Goodwin Procter has opened an office in Orange County with a trio of litigation partners hired from Jones Day.
Richard Grabowski, John Vogt and Ryan Ball have joined the firm as partners to open its new office in Newport Beach, Goodwin said on Tuesday. The trio bring litigation practices focused on cybersecurity, privacy, technology, trade secrets and consumer financial services.
Caroline Bullerjahn, co-chair of Goodwin’s complex litigation and dispute resolution practice, said the team’s hire was a “game changer”.
“Our industry immersion in technology, healthcare, life sciences and private equity means we’re already embedded where privacy and data protection issues matter most,” Bullerjahn said. “This addition brings that same depth to our consumer financial services practice. The team’s industry knowledge combined with their courtroom excellence is the formula to build something exceptional.”
In 2023, the incoming trio led the successful defence of Experian Data in a multi-million dollar enforcement action over a data breach – one of the largest data breach cases ever to proceed to trial.
Grabowski, who has spent the past 36 years at Jones Day, has served as lead counsel in more than 100 federal and state consumer class actions and regularly leads parallel investigations by the FTC, CFPB and state attorneys general, with a focus on complex consumer and data matters.
Vogt brings more than 25 years of experience defending nationwide class actions involving data breaches, tracking technologies, wiretap statutes, biometric and dark-pattern claims, mass arbitration and regulatory enforcement.
Meanwhile, Ball represents public and private companies in complex litigation and government investigations involving data breaches, tracking technologies and emerging privacy statutes. He joined Jones Day in 2018 from Kasowitz Benson Torres.
Orange County marks Goodwin’s first office launch since early 2023, when the firm set up shop in Philadelphia with a team hired from legacy Troutman Pepper. The firm already has West Coast offices spanning San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Silicon Valley.
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