By now, consumers know the drill: you receive a letter from an online retailer you used, or a restaurant you’ve been to. Your credit card information or other things were implicated in a data breach. Maybe you’ve thought about contacting an attorney. But is your information secure with a law firm? Sometimes, the answer may surprise you.
Like other businesses, law firms can be subject to data breaches and unauthorized access to client information. When this happens, it can mean that the law firm did not have up-to-date security systems and protocols in place to monitor for this type of behavior. Attorneys carry sensitive client information, and this exposure to unauthorized third-parties could spell disaster for ordinary clients.
Thankfully, you have options. If you have ever used any of the following firms and received a letter about your date being exposed, we want to talk with you:
Polsinelli PC
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Reid & Riege PC
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
The Haggard Law Firm, P.A.
Cohen Cleary, P.C.
Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC
Spear Wilderman, P.C.
Garfield and Hecht
Axley Brynelson, LLP
McMillan Metro, P.C.
Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP
Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC
Ryan Faenza Carey, P.C.
McCarter & English, LLP
Barran Liebman LLP
Fesmire & Williams
Sherman & Howard LLC
Grellas Shah LLP
This failure to protect client’s personal data secure is a violation of privacy and violates several state and federal laws. To learn more about these issues, or if you have used one of these law firms and received a letter about exposed data, please contact one of our attorneys using our general contact form, call us at (856) 772-7200, or email us at info@shublawyers.com.
