Keith Levenberg

Keith Levenberg is a partner in the firm’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices. He joined Goodwin in 2011.

Keith specializes in defending class actions and other high-stakes lawsuits for banks and other consumer financial service providers. 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, credit reporting, and the federal securities laws. 

His consumer financial services practice includes a record of victories in cases brought under the full array of consumer-protection statutes—RESPA and Regulation X, FCRA, FDCPA, ECOA, and numerous state UDAAP laws and common-law schemes. Over a stretch of a decade, he secured precedent-setting dismissals and denials of class certification in cases arising from the mortgage modification and relief programs launched in the wake of the financial crisis. He has protected his client’s victories with an active appellate practice, most recently securing a ruling from the North Carolina Supreme Court rejecting efforts to evade a statute of limitations and a ruling from the First Circuit upholding summary judgment on a FCRA reasonable-procedures claim.

Keith maintains an active practice defending against abuses of anti-discrimination law, primarily in the fair-lending and fair-housing spaces. He won dismissals and summary-judgment victories in a series of lawsuits in which city governments sought to hold lenders liable for government expenses and tax-revenue declines they sought to attribute to a purported disparate impact in mortgage lending terms, with the courts ruling the cities’ statistical models incapable of evidencing a single case of discrimination.

Keith is also experienced navigating investigations and regulatory inquiries. He has negotiated favorable resolutions and helped close investigations brought by federal and state AGs and regulatory agencies. He has led internal investigations to help companies achieve and maintain confidence in their compliance practices.

Apart from financial clients, Keith has a long history representing technology innovators, including representations of software developers and equipment manufacturers in antitrust and intellectual-property matters.

Keith has an active pro bono practice and works with the Children’s Law Center helping parents vindicate their rights to special-education services and accommodations under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. He has also partnered with the Veterans Consortium, winning claims for disability benefits before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Keith is a member of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and serves on the governing committee of the Conference on Consumer Financial Law.

Prior to joining Goodwin in Washington, DC, Keith practiced in the New York offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP.

Keith was named five times to the Super Lawyers “Rising Star” list.

Keith’s publications include:

• “FinCEN Issues Report Addressing NFTs,” Goodwin’s Digital Currency Perspectives Blog, (February 17, 2022)
• “Supreme Court Reinforces Limits on Federal Court Standing, But Important Questions Remain,” Goodwin Insight (Aug. 4, 2021)
• “Back to the Fire: Lessons from the HAMP Era for CARES Act Compliance and Civil Litigation,” Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report (2011)
• “Supreme Court Clarifies Timing of Appeals in MDL Cases,” Goodwin Alert (Jan. 22, 2015)
• A chapter in the second edition of the American Bar Association’s Telecom Antitrust Handbook (2013)
• “Fraud accusations provide a rude awakening for fine-wine lovers,” The World of Fine Wine (2012)
• “Fraudulent Conveyances and the Bankruptcy Code’s Black Box: How Can Lenders Establish ‘Value’ Under Section 548?” Banking Law Journal (2011)
• “Revolving Credits as Fraudulent Conveyances: Is Rubin v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Still Good Law?” Banking Law Journal (2009)