Mullen Coughlin

What Mullen Coughlin does

Mullen Coughlin LLC is a privately held US law firm founded in 2016 and dedicated exclusively to data privacy and incident response legal services. The firm represents organizations facing data security events, regulatory investigations, and pre-breach compliance obligations, and operates as a 24/7/365 Breach Counsel provider with dedicated US (844-885-1574) and UK (+44 808 502 0579) hotlines. Headquartered in Devon, Pennsylvania, the firm maintains additional US offices in Glen Allen (VA), Stamford (CT), and Baltimore (MD), and operates a wholly-owned UK subsidiary, Mullen Coughlin UK Limited, based in London.

The firm fields 115+ attorneys — approximately 58 Partners and 50 Associates — across four formal practice areas: Incident Response, Regulatory Investigation Defense, Litigation Defense, and Advisory Compliance, plus an International practice. Service scope spans the full incident lifecycle, including forensic investigation direction, notification and disclosure compliance, defense before state, federal, and international regulators (state AGs, FTC, HHS/OCR, FDIC, PCI SSC, ICO, FCA, SRA), single-plaintiff and class action privacy litigation, and pre-breach planning (tabletop exercises, policy development, training). The firm reports handling thousands of data privacy matters, including incidents affecting millions of individuals, across 100+ global jurisdictions.

Mullen Coughlin generates revenue through professional services fees billed on a per-matter basis, with engagements primarily initiated through cyber insurance carrier and broker referrals. The firm operates as panel Breach Counsel for multiple cyber insurers, positioning it at the point of crisis when insured organizations need specialized counsel. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; multi-year engagements are typical where incidents spill into litigation and regulatory defense. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the firm is independent, with no parent company, funding rounds, or external capital.

Name

Mullen Coughlin

Legal name

Mullen Coughlin LLC

Website

https://mullen.law

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mullen Coughlin LLC is a US law firm founded in 2016 that exclusively provides data privacy and incident response legal services — including 24/7 breach response, regulatory defense, litigation, and pre-breach advisory — to organizations of all sizes and across all industry verticals, primarily via cyber insurance carrier and broker referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Legal Services

NAICS

Investigation and Security Services (5616)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Detection & Response (MDR) (BPAEADAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Backup, Disaster Recovery & Ransomware Resilience for Healthcare (HLACAJAO)

Keywords

• Data privacy law
• Cyber incident response
• Breach response counsel
• Regulatory investigation defense
• Privacy litigation defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Devon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Legal Services Fees: Mullen Coughlin generates revenue by providing legal services to organizations in connection with data privacy and security incidents. Fees are billed for breach response counsel, regulatory investigation defense, pre-breach planning and compliance advisory, and privacy/security litigation defense. Services are primarily delivered under cyber insurance coverage, with the firm's client relationships often initiated through cyber insurance carrier or broker referrals. Revenue is generated from billable legal services rendered to victim organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mullen Coughlin is a US law firm dedicated exclusively to representing organizations facing data privacy events, information security incidents, and the need to address these risks before a crisis hits. The firm delivers four integrated service lines: Pre-Breach planning and compliance, Breach Response (24/7 crisis management), Regulatory Investigation defense, and Litigation defense, with most engagements delivered under cyber insurance coverage.

Product overview

Mullen Coughlin is a law firm providing a unified suite of data privacy and cybersecurity legal services. The core offerings include Breach Response (24/7 crisis management), Pre-Breach Services (planning and compliance), Regulatory Investigation Defense, and Litigation Defense. The Advisory Compliance module supports proactive risk management. All services are offered under the umbrella of cyber insurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pre-Breach Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Handled thousands of data privacy related matters of various sizes and types over the past decade
• +4 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• DLA Piper: DLA Piper's global technology and data privacy group handles cross-border breach response and GDPR matters; broader portfolio but competes directly for international cyber incident work and cyber insurance panel placements.
• Cooley: Cooley fields a data privacy and cybersecurity practice that handles breach response, regulatory investigations, and class action defense, with particular strength in technology and life sciences clients — overlapping with Mullen Coughlin's healthcare and tech segments.
• Sidley Austin: Sidley Austin's Data Privacy and Cybersecurity practice handles breach response, regulatory defense, and privacy litigation for major enterprises — competing for high-end data privacy counsel work, though as part of a much broader firm.
• Mayer Brown: Mayer Brown's Cyber & Data Privacy practice handles incident response, regulatory enforcement, and litigation globally — competing for the same enterprise and financial-services breach counsel work Mullen Coughlin serves.
• WilmerHale: WilmerHale's Privacy and Cybersecurity practice defends data breach class actions and handles regulatory investigations; competing for high-stakes privacy litigation and regulatory defense work, particularly for technology clients.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: Global full-service firm with a strong data privacy, cybersecurity and incident response practice across US, UK, and EMEA — competing for the same international breach response engagements, with broader geographic reach but less single-purpose focus.

Direct peers

• BakerHostetler: BakerHostetler is one of the largest dedicated data privacy and incident response practices in the US, frequently engaged by cyber insurers as breach counsel and a direct competitor for the same incident response and class action litigation work.
• Hunton Andrews Kurth: Hunton Andrews Kurth operates a globally recognized privacy and cybersecurity practice that handles data breach response, regulatory defense, and privacy litigation — directly competing with Mullen Coughlin for cyber insurance panel work and breach counsel engagements.

Emerging players

• Troutman Pepper: Troutman Pepper's Privacy and Cybersecurity practice handles breach response and cyber insurance-related matters, with growing national presence — competing for similar insured and carrier-referred breach counsel engagements.
• Mintz: Mintz's Privacy & Cybersecurity practice handles breach response and regulatory matters for technology and healthcare clients — a more focused competitor than the global firms, with particular overlap in healthcare privacy work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mullencyber

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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