In re Legacy Professionals Data Security Incident Litigation
Plaintiff: Kristin Starns, Latasha Hammond, Dusan Plavsic, Michael Nailor and MATTHEW ABRAHAM
Defendant: Legacy Professionals LLP
Case Number: 1:2025cv02476
Filed: March 7, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Presiding Judge: Jeffrey I Cummings
Nature of Suit: Contract: Other
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 26, 2025 Filing 31 Consolidated AMENDED complaint by Latasha Hammond, Kristin Starns, Dusan Plavsic, Michael Nailor, MATTHEW ABRAHAM against Legacy Professionals LLP (Barnow, Ben)
August 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 30 ORDER Granting Plaintiffs' Application to Appoint Interim Class Counsel and Plaintiffs' Executive Committee. Signed by the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings on 8/8/2025. Mailed notice. (jn,)
August 8, 2025 Filing 29 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: Motion hearing held on 8/8/25 on plaintiffs' application to appoint interim counsel. For the reasons stated on the order, plaintiffs' application to appoint interim counsel #13 is granted as set forth in the accompanying order. Enter Order. On or before 9/25/25, the parties shall meet and confer and file an amended joint status report with a proposed schedule in accordance with the template available on the Court's website under the case management procedure titled "Initial Status Report for Newly Filed Cases." The previously set 6/30/25 tracking status hearing is stricken and re-set to 10/17/25 at 9:00 a.m. (to track the case only, no appearance is required). Mailed notice. (jn,)
August 6, 2025 Filing 28 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Michael Nailor by Anthony L Parkhill (Parkhill, Anthony)
August 5, 2025 Filing 27 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Kristin Starns by Danielle L Perry (Perry, Danielle)
August 4, 2025 Filing 26 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: Defendant's motion to continue the August 7, 2025 in-person hearing date #24 is granted. The previously set hearing for 8/7/25 is stricken and re-set to 8/8/25 at 11:00 am for an in-person hearing by the parties' agreement. Mailed notice. (jn,)
August 4, 2025 Filing 25 RESPONSE by MATTHEW ABRAHAM, Latasha Hammond, Michael Nailor, Dusan Plavsic, Kristin Starnsin Opposition to MOTION by Defendant Legacy Professionals LLPDefendant's Motion To Continue The August 7, 2025 In-Person Hearing Date #24 (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - State Court Briefing Order, #2 Exhibit 2 - State Court Leadership Motion, #3 Exhibit 3 - State Court Docket)(Barnow, Ben)
August 4, 2025 Filing 24 MOTION by Defendant Legacy Professionals LLPDefendant's Motion To Continue The August 7, 2025 In-Person Hearing Date (Hayes, Margaret)
July 29, 2025 Filing 23 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: Motion hearing on plaintiffs' application to appoint interim counsel #13 set for 8/7/25 at 1:00 p.m. Mailed notice (cc, )
July 8, 2025 Filing 22 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: Attorney Liberato Verderame's motion for leave to appear pro hac vice #21 is granted. Mailed notice (cc, )
June 23, 2025 Filing 21 MOTION for Leave to Appear Pro Hac Vice on behalf of MATTHEW ABRAHAM by Liberato P Verderame; Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AILNDC-23655421. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit List of Additional Courts)(Verderame, Liberato)
June 10, 2025 Filing 20 RESPONSE by Plaintiffs MATTHEW ABRAHAM, Latasha Hammond, Michael Nailor, Dusan Plavsic, Kristin Starns to other #19 in Opposition to Defendant's Notice of Filing Supplemental Authority (Barnow, Ben)
June 6, 2025 Filing 19 Defendant's Notice of Filing Supplemental Authority In Support Of Its Response To Plaintiffs' Application To Appoint Interim Class Counsel by Legacy Professionals LLP (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Hayes, Margaret)
June 6, 2025 Filing 18 REPLY by Plaintiffs MATTHEW ABRAHAM, Latasha Hammond, Michael Nailor, Dusan Plavsic, Kristin Starns to other, #13 in Support of Leadership Application (Barnow, Ben)
May 30, 2025 Filing 17 RESPONSE by Defendant Legacy Professionals LLP to Plaintiffs' Application to Appoint Interim Class Counsel (Attachments: #1 Exhibit)(Hayes, Margaret)
May 16, 2025 Filing 16 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: The Court has reviewed the parties' joint status report #15 and orders as follows. Defendant shall respond to plaintiff's leadership application by 5/30/25 and plaintiff shall reply by 6/6/25. The Court will review the parties' submissions and will either issue a ruling by mail or set a hearing if appropriate. The Court will set a case schedule at a later date. The 5/30/25 tracking status hearing is stricken and re-set to 6/30/25 at 9:00 a.m. (to track the case only, no appearance is required). Mailed notice (cc, )
May 14, 2025 Filing 15 STATUS Report Joint Initial by MATTHEW ABRAHAM, Latasha Hammond, Michael Nailor, Dusan Plavsic, Kristin Starns (Barnow, Ben)
May 5, 2025 Filing 14 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Michael Nailor by Ben Barnow (Barnow, Ben)
May 5, 2025 Filing 13 Plaintiffs' Application to Appoint Interim Class Counsel and Plaintiffs' Executive Committee by Kristin Starns, Latasha Hammond, Dusan Plavsic, Michael Nailor, MATTHEW ABRAHAM (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Mason LLP Firm Resume, #2 Exhibit 2 - Barnow and Associates, P.C. Firm Resume, #3 Exhibit 3 - Cole & Van Note Firm Resume, #4 Exhibit 4 - Edelson Lechtzin LLP Firm Resume, #5 Exhibit 5 - Shamis & Gentile, P.A. Firm Resume)(Barnow, Ben)
April 21, 2025 Filing 12 MINUTE entry before the Executive Committee: Case reassigned to the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings for all further proceedings pursuant to Local Rule 40.4. Mailed notice (Attachments: #1 Request for Reassignment) (jxm, )
April 21, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER Granting Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Relate Actions, Consolidate Actions, and Set Briefing on Appointment of Leadership Signed by the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings on 4/21/2025. Mailed notice (cc, )
April 21, 2025 Filing 10 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: Plaintiffs' unopposed motion to relate actions, consolidate actions, and set briefing schedule on appointment of leadership #9 is granted pursuant to Local Rule 40.4 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a). As set forth in the accompanying Order, the Court requests that the Executive Committee re-assign the following cases to the calendar of Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings under the docket number of the first filed case: 1:25-cv-02476, to be re-captioned by the Clerk as "In re Legacy Professionals Data Security Incident Litigation: Hammon v. Legacy Professionals LLP, No. 1:25-cv-02551, Plavsic v. Legacy Professionals LLP, No. 1:25-cv-02644, Nailor v. Legacy Professionals LLP, No. 1:25-cv-02672, and Abraham v. Legacy Professionals LLP, No. 1:25-cv-02737. No further filings shall be made in those cases which shall be administratively closed upon re-assignment. Within fourteen days of entry of this Order, any counsel for plaintiffs may submit an application for the appointment of interim leadership pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(g). The 5/14/25 initial joint status report deadline stands. Mailed notice (cc, )
April 4, 2025 Filing 9 MOTION by Plaintiff Kristin Starns to consolidate cases Plaintiffs' Unopposed Motion to Relate Actions, Consolidate Actions, and Set Briefing on Appointment of Leadership and Memorandum of Law in Support (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Perry, Danielle)
April 3, 2025 Filing 8 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Legacy Professionals LLP by John Paul Ryan (Ryan, John)
April 3, 2025 Filing 7 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Legacy Professionals LLP by David M Schultz (Schultz, David)
April 3, 2025 Filing 6 ATTORNEY Appearance for Defendant Legacy Professionals LLP by Margaret Anne Hayes (Hayes, Margaret)
March 20, 2025 Filing 5 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings: This case has been assigned to the calendar of Judge Jeffrey I. Cummings. On or before 5/14/25, the parties shall file a joint initial status report in accordance with the template available on the Court's website under the case management procedure titled "Initial Status Report for Newly Filed Cases." The parties shall also review all of the case management procedures and standing orders available on the Court's website, including the Court's case management procedure for motions to dismiss. Initial tracking status hearing set for 5/23/25 at 9:00 a.m. to track the case only (no appearance is required and the case will not be called). Instead, the Court will review the parties' joint initial status report and enter further orders as appropriate. Mailed notice (cc, )
March 10, 2025 Filing 4 SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant Legacy Professionals LLP (khg, )
March 10, 2025 CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached #Consent To# form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order. (mam, )
March 10, 2025 CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Jeffrey I Cummings. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Heather K. McShain. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 1). (mam, )
March 7, 2025 Filing 2 CIVIL Cover Sheet (Mason, Gary)
March 7, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Kristin Starns; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23182603. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Notice Letter, #2 Exhibit B - GAO Recommendations)(Mason, Gary)

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Plaintiff: Kristin Starns
Represented By: Gary E. Mason
Represented By: Ben Barnow
Represented By: Danielle L Perry
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Plaintiff: Latasha Hammond
Represented By: Ben Barnow
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Plaintiff: Dusan Plavsic
Represented By: Ben Barnow
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Plaintiff: Michael Nailor
Represented By: Ben Barnow
Represented By: Anthony L Parkhill
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Plaintiff: MATTHEW ABRAHAM
Represented By: Ben Barnow
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Defendant: Legacy Professionals LLP
Represented By: Margaret Anne Hayes
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