Keogh, Keith J.

Lawyer Overview

Keith J. Keogh is a member of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Indiana, and Illinois State Bar as well as several bar associations and the National Association of Consumer Advocates and American Association for Justice.

Keith was lead counsel in the following class settlements: Pacer v Rochenback, 07 C 5173 ( N.D. Ill. Judge Cole); Bilek v Countrywide, 08 C 498 (N.D. Ill. Judge Gottschell ) (Pending Final Approval); Overlord Enterprises v. Wheaton Winfield Dental Associates, 04 CH 01613, Circuit Court Cook County (Judge McGann); Whiting v SunGard, 03 CH 21135, Circuit Court Cook County (Judge McGann) ($2.8 million dollar settlement after class certification in case involving the sending of "junk faxes.") ; Whiting v. GoIndustry,03 CH 21136, Circuit Court Cook County (Judge McGann). He was co-lead counsel in Saf-T-Gard v. Metrolift, 07 CH 1266, Circuit Court Cook County (Judge Rochford) (Pending Final Approval) and the attorney primarily responsible for the following class settlements: Wollert v. Client Services, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6485 (N.D. Ill. 2000); Rentas v. Vacation Break USA, 98 CH 2782, Circuit Court of Cook County (Judge Billik); McDonald v. Washington Mutual Bank, supra; Wright v. Bank One Credit Corp., 99 C 7124 (N.D. Ill. Judge Guzman); Arriaga v. Columbia Mortgage, 01 C 2509 (N.D. Ill. Judge Lindberg); Frazier v. Provident Mortgage, 00 C 5464 (N.D. Ill. Judge Coar); Largosa v. Universal Lenders, 99 C 5049 (N.D. Ill. Judge Leinenweber); Arriaga v. GN Mortgage, (N.D. Ill. Judge Holderman); Williams v. Mercantile Mortgage, 00 C 6441 (N.D. Ill. Judge Pallmeyer); Reid v. First American Title, 00 C 4000 (N.D. Ill. Magistrate Judge Ashman); Fabricant v. Old Kent, 99 C 6846 (N.D. Ill. Magistrate Judge Bobrick); Mendelovits v. Sears, 99 C 4730 (N.D. Ill. Magistrate Judge Brown); Leon v. Washington Mutual, 01 C 1645 (N.D. Ill. Judge Alesia); Saf-T-Gard v Seiko, 09 C 776 (N.D. Ill. Judge Bucklo); Jones v. Furniture Bargains, LLC, 09 C 1070 (N.D. Ill) (FLSA collective action);

The individual class member's recovery in some of these settlements were substantial. For example, in one of the cases against a major bank the class members' recovery was 100% of their actual damages resulting in a payout of $1,000 to $9,000 per class member. In another case against a major lender regarding mortgage servicing responses, each class member who submitted a claim form received $1,431. McDonald v. Washington Mutual Bank.

In addition, to the above settlements, Keith was appointed class counsel in Cicilline v. Jewel Food Stores, Inc., 542 F.Supp.2d 831 (N.D.Ill. 2008) (Co-lead counsel); Harris v. Best Buy Co., 07 C 2559, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22166 (N.D.Ill. March 20, 2008); Matthews v. United Retail, Inc., 248 F.R.D. 210 (N.D.Ill. 2008) Redmon v. Uncle Julio's, Inc., 249 F.R.D. 290 (N.D.Ill. 2008); Harris v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12596, 2008 WL 400862 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 7,2008); Pacer v Rockenbach Chevrolet Sales, Inc., 07 C 5173 (N.D. Ill. February 22, 2008).

Keith has argued before the Seventh Circuit, the First District of Illinois and the Multi-Litigation Panel in Sawyer v Esurance (7th Cir. 2007), Echevarria, et al. v. Chicago Title and Trust Co. (7th Cir. 2001), Gburek v Litton Loan Servicing (7th Cir. 2009); Demitro v GMAC (1st Dist. 2008), Hill v. St. Paul Bank (1st Dist. 2002), and In Re: Sears, Roebuck & Company Debt Redemption Agreements Litigation (MDL Docket No. 1389.) Echevarria was part of a group of several cases that resulted in a nine million dollar settlement with Chicago Title.

Representative Cases

• Catalan v. GMACM, 09-2182 (7th Cir. 2010)
• Gburek v. Litton Loan Servicing, 7th Cir. (2009)
• Sawyer v. Ensurance Insurance Services consolidated with Killingsworth v. HSBC Bank Nev., N.A., 507 F.3d 614, 617 (7th Cir. 2007)
• Echevarria et al. v. Chicago Title and Trust Co., 256 F.3d 623 (7th Cir. 2001)
• Hill v. St. Paul Bank, 329 Ill. App. 3d 7051, 1768 N.E.2d 322 (1st Dist. 2002)
• In re Mercedes-Benz Tele Aid Contract Litig., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35595 (D.N.J. 2009)
• Catalan v. RBC Mortg. Co., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26963 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
• Elkins v. Equifax, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18522 (N.D. Ill. 2009)
• In re TJX Cos., Inc., Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) Litig., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38258 (D. Kan. 2008)
• Harris v. DirecTV Group, Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8240 (N.D. Ill. 2008)
• Martin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89715 (N.D. Ill. 2007)
• Elkins v. Ocwen Fed. Sav. Bank Experian Info. Solutions, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84556 (N.D. Ill. 2007)
• Harris v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76012 (N.D. Ill. 2007)
• Stegvilas v. Evergreen Motors, Inc., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35303 (N.D. Ill. 2007)
• Cook v. River Oaks Hyundai, Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21646 (N. D. Ill. 2006)
• Gonzalez v. W. Suburban Imps., Inc., 411 F. Supp. 2d 970 (N.D. Ill. 2006)
• Eromon v. Grand Auto Sales, Inc., 333 F. Supp. 2d 702 (N.D. Ill. 2004)
• Williams v. Precision Recovery, Inc., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6190 (N.D. Ill. 2004)
• Doe v. Templeton, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24471 (N.D. Ill. 2003)
• Ayala v. Sonnenschein Fin. Servs., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20148 (N.D. Ill. 2003)
• Gallegos v. Rizza Chevrolet, Inc., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18060 (N.D. Ill. 2003)
• Szwebel v. Pap's Auto Sales, Inc., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13044 (N.D. Ill. 2003)
• Johnstone v. Bank of America, 173 F. Supp.2d 809 (N.D. Ill. 2001)
• Leon v. Washington Mutual Bank, 164 F. Supp.2d 1034 (N.D. Ill. 2001)
• Ploog v. HomeSide Lending, 2001 WL 987889 (N.D. Ill. 2001)
• Christakos v. Intercounty Title, 196 F.R.D. 496 (N.D. Ill. 2000)
• Batten v. Bank One, 2000 WL 1364408 (N.D. Ill. 2000)
• McDonald v. Washington Mutual Bank, 2000 WL 875416 (N.D. Ill. 2000)
• Williamson v. Advanta Mtge Corp., 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16374 (N.D. Ill. 1999)

Bar Admissions

• Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Association of Consumer Advocates (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Chicago Bar Association (Member)
• Illinois Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2008
• Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2009
• Illinois Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2010

Classes and Seminars

• Defenses to Foreclosures, Lorman Education Services, 2008, 2010
• Guest Lecturer, Privacy Issues, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Law
• Speaker, Financial Survival Guide: Legal Strategies for Graduate Students During A Period of Economic Uncertainty, Student legal Services Office, The Graduate School and Kellogg MBA Program, Northwestern University, 2010
• Keith was a member of the three person panel titled Solutions for Employee Classification & Wage/Hour Issues, Annual Employment Law Conference hosted by Law Bulletin Seminars, 2011
• Lecturer, Telephone Consumer Protection Act: Claims, Scope, Remedies, 2011 National Consumer Law Center conference
• Lecturer, double session titled ABC’s of Class Actions annual, 2011 National Consumer Law Center conference

Education

• Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
  J.D.
• Northern Illinois University, 1996
  B.S.

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Co-Author and Co-Editor, Lane's Goldstein Trial Practice Guide, 1997
• Co-Author and Co-Editor, Lane's Medical Litigation Guide, 1997

Address

101 N. Wacker Drive
Suite 605
Chicago, IL 60606-5040

Phones

312-265-3258
866-726-1092 (Toll Free)

Faxes

312-726-1093

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Websites

http://www.keoghlaw.com