Key, Douglas L.

Keith J. Keogh is a member of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Indiana, Eastern District of Wisconsin and Illinois State Bar as well as several bar associations, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, and a SuperLawyers Rising Star from 2008 through 2012.

Keith was lead counsel in the following class settlements: Cain v CPS, (N.D. Ill.); Iverson v Rick Levin & Associates, 08 CH 42955 Circuit Court Cook County (Judge Cohen); 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); Saf-T-Gard v Metrolift, 07 CH 1266 Circuit Court Cook County (Judge Rochford) (Co-Lead); Bilek v Countrywide, 08 C 498 (N.D. Ill. Judge Gottschell); Pacer v Rochenback, 07 C 5173 (N.D. Ill. Judge Cole); 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); Whiting v. Golndustry, 03 CH 21136, Circuit Court Cook County (Judge McGann). I was co-lead counsel in Saf-T-Gard v. Metrolift, 07 CH 1266, Circuit Court Cook County (Judge Rochford) 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. GNMortgage, (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).

The individual class members’ recovery in some of these settlements was 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 $l,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 Pesce v First Credit Services, 11-cv-01379 (N.D. Ill. December 19 2011); Smith v Greytsone Alliance, 09 CV 5585 (N.D. Ill. 2010); 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. 2008); Pacer v Rockenbach Chevrolet Sales, Inc., 07 C 5173 (N.D. Ill. 2008).

Keith has argued before the Seventh Circuit, the First District of Illinois and the MultiLitigation Panel in Catalan v GMACM (7th Cir. 2010); Gburek v Litton Loan Servicing (7th Cir. 2009); Sawyer v Esurance (7th Cir. 2007), Echevarria, et al. v. Chicago Title and Trust Co. (7th Cir. 2001); Morris v Bob Watson, (lst. Dist. 2009); Iverson v Gold Coast Motors Inc., (lst. Dist. 2009); Demitro v. GMAC (lst Dist. 2008), Hill v. St. Paul Bank (lst 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.