Tara L. Goodwin 120 S. La Salle Street #1800 Chicago, Illinois 60603 |
| Communication Center | |||||
|
| ||||
|
|
Tara L. Goodwin practicing in consumer rights.
Consumer Rights
- Areas of Practice:
- 25% Consumer Law
- 25% Class Actions
- 10% Credit Reporting Cases
- 30% Landlord Tenant Cases
- 10% Mortgage Cases
- Deceptive Trade Practices
- RICO Act
- Trade Regulation
- Unfair Competition
- Mortgages & Foreclosures
- Foreclosures
- Garnishment
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Warranties
- Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee
- Wage & Hour Laws
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
- Bankruptcy Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Federal Appellate Practice
- Federal Trial Practice
- Multidistrict Litigation
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Landlord/Tenant
- Bar Admissions:
- Illinois, 1991
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1998
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2004
- Education:
- Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois,
1991
J.D.
Honors: With High Honors
Honors: Order of the Coif - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL,
1988
B.A.
Honors: With Honors
- Representative Cases:
- Williams v. Chartwell Finan. Svcs., 204 F. 3d 748 (7th Cir. 2000)
- Bessette v. Avco Finan. Svcs., 230 F. 3d 439 (1st Cir. 2000)
- Greenberg v. Republic Fed. S.L. Ass'n, 1995 WL 263457 (N.D. Ill. 1995)
- Hillenbrand v. Meyer, 682 N.E. 2d 101 (Illinois 1st District 1997)
- Large v. Conseco Fin. Servicing Co., 292 F.3d 49 (1st Circuit 2002)
- Carbajal v. Capital One, 219 F.R.D. 437 (N.D.Ill. 2004)
- Russo v. B&B Catering, 209 F.Supp.2d 857 (N.D.IL 2002)
- Mount v. LaSalle Bank Lalce View, 926 F.Supp. 759 (N.D.Ill 1996)
- Garcia v. Village of Bensenville, 2002 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 3803 (N.D. Ill. 2002)
- Romaker v. Crossland Mtg. Co., 1996 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 6490 (N.D.IL 1996)
- Hillenbrand v. Meyer Medical Group, 720 N.E.2d 287 (Illinois 1st District 1999)
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Speaker @ Class Action Symposium, National Consumer Law Centre, 2008
- Illinois Consumer Law, Chicago Bar Association, 2008
- Mortgage Litigation Issues, Practicing Law Institute, 2009
