Kelly S. Johnson

Overview

Kelly S. Johnson is a Partner in Mullen Coughlin’s Litigation practice group, where she focuses her practice on defending organizations across all industry sectors in single-plaintiff, class action, and B2B data breach and privacy-related litigation. Her practice includes litigation arising from cybersecurity incidents, alleged unauthorized disclosures of personal information, and the use of online tracking technologies.

For more than 25 years, Kelly has represented and advised organizations on a variety of complex litigation matters related to data privacy and cybersecurity, business disputes, insurance coverage, and other civil and commercial claims. Her experience includes high-stakes securities, antitrust, and mass tort litigation. She is routinely called upon to translate complex legal theories and evolving risk profiles into clear and actionable guidance for her clients, including cyber insurance claims professionals and in-house legal teams. She is licensed to practice in Georgia.

Kelly brings extensive experience to the Litigation practice from her previous roles in private practice and within the cyber insurance ecosystem. She previously served as Head of Claims for a cyber- and technology-focused risk management firm and led a team of claims professionals handling first- and third-party cyber and technology matters for a specialty insurer. These roles gave her firsthand experience with incident response, coverage considerations, litigation management, claims reporting, budgeting, and the practical business decisions organizations face following a data privacy and security incident.

In private practice, she has handled complex coverage and litigation matters involving cyber, directors and officers, errors and omissions, fiduciary, and other professional liability insurance. Drawing on both her outside counsel and claims leadership experience, Kelly develops practical litigation strategies that account for legal exposure, business objectives, insurance considerations, and the operational realities of responding to data breach, privacy, and security disputes.

Kelly’s integrated perspective enables her to deliver strategic, practical, and results-oriented counsel tailored to each client’s legal and business objectives.