Mullen Coughlin welcomed Zachary L. Elkwood as an Associate in its Incident Response practice group this past March. Based in New York, Zach will provide Breach Counsel services to organizations who have experienced a data privacy and security incident.

Zach brings a wealth of experience to the Firm after spending several years as the Assistant General Counsel for Compliance and Security at a large, global law firm. Focusing particularly on organizations in the Professional Services industry group sector, he has coordinated legal and regulatory responses stemming from data privacy and security incidents, as well as provided training on incident response and DFIR investigations, reviewed and negotiated cyber provisions in third-party contracts and developed guidance related to varies data privacy laws.

Zach earned his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and is licensed to practice in both New York and Florida.