Mullen Coughlin, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
Mullen Coughlin LLC is a law firm uniquely dedicated exclusively to representing organizations facing data privacy events, information security incidents, and the need to address these risks before a crisis hits. Founded by John Mullen, Jennifer Coughlin, Jim Prendergast, and Chris DiIenno, our team of accessible and motivated attorneys have handled thousands of events and possess experience and talent in data breach response, regulatory investigation defense, pre-breach planning and compliance, and privacy and security litigation defense unmatched in the industry.
Meet Our Team
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Richard J. Aponte-Boyd
Partner
(267) 930-4888Richard Aponte-Boyd, a Partner at Mullen Coughlin, focuses his practice on data privacy and security incident response. Working with organizations […]
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Cameron Carr
UK Managing Partner & Co-Chair, International
+44 (20) 8044 1854 | UK Mobile: +44 (7) 930 576 873 | U.S. Office: +1 (267) 930-6597Based in London, Cameron Carr is a Partner with Mullen Coughlin who has dedicated his entire legal career to assisting […]
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Jennifer A. Coughlin
Partner & Managing Member
(267) 930-4774Jennifer A. Coughlin is a Founding Partner of Mullen Coughlin and its Managing Member, guiding the Firm in its commitment […]
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Christopher J. DiIenno
Partner
(267) 930-4775Christopher Dilenno is a Founding Partner of Mullen Coughlin, focusing his practice on assisting organizations as they respond to, and […]
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Elizabeth R. Dill
Partner & Co-Chair, Advisory Compliance
(267) 930-5327Elizabeth (Liz) Dill, CIPP/US is a Partner at Mullen Coughlin, located in Richmond, Virginia. She focuses her practice on counseling […]
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Kevin E. Dolan
Partner & Co-Chair, Advisory Compliance
(267) 930-4861Kevin E. Dolan is a Partner at Mullen Coughlin and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Advisory Compliance practice group. As Co-Chair, […]
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Kevin M. Farrell
Partner
(267) 930-4691Kevin Farrell is a Partner at Mullen Coughlin. He represents organizations, particularly in the healthcare and life sciences industry, through […]
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Edward J. Finn
Partner
(267) 930-4776A Partner at Mullen Coughlin, Ed Finn assists organizations in various industry groups with ensuring compliance with a wide variety […]
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Len Fisher
Partner
(267) 930-4379Len Fisher is a Partner at Mullen Coughlin. His practice focuses on providing counsel to organizations who have experienced a […]
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Brian F. Fox
Partner
(267) 930-4777Brian Fox focuses his practice on privacy and data security matters, helping clients navigate the various state, federal and international laws that govern the protection of data. When a privacy event occurs, he assists clients with locating the source of the breach, identifies affected individuals and prepares the legally required notice to individuals and regulatory officials.
Firm News & Events
Mullen Coughlin Supports and Participates the 2025 NetDiligence Philadelphia “Cyber Risk Summit”
As a continuation of our long-standing relationship with NetDiligence, Mullen Coughlin is proud to support and participate in the 2025 Philadelphia “Cyber Risk Summit” from October 6-8.
On Monday, October 6, as part of the Conference’s “Career Pathways for Students” programming, Partner Brittany Bickel shares how the Firm’s Incident Response practice manages the full lifecycle of the incident response process, providing student attendees a first-hand look at the fast-paced legal response to a data privacy and security incident.
On Tuesday, October 7, Mullen Coughlin Partner Chris Ballod moderates the breakout session, “Cyber Claims & Losses Update,” alongside a panel of cyber insurance specialists from CFC, Travelers and Westfield Specialty. This session examines recent claims and losses from data privacy and security incidents so far in 2025.
Brittany, Chris, CEO John Mullen, Managing Member Jennifer Coughlin and Partners Carolyn Purwin Ryan and Gregory Bautista look forward to seeing the cyber insurance community at this event. Learn more about the Philadelphia “Cyber Risk Summit” here.
Cyber Threats Keeping You Up at Night? Insights to Enhance Your Organization’s Cyber Resilience
At the Travelers Institute’s Navigating Risk and Building Resilience Symposium in St. Paul, MN on September 16, Partner Carolyn Purwin Ryan presents the session, “Cyber Threats Keeping You Up at Night? Insights to Enhance Your Organization’s Cyber Resilience.”
During this session, which is hosted by Joan Woodward, Carolyn and Travelers’ Head of Cyber Risk Services, Lauren Winchester, discuss the latest cybersecurity tactics being deployed against U.S. businesses and organizations and, most importantly, learn what organizations can do about them.
Drawing on Carolyn’s “Breach Counsel” experience in responding to and investigating thousands of data privacy and security incidents, as well as liaising with cyber insurance claims teams throughout the incident response process, specific insights into common cyber mistakes, important methods to increase cyber readiness and more is presented.
This event is part of Travelers Institute’s Cyber: Prepare, Prevent, Mitigate, Restore series of educational initiatives promoting cybersecurity education. Learn more and register to attend here.
Cyber Threats and Legal Litigation: Understanding Business Email Compromise
Litigation Partner Amanda Harvey presents at the University of Texas’s Essential Cybersecurity, Privacy and AI Law conference in Austin on October 22.
During her session, “Cyber Threats and Legal Litigation: Understanding Business Email Compromise,” Amanda explores the increasing threat of business email compromise (BEC) incidents. With experience in responding to and investigating these types of incidents, as well as defending organizations against claims stemming from BEC incidents, attendees hear from Amanda on how these types of schemes unfold and how any potential liability is assessed.
Learn more about the Conference here.