Richard W. Goldberg

Richard is a vice chair of the Constangy Cyber Team and is based in Philadelphia. He has extensive experience managing responses to data privacy and security incidents with special expertise assisting clients with complex regulatory matters related to data security. Richard has managed all sizes and types of data security incidents, including matters affecting millions of consumers and spanning dozens of countries. As a former cyber attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Richard provides clients with more than 25 years of experience managing cyber matters. Richard is uniquely experienced in investigating and prosecuting cyber and intellectual property crime and aiding victims of those crimes, utilizing the knowledge gained from his time as one of the U.S. Department of Justice’s specially trained cybercrime prosecutors. While a cybercrime prosecutor, he served in multiple leadership positions within the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia, one of the country’s largest federal prosecution offices.

Richard has extensive experience with crisis management, having served as chief attorney preparing federal, state, and local agencies for National Special Security Events (major public events of international significance considered by the government to be terrorism targets) and managing those events.

Throughout his career, Richard has been widely recognized for his leadership in the cybersecurity space. He served as chair of the NetDiligence International Cyber Risk Summit and is a frequent speaker on ransomware, cyber insurance, and the regulatory environment. He was a Fulbright Specialist for the U.S. Department of State, and twice received the Director’s Award, one of the highest awards bestowed upon Assistant U.S. Attorneys. He also received the Chief Postal Inspector’s Award and multiple commendations from federal agencies. He serves as an adjunct professor at Villanova Law School, teaching Legal Responses to Computer Crime.

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• U.S. Department of Justice, Director’s Award, 1998 & 2017
• Chief Postal Inspector’s Award, 2008
• Multiple performance commendations from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Executive Board, Director of the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Marshals Service, National Park Service, and U.S. Attorney
• Harvard Law School – Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow, 2011
• Fulbright Senior Specialists Program, U.S. Department of State, Grantee in Law to City University of Hong Kong, 2011

• Current Top Secret federal government security clearance.

Legal Experience

Teaching Positions

• National Advocacy Center, U.S. Department of Justice (national school for federal prosecutors), Columbia, South Carolina – instructor in: Evidence, White Collar Crime, Advanced White Collar Crime, Trade Secrets, Computer Crimes, Basic and Advanced Trial.
• Advocacy, Financial Institution Fraud, Crisis Management, Sentencing, Public Demonstrations, and Identity Theft, 2007– 2018.
• Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, Lecturer in Law – Full semester lecture course: Legal Responses to Computer Crime, 2013–Present.