Mullen Coughlin, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Mullen Coughlin is excited to welcome Richard Hall as a Partner. Richard is the second Partner at MC UK, and joins London Office Lead Cameron Carr and Associates Alex DiMeo and Alexander Dimitrov.

“Since the opening of our London office in January of this year, we have seen a positive response from the market to our international offering of specialist cybersecurity and privacy legal services. We are committed to the international delivery of our bespoke incident response services, and welcome Richard to assist in our response to that market requirement for international delivery,” says Partner Cameron Carr.

Primarily focused on contentious legal matters and cybersecurity incident response, Richard has a wealth of knowledge related to the data protection, cybersecurity and privacy legal landscape in the United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU). He is well-versed with the UK regulatory landscape – specifically the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – having successfully defended multiple organizations under investigation and/or subject to enforcement actions. 

On joining Mullen Coghlin, Richard remarks, “I am delighted to join Mullen Coughlin as a Partner in London. It’s exciting to build out our international presence. I look forward to contributing to the Firm’s continued strategic growth, whilst adding to its already exceptional reputation in assisting organizations that are dealing with international data privacy and security incidents.”

Richard holds a Bachelor of Laws from Swansea University and is licensed by the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to practice in England & Wales. He holds a GIAC “Security Essentials Certification” demonstrating his commitment to, and knowledge of, information security.

Mullen Coughlin LLC Partner Carolyn Purwin Ryan participated in an AM Best webinar alongside Munich Re’s Robert Barlow and Maria Long on October 17.

The webinar, “Loss Trends in Cyber Liability Insurance,” provides viewers with insights into cyber incidents, including ransomware incidents, and with mitigation strategies so that your organization’s data is protected from various cyber threats.

You can view the webinar here.

Mullen Coughlin LLC is proud to announce the promotion of Incident Response attorneys Craig Steen and Furrah Qureshi to Partner, effective October 1, 2024.

Craig Steen joined Mullen Coughlin as an Associate in April 2021. He currently serves as Breach Counsel to organizations across all industry sectors, assisting them with responding to and investigating data privacy and security incidents of all types. His clients have praised him for his thoughtfulness when dealing with sensitive legal issues and he’s known around the Firm for his exceptional writing and organizational skills – necessary for communicating with numerous incident response stakeholders including cyber insurance carriers and brokers, law enforcement, DFIR firms and regulatory agencies. He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania.

Furrah Qureshi joined Mullen Coughlin in May 2021 after a 5+ year stint as an Assistant District Attorney for the Montgomery County (PA) District Attorney’s Office. Since joining the Firm, Furrah’s clients have relied on her to not only counsel them on their legal and regulatory obligations stemming from data privacy and security incidents, but also for her attention to detail and keen understanding of nuance in cyber matters and with providing a steady and professional hand during the incident response process. She received her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law and is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania.