Samuel M. Ward
Barrack Rodos & Bacine
- Address of record
- One America Plaza, 600 West Broadway, Suite 900, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 230-0800
- Phone
- (619) 230-0800
- Fax
- Fax (619) 230-1874
Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.
Case history
Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.
Soto v. Prosper Funding Class Action
A proposed class action has been filed against Prosper Funding, LLC, a lending platform. Based on the limited docket information available, the lawsuit apparently involves claims by consumers or borrowers, though the specific allegations cannot be determined from the caption and Nature of Suit coding alone.
- Filed
- November 25, 2025
- Represents
- Jhonny Blandino Soto
Salesforce Customers Security Incident Class Action
This proposed class action alleges that Salesforce experienced a security incident affecting its customers. The lawsuit apparently concerns unauthorized access to or compromise of customer data stored on Salesforce's systems. Customers seek relief for damages allegedly arising from the company's handling of the security breach.
- Filed
- August 27, 2025
- Represents
- Mcneely Shannon
Yale New Haven Data Breach Settlement
Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation experienced a data breach on March 8, 2025, when a criminal third party gained unauthorized access to the company's systems. The breach may have exposed class members' private information including names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, race or ethnicity, Social Security numbers, and medical information. The defendant has agreed to settle the resulting litigation for $18 million.
- Settlement fund
- $18M
- Claim deadline
- February 18, 2026
- Represents
- Erica Ortiz
Hobby Lobby Personal Injury Class Action
This appears to be a proposed class action against Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a retailer. The available docket entries do not describe the specific allegations, but the case is docketed as a personal injury/other matter and recent activity includes rulings on a motion to dismiss and a motion to compel arbitration. These are allegations in a newly filed case, not proven facts.
- Filed
- November 11, 2024
- Represents
- Nicole Loza, Lorraine Romero
Landmark Admin Data Incident Class Action
A putative class action against Landmark Admin LLC, apparently concerning a data incident. The caption and docket indicate a consolidated action with multiple individual plaintiffs, suggesting they allege harm from the incident. The provided docket text does not include specific factual allegations, and the allegations remain unproven.
- Filed
- October 28, 2024
- Represents
- Emily Karrick
Frontier Communications Consumer Contract Class Action
A proposed class action against Frontier Communications Parent Inc, apparently concerning contract claims. The nature of suit is listed as Contract: Other Contract, but specific allegations are not available from the docket caption.
- Filed
- July 12, 2024
- Represents
- Nicholas McHenry
Frontier Data Breach Class Action Settlement
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. suffered a data breach detected on or about April 14, 2024, in which an unauthorized third party may have gained access to files containing private information (names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and other personally identifiable information) of individuals who applied to Frontier for residential services. The company detected the breach and notified affected individuals in or around June 2024.
- Settlement fund
- $5.6M
- Claim deadline
- October 27, 2025
- Represents
- Nicholas McHenry
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
- Michael Wanser
PurFoods Data Breach Settlement
Between January 16 and February 22, 2023, PurFoods suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information of customers, employees, and independent contractors. The company notified approximately 1.2 million individuals of the breach in August and September 2023. PurFoods denies any wrongdoing.
- Settlement fund
- $4.3M
- Claim deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Represents
- Leroy Fuss
HCA Healthcare Data Breach Settlement
HCA Healthcare announced a data security incident on or about July 10, 2023, in which personal information of current HCA patients was compromised. HCA denies any wrongdoing.
- Claim deadline
- September 25, 2025
- Represents
- Linda Simon, Gabriel Vater, Mary Del Vecchio, Alana Metcalf
GHP Pixel Settlement
HealthPartners allegedly shared personal information of website visitors with third parties without proper authorization. HealthPartners denies these allegations.
- Claim deadline
- April 7, 2025
- Represents
- Kaye Lockrem, Terri Cassick
Stitch Fix Securities Litigation Settlement
Stitch Fix, Inc. is accused of securities violations related to the sale of common stock. Lead plaintiffs on behalf of shareholders have reached a proposed $32,000,000 settlement to resolve all claims in the action.
- Settlement fund
- $32M
- Claim deadline
- October 7, 2026
- Represents
- New Mexico State Investment Council
Lakeview Loan Servicing Data Breach Settlement
Bayview Asset Management, Lakeview Loan Servicing, Pingora Loan Servicing, and Community Loan Servicing are settling a lawsuit related to an alleged data breach affecting their customers. The defendants have agreed to pay $26,000,000 to resolve the claims.
- Settlement fund
- $26M
- Claim deadline
- June 22, 2026
- Represents
- Matthew Myers
T-Mobile 2021 Data Breach Settlement
T-Mobile suffered a cyber-attack in August 2021 that exposed the personal information of more than 76 million customers, including full names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and drivers' license information of current, former, and prospective customers. T-Mobile agreed to pay $350 million to compensate class members and invest an additional $150 million in data security improvements.
- Settlement fund
- $350M
- Claim deadline
- January 23, 2023
- Represents
- Michael Harper, Sue Harper, Melanie Jaquess, Chuck Sallade, Michael Malone
“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.