Passion. Experience. Diligence.

Richard H. Langan II

Richard Langan is a New York-based senior attorney with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of technology, business, and international law.

Law practice-LANGAN, PLLC

Richard founded his law and consulting practice in 2009, incorporating as LANGAN, PLLC in 2016. His practice focuses on technology transactions and SaaS agreements, data privacy and regulatory compliance, corporate formation and governance, discovery and litigation support, and international legal advisory services. He has served as fractional general counsel for family offices, venture funds, and foundations.

Google, LLC

As Legal Counsel (xWF) at Google from 2023–2025, Richard managed over 150+ disclosure, discovery, and investigation matters across Google Cloud, Google Ads, YouTube, and Google AI (DeepMind), and contributes legal subject-matter expertise to the development and evaluation of large language models.

International governance and rule of law consulting: United Nations, U.S. Department of State

Richard has frequently advised the United Nations, the U.S. Department of State, and other international organizations on democracy, rule of law, security-sector reform, anti-corruption, and human rights — serving as a team leader across more than 35 countries, including Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Palestine, Sudan, Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nepal, Myanmar, Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Afghanistan.

Tyco, Inc. and Boies Schiller Flexner: 6 years of complex litigation and discovery

Richard was previously seconded for six years to the New York law firm of Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP by the firm's client Tyco International, Inc., representing Tyco in litigation against its former executives and in related investigations by governmental regulators — including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This work spanned review of SEC filings, fiduciary liability, disclosure and compliance, and e-discovery and privilege review in response to SEC, shareholder-derivative, and ERISA litigation.

Education

  • LL.M., International, Foreign & Comparative Law — Columbia Law School

  • J.D. — Tulane University Law School

  • Harvard Business School: Technology Entrepreneurship (Lab to Market)

  • Harvard CS50 — Computer Science for Lawyers

Bar admissions & publications

  • Admitted: New York and Colorado

  • Contributor, ABA Rule of Law Handbook (2013)

  • Co-author, Administrative Justice in the New European Democracies (Oxford University Press, 1998)

Service to the profession

  • International Bar Association (IBA) Governing Council (voting member)

  • New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) Delegate to the International Bar Association; IBA Council

  • NYCBA Task Force on AI & Digital Technologies

  • NYCBA Council on International Affairs; NYCBA MENA Affairs Committee

  • Former Chair, NYCBA Committee on Foreign & Comparative Law

Community & teaching

  • President & CEO, The Wickland Foundation (a Kentucky non-profit devoted to the preservation of historic Wickland Estate and its green-space)

  • Former President & CEO, The Other 364 Foundation (a Delaware non-profit headquartered in New York promoting the arts in public schools)

  • Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts — New York. (Served as a volunteer-attorney advising film law clients)

  • Former Assistant Professor of Law, Central European University (Budapest)

  • Former Law Lecturer- Yale Civil Education Project (CEP)(taught law in Bulgaria for two years)

  • Former Law Lecturer- Tulane Law School Legal English Institute (for new foreign LL.M. students)(taught introduction to U.S. Legal System).