Sara Goodman
Sara Goodman received her bachelor’s degree in 2006 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., Political Science and Sociology), and received her J.D. in 2009 from Columbia Law School. While in law school, Ms. Goodman was a participant in the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Honors Competition and was a law intern in the Affirmative Litigation Division at the New York City Department of Law.
Following law school, Ms. Goodman clerked for the Honorable Eduardo C. Robreno in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Since joining the Firm, Ms. Goodman concentrates her practice on complex and class action litigation with a focus on securities and consumer fraud litigation. She is currently working on State of Ohio ex rel. Joyce v. MERSCORP, Inc., No. 11-M-001087 (Geauga Co., C.P.), in which the Firm represents Geauga County, Ohio, in a class action brought on behalf of all Ohio counties, and Board of County Commissioners of the County of Cleveland, Oklahoma v. MERSCORP, Inc., No. CJ-2011-1727 (Cleveland Co. Dist. Ct.), in which the Firm represents Cleveland County, Oklahoma, in a class action brought on behalf of all Oklahoma counties. Both actions allege violations of state law arising from the failure of defendants, an electronic mortgage registration system and its members, to record intermediate mortgage assignments and pay county recording fees. Ms. Goodman is also working on 35-41 Clarkson LLC v. New York City Housing Authority, 11-CIV-6770 (S.D.N.Y.), in which the Firm represents a class of landlords denied due process rights to address the New York City Housing Authority’s failure to pay mandated rent increases and failure to reimburse rents owed retroactively pursuant to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations; the action seeks both damages and equitable relief on behalf of the putative class. In addition, Ms. Goodman worked on In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21 MC 92 (S.D.N.Y.), one of the largest securities class actions ever litigated, which settled for $586 million. Ms. Goodman is also a member of the Firm’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group.
Ms. Goodman is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and New Jersey. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
