Serrin Turner represents clients in their highest-stakes cybersecurity and privacy-related matters.
A former federal prosecutor, Serrin is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who advises clients on a wide range of cybersecurity and privacy-related matters, including:
Serrin has twice been named by Law360 as a Cybersecurity & Privacy MVP (in 2022 and 2024). He has repeatedly been recognized by Cybersecurity Docket as one of the top data breach response lawyers in the industry and is Chambers-ranked in both Cybersecurity and Privacy & Data Security Litigation.
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 numerous cutting-edge 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. 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.
Serrin's experience includes representing:
Serrin has advised a broad range of clients — including public companies with global operations and emerging companies at early stages of development — on navigating various types of data security incidents, including:
Serrin’s incident response practice includes:
Jennifer Archie, Tony Kim, and Serrin Turner once again recognized by Cybersecurity Docket’s Incident Response 50 for 2025.
Latham was again named among Law360’s Cybersecurity & Privacy Groups of the Year, in recognition of the firm’s work on cutting-edge data privacy litigation and regulatory matters.
Partner Serrin Turner earned Cybersecurity and Privacy MVP recognition from Law360 for representing clients on data security and privacy matters, including data privacy class-action litigation and regulatory inquiries into data security and privacy incidents.