Serrin Turner > Latham & Watkins LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
NEW YORK
NY 10020
United States

Position

Serrin Turner is a member of the firm’s Privacy & Cyber Practice, Complex Commercial Litigation Practice, and White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Practice.

A former federal prosecutor, Serrin is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who represents and advises clients on a wide range of cybersecurity and privacy-related matters, including:

    • Class-action litigation
    • Regulatory investigations
    • Commercial disputes
    • Incident response

Serrin joined Latham following six years as an Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he served as the Office’s lead cybercrime prosecutor. In that role, Serrin handled a wide range of cybercrime investigations and prosecutions, including matters involving computer hacking, data breaches, trade-secret theft, black-market websites, trafficking in stolen payment card and personal identity information, and money laundering through digital currencies.

While at the US Attorney’s Office, Serrin also handled high-profile litigation involving US electronic surveillance statutes, including Amnesty International v. Clapper, a constitutional challenge to a key foreign-intelligence surveillance statute, as well In re Microsoft Search Warrant, a challenge brought by a leading email provider to a search warrant for data stored overseas.

Prior to his service at the US Attorney’s Office, Serrin served in the Civil Division of the US Department of Justice. He is a two-time recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, the Justice Department’s second-highest award, and he has also received the John Marshall Award for Trial of Litigation, the Justice Department’s highest award for trial litigators.

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)

Characterized by an ‘unparalleled‘ depth of knowledge, the privacy and cyber practice at Latham & Watkins LLP leverages its international reach to offer global compliance advice, including advisory support, international cybersecurity incident response, privacy litigation and regulatory investigations. The wider firm’s transactional practice is also supported by the cyber team, who offer strategic data and privacy insights during corporate transactions. Practice head Michael Rubin works out of San Francisco, and is recommended as the ‘go-to data privacy and security lawyer for technology companies‘. In Washington DC, Jennifer Archie ‘is simply outstanding‘: her practice spans FTC investigation defense and critical data-related crisis, including those involving nation-state attacks. Antony Kim, also in DC, focuses on public and private enforcement regarding cybersecurity, data usage and governance, and consumer protection. Serrin Turner is a key name in New York, representing high profile corporates in privacy litigation. Marissa Boynton is based in DC, and handles privacy-related investigations, computer fraud and cybercrime related incidents, and privacy issues arising in corporate transactions. Clayton Northouse, DC, has particular experience in cross-border transactional matters, also an area of strength for San Francisco based Robert Blamires, who is dual qualified across the US and England and Wales.