Keith J. Keogh

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).

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, Law Offices of Keith J. Keogh, Ltd. 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.