Tara L. Goodwin - Chicago, IL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1991
    J.D.
    Honors: With High Honors
    Honors: Order of the Coif

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1988
    B.A.
    Honors: With Honors

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney, since 2000

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Class Action Symposium, National Consumer Law Centre, 2008
  
• Illinois Consumer Law, Chicago Bar Association, 2008
  
• Speaker, The Future of Mortgage Related Class Actions after Andrews, Practicing Law Institute, 14th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, 2009
  
• Speaker, Recent Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Developments: Robosigning, Foreclosures and More, Practicing Law Institute, 17th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, 2012
  
• Speaker, Assisting Consumers with Credit Reporting Problems, Chicago Bar Association, 2012
  
• Speaker, Recent Hot Topics Concerning the Application of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to Foreclosures and State Court Collection Practices, Practicing Law Institute, 16th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, 2011
  
• Speaker, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Claims Based on State Court Debt Collection Cases, Practicing Law Institute, 15th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, 2010
  
• Speaker, The Best Defense is a Good Offense, Claims You Can Assert Against Mortgage Servicers to Address Loan Modification Misconduct, Chicago Bar Association, Fall, Seminar on Loan Modifications, 2010

Representative Cases

• Williams v. Chartwell Finan. Svcs.
  • Citation: 204 F. 3d 748
  • Court: 7th Cir.
  • Year: 2000
  • Serial Number: 2000049729
• Bessette v. Avco Finan. Svcs.
  • Citation: 230 F. 3d 439
  • Court: 1st Cir.
  • Year: 2000
  • Serial Number: 2000580776
• Greenberg v. Republic Fed. S.L. Ass'n
  • Citation: 1995 WL 263457
  • Court: N.D. Ill.
  • Year: 1995
  • Serial Number: 1995104032
• Hillenbrand v. Meyer
  • Citation: 682 N.E. 2d 101
  • Court: Illinois 1st District
  • Year: 1997
• Large v. Conseco Fin. Servicing Co.
  • Citation: 292 F.3d 49
  • Court: 1st Circuit
  • Year: 2002
• Carbajal v. Capital One
  • Citation: 219 F.R.D. 437
  • Court: N.D.Ill.
  • Year: 2004
• Russo v. B&B Catering
  • Citation: 209 F.Supp.2d 857
  • Court: N.D.IL
  • Year: 2002
• Mount v. LaSalle Bank Lalce View
  • Citation: 926 F.Supp. 759
  • Court: N.D.Ill
  • Year: 1996
• Garcia v. Village of Bensenville
  • Citation: 2002 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 3803
  • Court: N.D. Ill.
  • Year: 2002
• Romaker v. Crossland Mtg. Co.
  • Citation: 1996 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 6490
  • Court: N.D.IL
  • Year: 1996
• Hillenbrand v. Meyer Medical Group
  • Citation: 720 N.E.2d 287
  • Court: Illinois 1st District
  • Year: 1999
• Flippin v. Aurora Bank, FSB.
  • Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111250, Aug. 8
  • Court: N.D.Ill.
  • Year: 2012
• Henry v. Teletrack, Inc.
  • Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 30495, March 7
  • Court: N.D.Ill.
  • Year: 2012
• Kesten v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
  • Citation: 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16917, Feb. 9
  • Court: N.D.Ill.
  • Year: 2012
• Bunton v. Cape Cod Vill., LLC
  • Citation: 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57801, July 6
  • Court: N.D.Ill.
  • Year: 2009
• Wilson v. Harris N.A.
  • Citation: 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65345, Sept. 4
  • Court: N.D.Ill.
  • Year: 2007
• Aleksic v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., WL 2769122 (N.D.Ill.)
  • Year: 2014
• Taylor v. Screening Reports, Inc., WL 4052824 (N.D.Ill.)
  • Year: 2015

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. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2004
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 2012
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1998
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar

Other Affiliations

• Chicago Bar Association, Consumer Law Committee (Member)
• National Association of Consumer Advocates
• Chicago Bar Association, Consumer Finance Committee (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association, Class Litigation Committee (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association, Legislative Committee (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association, Consumer Law Committee, 2007 - 2010 (Chair)
• Chicago Bar Association, Legislative Committee (Vice Chair)
• Chicago Bar Association, Legislative Committee (Chair)