$1.3M Montlick & Associates Settlement Resolves Data Breach Lawsuit

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Montlick & Associates has agreed to a $1,300,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over an August 2024 data breach that allegedly exposed the personal information of the law firm’s clients and employees to an unauthorized third party.

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The Montlick and Associates class action settlement received preliminary court approval on October 1, 2025, and covers all individuals whose private information may have been  compromised in the August 2024 data breach, including those who received notice from Montlick of the data incident.

The court-approved website for the Montlick & Associates data breach settlement can be found at MontlickDataSettlement.com.

According to the website, Montlick settlement class members who submit a timely, valid claim form have a plethora of options for reimbursement of losses related to the data breach.

The first, referred to as “Cash Payment A” in the settlement documents, provides class members with reimbursement for up to 5 hours spent responding to the data breach at a rate of $20 per hour, for a total of $100. Per the settlement site, tasks related to the data incident include changing passwords, investigating suspicious account activity, or researching the data breach.

Montlick class members who submit a claim form and document proof of ordinary expenses related to the data breach are eligible for a one-time cash payment of up to $500, referred to as “Cash Payment B” in settlement documents. Cash Payment B covers expenses such as credit report fees, credit freezing or unfreezing, ID replacement costs, and postage, the site notes.

Class members who submit their claim form with documented proof of extraordinary losses related to identity theft or fraud are eligible to receive a one-time cash payment of up to $3,500, referred to as “Cash Payment C” in settlement documents. The settlement agreement explains that class members submitting a claim for documented extraordinary losses must submit proof that the theft or fraud occurred between January 24, 2024, and March 11, 2026 as a result of the data incident, is not covered by cash payment B, and that the class member attempted to prevent  or mitigate the harm stemming from the incident.

Finally, class members may instead elect to receive a one-time alternative cash payment, referred to in settlement documents as “Cash Payment D,” of approximately $35. Unlike cash payments A, B, and C, the agreement relays that cash payment D requires no proof.

All cash payments are mutually exclusive; class members may elect to receive only one form of monetary reimbursement.

In addition to a cash payout, all settlement class members are eligible to receive two free years of three bureau credit monitoring, which includes services such as dark web scanning and identity theft insurance. 

To submit a Montlick and Associates claim form online, class members can visit this page and enter the unique class member ID and PIN as found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF of the claim form to complete and return to the address of the settlement administrator.

All Montlick & Associates settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by March 11, 2026.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Montlick & Associates settlement at a hearing on March 23, 2026. Compensation will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Montlick and Associates class action lawsuit alleged that the personal injury attorneys failed to safeguard clients and employee information, leading to a data breach in August 2024.According to the suit, information exposed in the data breach included full names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and medical diagnoses and treatments.

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