Nicholas Anthony Colella
Lynch Carpenter, LLP
- Address of record
- 1133 Penn Ave, 5th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, 412-322-9243
- NickC@lcllp.com
- Phone
- (412) 322-9243
- Fax
- Fax 412-231-0246
Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.
Case history
Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.
Fortra File Transfer Software Data Breach Settlement
Defendants used Fortra's file transfer service, which suffered a criminal cyberattack on or about January 30, 2023. The breach resulted in unauthorized access to approximately five million individuals' personal and health insurance information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health plan details. Defendants are paying $20 million to resolve claims arising from this data incident.
- Settlement fund
- $20M
- Claim deadline
- August 29, 2025
- Represents
- Jessica Guerrero, Michael Sezawich, Timothy Ferguson
Drexel COVID Settlement
Drexel University transitioned to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic during the Spring 2020 term. A student, Joshua Deller, alleged that Drexel breached its contract or was unjustly enriched by this transition. Drexel denies all allegations of wrongdoing, but has agreed to pay $2,200,000 to resolve the matter.
- Settlement fund
- $2.2M
- Claim deadline
PharMerica Data Breach Settlement
PharMerica experienced a data incident that exposed personal information of individuals in the United States. The class is seeking settlement for the resulting harm from this data breach. PharMerica denies any wrongdoing.
- Settlement fund
- $5.3M
- Claim deadline
- April 27, 2026
- Represents
- Jaketrius Lurry
NextGen Healthcare Data Breach Settlement
NextGen Healthcare announced a data breach on April 28, 2023 that exposed settlement class members' private information. The company is settling the class action lawsuit without admitting wrongdoing, and has agreed to pay $19,375,000 to compensate affected individuals and provide identity defense services.
- Settlement fund
- $19.4M
- Claim deadline
- March 30, 2026
- Represents
- Jessica Emery
Independent Living Systems Data Breach Settlement
Independent Living Systems LLC experienced a data security incident in June/July 2022 in which an unauthorized third party may have gained access to files containing sensitive personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, tax identification numbers, medical information, and health insurance information. ILS denies any wrongdoing or liability.
- Claim deadline
- November 4, 2025
- Represents
- David Perez
“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.