing partnership with NetDiligence, Mullen Coughlin LLC is a Silver-level sponsor of the 2026 Cyber Risk Summit held in Miami Beach, FL from February 9-11.

On February 11, Partner & Co-Chair of the Litigation practice Carolyn Purwin Ryan moderates the session “Claims and Losses by the Numbers” alongside Michael Bruemmer of Experian, Erin Hendrix of Tokio Marine HCC, and NetDiligence’s Mark Greisiger. During the session, Carolyn leads the panel in exploring the key findings and updates from the 2025 NetDiligence Cyber Claims Study and also shares real-world insights and experiences highlighting today’s cyber risk landscape.

Carolyn, as well as Jennifer Coughlin and Gregory Bautista, look forward to seeing friends, clients, and partners in Miami.

Learn more here.

On January 24 at the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) 2026 Annual Conference – CONNECT351 – Mullen Coughlin Partner Greg Bautista presents on the workshop session, “Municipal Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Communities Online.”

Moderated by Lin Chabra, Sr. Manager of Risk Management at the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIAA), Greg and other panelists discuss the unique cybersecurity challenges that local governments encounter and highlight practical strategies to strengthen digital defenses. To better understand these concepts, attendees will engage in a playthrough of the CyberSecureDeck: Defend the Network card game – immersing themselves in real-world scenarios focusing on identifying, protecting against, detecting, responding to, and recovering from data privacy and security incidents.

Learn more about the 2026 CONNECT351 Conference here.