17 Mar 2026
Goodwin Launches Newport Beach Office and Welcomes Three Cybersecurity, Privacy and Technology Litigation Partners
"Goodwin opens Newport Beach office, adding partners Richard Grabowski, John Vogt and Ryan Ball to its cybersecurity, privacy and technology litigation practice."
Collectively, the trio brings market-leading litigation practices focused on cybersecurity, privacy, technology, trade secrets and consumer financial services. The team has extensive experience defending companies in class actions, regulatory investigations and complex commercial disputes, and has twice received the Daily Journal’s Top Defense Verdict of the year in California. In 2023 they prevailed in one of the largest data breach trials, securing a complete dismissal on an issue of first impression, and in 2021 they obtained summary judgment in a high-stakes trade secrets dispute involving loss forecast models.
Richard Grabowski 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, achieving large-scale resolutions and precedent-setting outcomes in complex consumer and data matters. He is joining Goodwin as a partner.
John Vogt is a nationally recognized leader in cybersecurity and privacy litigation with more than 25 years of experience defending hundreds of nationwide class actions involving data breaches, tracking technologies, wiretap statutes, biometric and dark-pattern claims, mass arbitration and regulatory enforcement. He is joining Goodwin as a partner.
Ryan Ball represents public and private companies in complex litigation and government investigations nationwide and is at the forefront of major cybersecurity and consumer matters involving data breaches, tracking technologies and emerging privacy statutes, including nationwide class actions, mass arbitrations and coordinated regulatory proceedings. He is joining Goodwin as a partner.