Maryam Meseha

Partner | Corporate
Co-Chair, Privacy and Data Security

maryam.meseha@pierferd.com
+1.201.240.7531 cell
+1.973.419.7819 office
Princeton | New York | Charlotte

About

Maryam has extensive experience handling a wide range of litigation matters in varying industries from inception to resolution. She focuses her practice in the areas of Cyber Security & Data Protection and Crisis & Risk Management. She was the Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice group, as well as the Co-Chair of the Crisis & Risk Management practice group at a regional law firm.

  • Specifically, Maryam counsels clients on their data privacy obligations under a wide range of regulatory schemes. She helps small, midsize and large companies in assorted industries to develop internal data privacy management systems which take their business needs and legal obligations into consideration.

    Maryam has significant experience acting as data breach counsel to companies in multiple verticals including professional services, retail, hospitality, financial institutions, technology and healthcare. She leads breach response investigations including working with his clients’ internal IT and digital forensics to provide legal advice on the nature of the occurrence, scope of data exfiltration, obligations to notify impacted consumers and/or state and federal government regulators as well as under their contractual obligations.

    Maryam acts as outside general counsel for small and midsize companies where she advises on numerous internal issues including corporate, employment and litigation matters.


Practices

  • Appellate

  • Civil Pretrial and Trial Services

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Construction and Design Professional

  • Cyber-Risk, Privacy, and Data Security

  • Employment and Labor

  • Environmental, Health, and Safety

  • Government and Government Affairs

  • Intellectual Property Litigation

  • Litigation and Risk Management

  • Political Law and Litigation

  • Privacy and Data Security

  • Private Client Services

  • Professional and Management Liability

  • Products Liability Litigation and Counseling

  • TCPA Defense

  • Technology

  • White Collar Defense & Investigations

Admissions

  • New Jersey

  • New York

  • North Carolina

  • United States District Court – District of New Jersey

  • United States District Court – Southern District of New York

  • United States District Court – Eastern District of New York


Education

  • Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, J.D., 2011

  • Seton Hall University, B.S. Diplomacy and International Relations, 2008

  • IAPP CIPP/US Certification (2022)


Recognition

  • Included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation

Experience

  • FisherBroyles, LLP

  • Sedgwick LLP

Presentations and Teaching Experience

  • Cybersecurity Strategies for Small and Midsize Businesses, CIANJ (2022)


Publications