McCormick Taylor, Inc. mailed a data breach notification letter to affected individuals after reporting the incident to the Maryland Attorney General on March 18, 2025. If that letter reached you, your personal information was in the affected systems — and you may have legal options at no cost to you.
The Maryland Attorney General filing confirms the breach notice — not a court case. Where no court record exists, no settlement figure or deadline is shown. Legal outcomes cannot be predicted or promised.
The official Maryland AG notice for McCormick Taylor, Inc. identifies the following exposed data:
These categories are what make the exposure actionable. Sensitive data types carry greater legal weight.
McCormick Taylor, Inc. is a prominent professional services, engineering, and infrastructure consulting firm providing comprehensive planning, environmental, and design solutions primarily to public sector and government clients. Because the organization partners extensively with state departments of transportation, federal agencies, and municipal authorities, it routinely handles vast quantities of highly sensitive, confidential information. This includes not only proprietary engineering blueprints and project schematics, but also extensive internal personnel records, background investigation documents, and detailed employee compensation files. To support its large workforce across multiple regional offices, McCormick Taylor maintains centralized human resources databases containing deeply personal records for current and former employees, making it a repository for valuable and targeted data.
In 2025, McCormick Taylor, Inc. formally reported a significant data security incident to the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maryland. While specific technical disclosures continue to be evaluated, incidents affecting engineering and professional consulting firms typically involve sophisticated network intrusions, unauthorized access to corporate file repositories, or compromised third-party vendor platforms. In many instances, malicious actors exploit unpatched network vulnerabilities or utilize credential-harvesting techniques to infiltrate internal servers, potentially dwelling undetected within the corporate network for weeks or months to exfiltrate proprietary business files and confidential human resources archives before deploying encryption or demanding ransom.
Based on the typical scope of data maintained by professional service providers and engineering firms, the types of information compromised in the McCormick Taylor breach likely include full legal names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, banking and direct deposit information, and detailed tax withholding records. The unauthorized exposure of this data category creates immediate and severe risks of identity theft, financial fraud, and unauthorized tax filings. When Social Security numbers and banking details are compromised together, victims face a heightened danger of financial account takeover, fraudulent credit applications, and unauthorized withdrawals, exposing them to prolonged financial distress and administrative burdens to restore their credit integrity.
As an entity entrusted with sensitive personally identifiable information, McCormick Taylor, Inc. had clear legal obligations under state data protection statutes, the Maryland Personal Information Protection Act (MPIPA), and common law principles of negligence to implement and maintain robust cybersecurity safeguards. Organizations holding this caliber of employee and corporate data are required to utilize multi-factor authentication, robust encryption standards, continuous network monitoring, and regular vulnerability assessments. The occurrence of a successful security breach strongly suggests a failure to uphold these standard industry-security protocols, raising serious questions regarding whether the company's data protection measures were adequate to fend off foreseeable cyber threats.
Receiving an official data breach notification letter from McCormick Taylor, Inc. serves as formal legal acknowledgment that your private information was compromised due to corporate security failures. Legally, the receipt of this notice establishes standing to participate in a class action lawsuit aimed at holding the company accountable for its inadequate data security practices. Affected individuals do not need to wait until they experience actual financial loss or identity theft to take legal action; the increased risk of future harm alone is sufficient. Our firm evaluates these cases on a strict contingency fee basis, meaning you pay nothing out of pocket and owe no legal fees unless we successfully recover compensation on your behalf.
Financial harm is not a requirement. The exposure of your personal information is itself recognized as actionable. Check the list — most letter recipients qualify under at least one item:
You received a data breach notification letter from McCormick Taylor, Inc.
You were a customer, patient, employee, or client of McCormick Taylor, Inc.
Your personal information was stored in McCormick Taylor, Inc.'s systems
Your Social Security number or driver's license number was exposed
Your financial account, credit card, or banking information was disclosed
You reside in the United States (all 50 states eligible)
That letter is legally required and confirms your data was exposed. It also gives you standing to file a claim.
What your notification letter means & what to do next →Act quickly to protect your identity and preserve your claim. Four steps, in order:
Your McCormick Taylor, Inc. notification letter is legal evidence. Keep both physical and digital copies somewhere safe — it establishes you were affected and anchors your claim.
Look for the credit-monitoring offer section of your McCormick Taylor, Inc. letter and enroll. It is free, and it creates a paper trail of any resulting fraud.
Lock down your credit file at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion with a free security freeze — thieves cannot open accounts on a frozen file.
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Security Incident
Prior to AG notification
Someone gained unauthorized access to data held in McCormick Taylor, Inc.'s systems.
Reported to Attorney General
March 18, 2025
McCormick Taylor, Inc. filed its official breach notice with the Maryland Attorney General.
Consumer Notification Letters Sent
Within weeks of AG filing
State law obligates companies to mail notification letters to everyone affected.
Legal Window — Act Now
Statute of limitations applies
Claim deadlines apply — waiting can forfeit your right to compensation.
Several forms of recovery may be available to McCormick Taylor, Inc. letter recipients — the exact mix depends on state law and the data types exposed:
States like Maryland may allow statutory damages per incident regardless of actual harm — California sets $100–$750 as the benchmark.
Covers fraud charges, unauthorized account activity, and expenses traced directly to the breach.
Compensation for hours spent monitoring accounts, disputing fraud, freezing credit, and dealing with the aftermath of the breach.
Outlays for monitoring services and identity-restoration help belong in your claim.
SSN and driver's license exposure creates long-term identity theft risk. Courts recognize the ongoing value of this harm and may award damages accordingly.
Exposure of financial account or credit/debit card information entitles victims to recover for actual and potential fraud losses.
Maryland's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) requires companies to implement reasonable security measures. Violations can support statutory damages claims even without proof of financial harm.
The companies below also filed breach notices with the Maryland Attorney General. Letter recipients for any of them can pursue a review.
Lyon Management Group, Inc.
Maryland · Jan 2025
Cabrillo College
Maryland · Feb 2025
Christopher L. Mewborn, Attorney, P.A. d/b/a Mewborn & DeSelms, Attorneys at Law
Maryland · Feb 2025
Ott Cone & Redpath, P.A.
Maryland · Jan 2025
ChurchShield
Maryland · Jan 2025
lannuzzi Manetta & Company P.C.; lannuzzi & Darling
Maryland · Jan 2025
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