Keith Levenberg is a partner in the firm’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Financial Services Litigation and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices. He joined Goodwin in 2011.
Experience
Keith specializes in the defense of class actions and high-stakes lawsuits by governmental and organizational plaintiffs. His record for financial services clients includes victories for all five of the country’s five largest banks along with emerging players in the fintech space. He has helped clients win dismissals, defeat class certification, and protect their victories on appeal in a range of disputes relating to loan servicing, fair lending/fair housing, loan modification and forbearance programs, consumer privacy, and the federal securities laws. Some career highlights include:
Mortgage-loan modification and forbearance consumer class actions. — Federal and private relief programs intended to mitigate defaults and foreclosures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis created a wave of lawsuits challenging servicers’ practices for handling and decisioning applications. Keith has a 6-0 record defeating class certification in these cases, along with numerous early-stage dismissals.
Citywide fair lending suits. — In a string of lawsuits in which local governments touted statistical models purporting to show a disparate impact or disparate treatment in lending terms, Keith won dismissals and a summary judgment ruling the proffered models incapable of evidencing a single case of discrimination.
Tech-sector litigation. — Keith has represented software developers and equipment manufacturers in antitrust and intellectual property matters and contract disputes.
Investigations and regulatory matters. — Keith has negotiated favorable resolutions and helped close investigations brought by the DOJ, CFPB, SEC, and various state AGs. He’s also helped companies conduct internal investigations to help maintain confidence in their compliance practices.
Pro bono appeals. — Keith has prevailed for pro bono clients in claims for disability benefits before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, and won an appeal of a family court judgment that resulted in a father’s reunification with his two daughters.
Keith has authored hundreds of dispositive motions, class-certification briefs, and appeal briefs. He is also experienced working with expert witnesses and IT professionals in analyzing complex data sets and statistical models, and briefing and arguing Daubert motions challenging opponents’ ill-substantiated expert testimony.Areas of Practice
Professional Activities
Keith is a member of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin in Washington, D.C., Keith practiced in the New York offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP.
Credentials
Education
JD2002
Columbia Law School
BA1999
Tufts University
(magna cum laude)
Clerkships
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Honorable Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Admissions
Bars
- District of Columbia
- New York
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Recognition & Awards
Keith was named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in 2011 (New York), 2013, 2014, and 2015 (Washington, D.C.). In law school, he was an editor of the Columbia Law Review.