Aishlin advises insurers with respect to errors and omissions policies issued to a variety of professionals, including lawyers, financial services firms, and real estate professionals. She also represents insurers in connection with a broad range of coverages including general liability, employment practices and management liability, and cyber and technology policies. Aishlin has experience counseling law firms and lawyers regarding risk management, representing insurers in coverage disputes, and defending professionals in malpractice actions.
An insurer that brings an action against its insured in California where the insured asserts a counterclaim alleging bad faith may consider filing a motion to strike based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute. However, a recent federal appellate decision suggests that the insurer will face an uphill..
Alex advises and represents London Market and U.S. insurers with a focus on cyber security, data breach, and privacy matters. His work primarily involves coverage evaluation, risk mitigation, and litigation management for losses and claims arising from breach events of all sizes. He also helps facilitate front-line incident response. Prior to joining Atheria, Alex spent six years practicing civil litigation, focusing on general liability, personal injury, health care, medical malpractice, and business and contract disputes.
.jpg)
Amelia is based in Atheria's London office and provides coverage advice to insurers regarding cyber security, privacy, media, and technology matters. She concentrates on first- and Third-Party coverage of privacy incidents, including ransomware and cyber extortion and business interruption claims, as well as litigation and regulatory claims following a breach incident. Prior to joining Atheria, Amelia spent five years in civil litigation, including representing and advising insurers on healthcare sector claims.
Following a potential breach of personal data, whether or not through a malicious attack, organisations operating in the United Kingdom (“UK”) can expect regulatory scrutiny and claims for compensation, on top of their own significant costs and losses incurred as a direct result of the incident.
Andrew represents domestic and international insurance companies in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to professionals including architects, engineers, law firms, and real estate brokerages. His practice includes advice on complex coverage issues and risk-management strategies in high-stakes claims and disputes in professional liability matters. He has also represented insurers in connection with general liability and property insurance policies.
Texas Supreme Court will consider an opportunity to reshape the contours of the Stowers doctrine, which requires insurers to consider settlement demands within policy limits with a “degree of care and diligence which an ordinarily prudent person would exercise in the management of his own business”
Andrew is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) based in Atheria's Los Angeles office. He represents London Market and U.S. insurers with a focus on technology, cyber, and privacy matters. His work includes coverage evaluation, risk mitigation, and litigation management on matters involving data breach and cyber incidents, consumer privacy class actions, and regulatory investigations. Andrew has over a decade of experience litigating business and insurance disputes, including at the appellate level. He also assists insurers with developing policy wordings for cyber policies and has direct experience working with claims and underwriting teams while seconded to an international cyber insurer.
There have been positive developments for defendants in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) landscape this week.On February 19, 2020, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued the much-awaited opinion in Gadelhak v. AT&T Servs., Inc., No. 19-1738, 2020 WL 808270 (7th Cir. Feb. 19, 2020)
Andrew acts as monitoring and coverage counsel to traditional and Insurtech insurers based in London, the E.U., and the U.S. on matters involving data breach, ransomware, business interruption, and financial fraud. He also has significant experience with Third-Party exposure, including privacy class action, Pixel liability, mass arbitration, and regulatory claims under HIPAA and GDPR. His work emphasizes managing early risk and mitigating downstream Third-Party exposure arising from complex claims and parallel coverage litigation.
Introduction Courts across the United States universally have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While some jurisdictions have coped well, other jurisdictions have struggled to provide safe and meaningful access to courts...
An insurer that brings an action against its insured in California where the insured asserts a counterclaim alleging bad faith may consider filing a motion to strike based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute. However, a recent federal appellate decision suggests that the insurer will face an uphill..
.jpg)
Arianna represents insurers in matters involving intellectual property, cybersecurity, technology, media, and privacy. Prior to joining Atheria, Arianna began her legal career in San Francisco as a Bank of America Foundation Legal Fellow at the National Housing Law Project, and subsequently continued working with local nonprofits, most recently at Legal Assistance to the Elderly.
Autumn is a paralegal on Atheria's Technology, Media, and Privacy team, where she assists attorneys in managing a diverse caseload of cyber and data privacy matters on behalf of London Market, E.U., and U.S. insurers. Her work supports the team across a broad spectrum of claims, including data breach response, ransomware and cyber extortion, privacy class actions, technology errors and omissions disputes, and intellectual property matters involving policyholders across a wide range of industries.
Bill has extensive experience representing professionals, insurers, and reinsurers in litigation and arbitration. His practice includes professional liability disputes of significant size and scope worldwide, as well as litigation and counseling regarding wine industry claims and disputes, including counterfeit wine claims. Bill also has significant law firm management experience and represents lawyers and law firms in risk management and operational matters and disputes. He is an active participant in mediation throughout the United States and other jurisdictions.
Brett represents insurers in claims involving intellectual property, technology errors and omissions, media liability, and cyber and privacy matters. His work spans a broad range of disputes on behalf of London Market and U.S. insurers, including patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret claims brought against policyholders ranging from early-stage startups to established technology companies, as well as software implementation disputes, technology hardware failures, and matters involving online defamation and disparaging content. Brett’s practice has a particular focus on intellectual property matters and emerging technologies that create novel coverage issues. Prior to joining Atheria, he practiced civil litigation across several areas of law, experience he draws on to inform and strengthen his coverage practice.
As the development of generative AI continues to transform industries, one of the most pressing legal questions has been whether training large language models on copyrighted books qualifies as fair use.
Casey advises insurers regarding cybersecurity, technology, media, privacy, and professional liability matters. Her work supports insurers across a range of complex claims, including data breach and privacy incidents, ransomware and cyber extortion, technology errors and omissions disputes, and intellectual property matters. Prior to joining Atheria, Casey served as a summer associate with the firm in 2024 and worked as a research assistant for Dean Afra Afsharipour at UC Davis School of Law, focusing on issues of gender inequality in IPO legal teams.
Charlotte leads Atheria's UK team and focuses her practice on technology, cyber, intellectual property, and privacy law. She is dual-qualified and specialises in providing dedicated coverage advice and monitoring counsel to insurers with respect to international data privacy and cybersecurity incidents involving U.S. and UK companies and public sector organisations, as well as claims and losses under cyber liability, technology, media, intellectual property, and professional liability policies. Charlotte also regularly advises insurers on the development of new U.S. and UK cyber insurance products.
On Dec. 31, the Brexit transition period ended, and the U.K. formally exited the European Union. Perhaps surprisingly, despite such a seismic shift in the U.K. constitution, the key principles of U.K. data protection law remain fundamentally unchanged...
Ransomware attacks continue to proliferate across the globe and it is expected that 2020 will see continued attacks. Trend Micro Inc. reported a 77% surge in ransomware[1] attacks during the first half of 2019
As we approach the end of an unprecedented year, we look ahead to the next twelve months. In addition to the ongoing strain on company resources caused by the pandemic, we expect companies operating in the UK and their insurers will face additional data protection burdens in 2021
Christina represents insurers in connection with cyber, privacy, and intellectual property claims, including data breaches, class action litigation involving the collection and use of consumer data, regulatory investigations, and cyber extortion demands. She also frequently works with insurers on the development of insurance policies, endorsements, and manuscripted coverages for cyber and intellectual property risks. As a founding partner, Christina has been instrumental in shaping the firm's direction and growth.
An insurer that brings an action against its insured in California where the insured asserts a counterclaim alleging bad faith may consider filing a motion to strike based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute. However, a recent federal appellate decision suggests that the insurer will face an uphill..
On Dec. 31, the Brexit transition period ended, and the U.K. formally exited the European Union. Perhaps surprisingly, despite such a seismic shift in the U.K. constitution, the key principles of U.K. data protection law remain fundamentally unchanged...
Christina “Tina” advises London Market and domestic insurers with respect to complex claims reported under policies issued to licensed professionals, including global design and construction firms, health care facilities, real estate professionals, and law firms. She also represents insurers across a broad range of insurance coverage issues arising under professional liability, general liability, and excess/umbrella policies. Tina's practice is resolution-focused, and she has negotiated multi-million-dollar settlements of significant, high-profile claims and coverage disputes during her 25-year legal career. She also has extensive experience litigating and trying multi-party insurance coverage disputes. As a founding member of Atheria, Tina has been instrumental in shaping the firm's team-based approach and commitment to inclusion.
Chris advises insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to a variety of professionals, including architects, engineers, and other design professionals. He also advises both domestic and London Market insurers in connection with general liability policies. Prior to joining Atheria, Chris gained significant litigation and insurance coverage experience as an associate at a prominent insurance coverage firm in the Bay Area.
An insurer that brings an action against its insured in California where the insured asserts a counterclaim alleging bad faith may consider filing a motion to strike based on California’s anti-SLAPP statute. However, a recent federal appellate decision suggests that the insurer will face an uphill..
On large projects, construction and design firms may purchase project-specific insurance policies to provide a single source of available insurance for claims related to that particular project..
Christopher counsels’ insurers regarding cybersecurity, technology, media, and privacy matters. During law school, Christopher participated in the Startup and Small Business Clinic as well as the Intellectual Property, Arts and Technology Clinic, where his project focused on California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) rulemaking activities.
Chriszayda brings over 12 years of experience in office administration, with expertise spanning human resources, accounting, and facilities management. Prior to joining Atheria, she served as an office administrator at a global law firm, where she developed a broad foundation in the operational needs of a professional legal environment.
Cory represents and advises London Market and U.S. insurers in connection with a wide variety of insurance coverage issues, with a focus on professional liability, general liability, and employment matters. His practice includes providing coverage advice and analysis in connection with claims throughout the country and abroad, insurance policy drafting, and litigation of insurance disputes. Cory has successfully resolved dozens of disputes in mediation throughout the U.S. with a diplomatic, results-driven approach.
For decades, debt collection agencies have operated within a regulatory framework that requires compliance with a hodgepodge of dated legislation subject to various interpretations across different jurisdictions.
As most insurers know, a reservation-of-rights letter is only useful to the extent that it can be enforced at a later date...
On April 1, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9-0 decision in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid..
Cynthia is an experienced Executive Assistant supporting Atheria's Professional Liability Lawyers and Architects & Engineers teams. She has worked alongside the same team of attorneys for over twenty years, assisting with all aspects of practice and client support; a tenure that spans the founding of Atheria Law itself.
.jpg)
David concentrates on counseling professional liability insurers and their insureds in matters involving up to billions of U.S. dollars in claimed damages. His professional liability practice spans complex matters across six continents, involving some of the largest architectural and engineering firms in the world.
EJ focuses her practice on cyber, privacy, media, and technology risks, including bespoke policy wording and the development of new cyber insurance programs. She represents and advises insurers on a broad range of cyber, privacy, media, and technology matters, including coverage analysis and monitoring of claims arising from computer network and data breaches, resulting consumer lawsuits, and regulatory investigations, as well as litigation concerning media and intellectual property. EJ also advises insurers on cyber market trends, policy wording and drafting, the setup of new insurance programs, vendor and service provider relationships, and claims processes. She brings nearly a decade of litigation experience to her practice, having handled complex insurance coverage litigation, class actions, and commercial disputes.
Eric represents insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to a wide range of professionals, including attorneys, architects, engineers, accountants, real estate agents, insurance brokers, business managers, and mortgage professionals. He also represents insurers with respect to general liability, employment practices liability, property, event contingency, and miscellaneous E&O policies, with experience litigating on behalf of both insurers and their insureds. Earlier in his career, Eric based his practice in London, working alongside clients and in-house with several Lloyd's syndicates. Eric is a founding member of Atheria, which he helped establish in 2019 alongside a group of partners he has worked with throughout his career.
Gabriela focuses her practice on the representation of insurers in cybersecurity, data breach, and privacy claims, advising clients on first- and Third-Party coverage of a wide range of privacy incidents. Prior to joining Atheria, Gabriela worked on the broker side, focusing on D&O and employment practices liability claims advocacy for both private (including unicorn) and public company insureds, giving her a well-rounded understanding of the claims process and a broad knowledge of various lines of coverage.
.jpg)
Isabella is a Legal Assistant at Atheria, bringing hands-on legal operations experience from her prior role as a Legal Operations Coordinator at the University of California Office of the General Counsel. Her background in institutional legal support, combined with her commitment to equity and inclusion, reflects the values at the heart of Atheria's team-based culture.
Jaime brings over ten years of experience to Atheria in technology roles across financial and professional services. He combines frontline problem-solving with a user-first approach, ensuring that Atheria's digital environment operates smoothly and efficiently in support of the firm and its clients.
Based in Atheria's London office, Jake provides coverage advice to insurers regarding cybersecurity, privacy, media, and technology matters, with a particular focus on international matters. Prior to joining Atheria, Jake gained experience interning at a state insurance regulatory department and a global insurance company, and spent four years working in research and development with a Formula One racing team.
The EU is easing AI Act compliance through extended deadlines, simplified obligations, and exemptions for SMEs, while the UK is relying upon sector-specific regulators to enforce a principles-based framework, rather than introducing a single statute.
Jamison (Jamie) Narbaitz is a founding partner of Atheria Law. Drawing on nearly a quarter century of legal and insurance experience, he assists London Market and U.S. insurers with complex matters. As head of the firm's Coverage Litigation practice, Jamie represents insurers in lawsuits in state and federal courts across the United States. Acting as coverage advice and monitoring counsel, he advises insurers on claims around the globe with a focus on professional liability, cyber, privacy class actions including biometrics and pixel tracking, technology errors and omissions, technology products, and media liability including online defamation and intellectual property infringement. He also prepares bespoke policy wordings for insurers.
Jaqueline (Jay) Herrera is a Litigation Legal Assistant at Atheria, bringing more than seven years of experience providing comprehensive support to attorneys in both transactional and litigation practices. She is particularly drawn to the fast-paced nature of litigation and the evolving intersection of law and technology. Jay is currently continuing her education with a focus on emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
Jeff provides strategic legal advice and counsel to domestic and international insurers on cybersecurity incidents and related regulatory investigations and litigation, including data breaches, cyber extortion, electronic fraud, and privacy litigation. He has collaborated with diverse organizations across government, education, manufacturing, technology, food and beverage, media, and healthcare sectors, addressing complex privacy and cyber liability issues. As lead coverage counsel on hundreds of privacy and data breach matters, Jeff has successfully managed and resolved significant incidents impacting hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide.
Jessica represents insurers in respect of first- and Third-Party matters involving cyber and privacy losses and technology, media, and intellectual property claims. Her practice includes facilitating front-line incident response to data breach and ransomware incidents of varying magnitude, providing coverage advice regarding statutory and regulatory liabilities, and monitoring and advising on individual and class action litigation involving high-stakes exposures in the areas of data breaches, consumer privacy, advertising, intellectual property, and software implementation. Prior to joining Atheria, Jessica gained significant litigation and insurance coverage experience, including at the appellate level, during her six years at a prominent insurance coverage firm in the Bay Area.
Jessica counsels’ insurers in connection with errors and omissions policies issued to professionals, representing insurers across a broad range of coverages including professional liability, general liability, and employment practices. She also counsels law firms on risk management, represents insurers in coverage disputes, and defends professionals in malpractice actions. Jessica has worked alongside the founding partners of Atheria for nearly two decades, bringing deep institutional knowledge and longstanding client relationships to her practice.
Joan D'Ambrosio represents insurers in matters involving technology, media, intellectual property, and privacy claims, including data security and privacy breaches. She has overseen thousands of data breach incidents, ranging from individual claims to some of the largest healthcare, retail, hospitality, education, and government breaches ever reported. Joan also advises insurers and their policyholders on professional liability matters. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Joan is a co-founder and President of Atheria, building the firm on a foundation of teamwork, innovation, and a strong culture of inclusion alongside colleagues she has worked with for decades.
Josh represents and advises cyber insurers regarding coverage for losses and claims arising from breach events of all sizes and helps facilitate front-line incident response. He brings more than a decade of experience representing insurers in insurance coverage disputes, including litigation arising from disputes over the nature and extent of coverage, bad faith, equitable contribution between co-insurers, and equitable subrogation between primary and excess insurers.
Julie represents insurers in respect of technology, media, intellectual property, privacy, and D&O claims. She has particular experience with complex and high-stakes class action claims in privacy, technology, and media exposures including intellectual property, defamation, software implementation, advertising, consumer privacy, and data breach litigation. Julie is a co-founder of Atheria and serves as the Managing Partner of the firm's Los Angeles office. She is deeply committed to championing diversity, inclusion, and belonging both within the firm and across the broader legal profession.
Julie is our HR Manager, bringing twenty years of human resource experience to the firm. The bulk of her career was spent in employee relations management at a large nationwide retailer, and more recently she served as an HR consultant to a portfolio of smaller companies, giving her a broad perspective on the people operations needs of organizations of varying size and complexity.
Kelly brings over 30 years of experience working with both domestic and London Market insurers. Her practice focuses on resolving and managing complex insurance coverage issues with particular interest in technology, privacy and cyber, and professional liability insurance, including errors and omissions, private non-profit management liability, public company directors and officers’ liability, and employment practices liability. Her practice also includes the drafting of policy wording. Kelly has worked in both private practice and as senior in-house claim counsel for a Fortune 500 insurance company. She is a committed advocate for diversity and inclusion both within the firm and across the broader insurance industry.
As we approach the end of an unprecedented year, we look ahead to the next twelve months. In addition to the ongoing strain on company resources caused by the pandemic, we expect companies operating in the UK and their insurers will face additional data protection burdens in 2021
On September 9, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida followed the recent trend of Florida state and federal courts by dismissing a putative class action lawsuit alleging that Costco’s use of session replay software violates the Florida Security of Communications Act
Kevin represents insurers in technology, media, intellectual property, and cyber and privacy claims, including errors and omissions claims and data security and privacy breaches. Prior to joining Atheria, Kevin served as in-house coverage counsel for an insurer and worked at private law firms representing domestic and European insurers. He has significant experience in insurance coverage analysis and litigation involving cyber, general liability, business automobile, and professional liability policies, as well as catastrophic injury and environmental and toxic tort litigation.
.jpg)
Kiley Wyart has experience in insurance and risk management, with a background in claims handling, coverage analysis, and client service. She also has experience providing administrative support to attorneys and senior executives, managing schedules, and supporting day-to-day operations. She earned her B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University. Outside the office, Kiley enjoys photography, movies, and attending concerts.
Lauren is a Legal Assistant based in Atheria's London office, providing administrative support to the firm's London team and fee earners. Prior to joining Atheria, Lauren accumulated extensive executive assistant and management experience, including overseeing the administration department within the Law Society's Membership Services Directorate.
Madisen is a Legal Assistant supporting Atheria's Technology, Media, and Privacy team, bringing an international perspective to her role. Prior to joining the firm, she lived and studied in South Korea and France, an experience that informs her global outlook and adaptability in a firm that regularly handles matters across multiple jurisdictions.
Maria represents insurers on matters involving intellectual property, cybersecurity, technology, media, and privacy. While in law school, Maria served as a Student Associate in the Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic, counseling startups on intellectual property and corporate issues including privacy policies, trademark clearance, and copyright protection.
Marisa supports Atheria's Professional Indemnity practice group. She brings prior experience as a paralegal at a firm providing coverage and monitoring services to global and domestic insurers, as well as litigation support experience for attorneys specializing in intellectual property matters.
Based in Atheria’s London office, Mary is a member of the firm’s Technology, Media & Privacy team and provides coverage advice to insurers on cybersecurity, technology, media, and privacy matters. Prior to joining Atheria, Mary was an enforcement attorney at the United States Federal Trade Commission, where she investigated and litigated cases involving consumer financial fraud. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University in 2020, and her B.A. in Comparative Law and Political Science from Utrecht University in 2017. Mary is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. Outside the office, Mary enjoys visiting her local farmer’s market, taking pottery classes, and exploring London with her husband.
Michael represents insurers in complex claims and losses arising under a variety of business lines, including first- and Third-Party cyber and privacy, technology, media, intellectual property, and professional liability coverages. He regularly counsels’ insurers on a wide range of legal and coverage issues to guide the evaluation and handling of high-stakes litigation and coverage disputes, particularly those concerning novel or unsettled areas of law. His experience includes rendering coverage opinions and assisting with exposure assessment, mitigation for large data breach incidents, regulatory liabilities, consumer class action litigation, and commercial disputes across numerous industry sectors. Michael also provides insurers with strategic advice concerning developing loss trends and sources of systemic risk, working to proactively identify and respond to emerging areas of concern in the modern digital privacy and multimedia landscape.
Michelle is Atheria's Paralegal Manager and a senior paralegal who assists attorneys in their representation of insurers with regard to technology errors and omissions, media, data and privacy breach, and intellectual property claims. Prior to joining Atheria, Michelle spent five years working alongside much of the current Atheria team, bringing deep institutional knowledge and longstanding working relationships to her role at the firm.
Naaley Khounpaseuth is a Legal Assistant at Atheria, supporting attorneys who represent insurers in matters involving cybersecurity, data breach, and privacy claims. She brings strong organizational skills and a background in political science to her role at the firm.
Nekea is a Legal Assistant on Atheria's Technology, Media, and Privacy team, bringing more than 15 years of experience in retail operations, project management, and customer relations to her support role. Her diverse operational background and commitment to service inform the high level of support she provides to the attorneys she works alongside.
Nick Bastovan represents insurers in connection with policies addressing technology, media, privacy, and breach incidents, including both first- and Third-Party claims. He draws on his litigation background from practice prior to joining Atheria, bringing practical courtroom and dispute resolution experience to his coverage practice. Nick is also a published scholar and serves on the board of a local nonprofit, reflecting a commitment to both academic rigor and community service that extends beyond his legal practice.
Nick counsels insurers in connection with professional liability policies issued to design professionals. His global practice regularly includes complex matters in which the amount at issue exceeds $1 billion, representing insurers and often entire insurance towers in all aspects of insurance coverage, including coverage evaluation, risk and liability analysis of the underlying dispute, and settlement negotiation.
Nicole is an experienced Executive Assistant supporting senior partners in Atheria's Technology, Media, and Privacy practice group. Prior to joining Atheria, Nicole worked alongside much of the current Atheria team at a global law firm, and has also supported executives in the health and technology industries. She additionally brings ten years of experience working with a law firm specializing in intellectual property.
Nicole is a Paralegal at Atheria, bringing 15 years of experience in the legal profession as both a legal assistant and paralegal. She has extensive litigation experience across civil litigation, bankruptcy, family law, and disability insurance, giving her a well-rounded foundation that she draws on in her work at the firm.
Nikki is a Partner in Atheria's Professional Liability group and also serves as the firm's General Counsel. She advises domestic and international insurers in connection with claims reported under errors and omissions policies issued to attorneys, law firms, accounting firms, healthcare organizations and facilities, and other professionals, representing insurer clients in all aspects of insurance coverage nationwide. Nikki also provides advice to insurers and executives on risk management, best practices, and ethics issues. She began her career as a litigator with an emphasis on commercial and business litigation and also has experience representing attorneys in professional liability disputes.
Quinlan advises insurers in connection with cybersecurity, privacy, media, and technology matters, as well as professional liability policies issued to architects, engineers, and other design professionals. Her practice spans two of Atheria's core groups, supporting insurers across a broad range of complex claims including data breach response, privacy class actions, technology errors and omissions, and professional liability disputes. On the professional liability side, Quinn works with insurers and their insureds ranging from solo practitioners to the largest professional services firms in the world, regularly handling bet-the-company claims with alleged damages in the billions of dollars. Her work includes representing primary insurers and excess towers, analyzing legal malpractice risks arising from complex transactions and litigation, negotiating commercial resolutions of multi-party and multijurisdictional disputes, and counseling insurers on complex coverage issues and loss reserves. Quinn has been involved with the Atheria team since the beginning of her legal career.
Rachel advises insurers regarding professional indemnity as well as technology, media, and privacy matters. During law school, Rachel worked as a research assistant for Dean Michael Kaufman at Santa Clara University School of Law, focusing on the deposition process within the United States through legal research and analysis of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and pertinent case law.
.jpg)
Rebekah has over ten years of experience representing domestic and international insurers. Her practice includes first- and Third-Party cyber claims of all types arising worldwide, as well as litigation and counseling regarding technology errors and omissions, media liability, commercial general liability, and other lines of coverage. As part of Atheria's Technology, Media, and Privacy team, Rebekah works on behalf of London Market and U.S. insurers across a broad spectrum of matters, including data breach response, ransomware and cyber extortion, privacy class actions, intellectual property disputes, and regulatory investigations arising from privacy violations.
Richard advises insurers regarding cybersecurity, technology, media, and privacy, as well as professional liability matters. Prior to joining Atheria, Richard served as a summer associate with the firm in 2024. During law school, he served as Senior Production Editor of the UC Law Journal, competed on the Moot Court team, and published a note analyzing the impacts of the 2023 SEC amendments to beneficial ownership reporting on shareholder activism.
Rika Miyashita is a Case Clerk at Atheria, where she runs conflicts checks and opens matters for the Technology, Media, and Privacy team, while also providing broader support to attorneys and clients across the firm. Her background in translation and customer relations informs her communication and organizational skills in the role, and her multilingual abilities bring a valuable perspective to the firm's global practice.
Rozie is a Legal Assistant at Atheria's Los Angeles office, where she supports the office's partners and manages day-to-day office operations. Prior to joining Atheria, Rozie gained experience working with insurance companies on first- and Third-Party claims, giving her a well-rounded understanding of the insurance landscape that she brings to her support role at the firm. Driven by a passion for justice and advocacy, Rozie brings both professional dedication and a strong sense of community to everything she does.
The EU is easing AI Act compliance through extended deadlines, simplified obligations, and exemptions for SMEs, while the UK is relying upon sector-specific regulators to enforce a principles-based framework, rather than introducing a single statute.
Shannon is a Junior Data Analyst at Atheria, supporting attorneys across multiple practice areas including technology, privacy, and data security. She focuses on providing data analytics services for the firm's clients, bringing analytical precision to the team's work on behalf of insurers handling complex cyber and privacy matters.
Susannah represents insurers in claims involving cyber and privacy issues, including data and security breaches, cyber extortion, regulatory compliance, media liability, and related lawsuits including class actions. She has significant experience litigating insurance coverage cases involving CGL, property, E&O, and D&O policies, and has litigated complex cases in state and federal courts, including at the appellate level, throughout the United States. Prior to her legal career, Susannah negotiated advertising campaigns for one of the nation's largest wireless companies, bringing a distinctive business perspective to her coverage practice.
Teshi is a Legal Assistant supporting Atheria's Professional Liability practice group. Since graduating from college, she has worked as a legal assistant across a range of practice areas including family law, mass tort litigation, and criminal defense, bringing a broad litigation background to her role at the firm. Teshi is passionate about equity and representation and has aspirations to attend law school and pursue a career as a practicing attorney.
.svg)