Kara Goodwin is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in its Chicago office. Ms. Goodwin’s practice focuses on the defense of employers in litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the nation, including FLSA collective actions, state law overtime class actions, and multi-plaintiff and single-plaintiff employment discrimination lawsuits.

Because many of the cases in which Ms. Goodwin has been involved have been brought as class or collective actions, she has significant experience conducting depositions of opt-in plaintiffs and obtaining declarations from putative class members.

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Ms. Goodwin served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also served as a Teaching Assistant for the Chicago-Kent College of Law Legal Writing program, was a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society.

Kara Goodwin is an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group of Seyfarth Shaw LLP in its Chicago office. Ms. Goodwin’s practice focuses on the defense of employers in litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies throughout the nation, including FLSA collective actions, state law overtime class actions, and multi-plaintiff and single-plaintiff employment discrimination lawsuits.

Because many of the cases in which Ms. Goodwin has been involved have been brought as class or collective actions, she has significant experience conducting depositions of opt-in plaintiffs and obtaining declarations from putative class members.

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Ms. Goodwin served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Samuel Der-Yeghiayan of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She also served as a Teaching Assistant for the Chicago-Kent College of Law Legal Writing program, was a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review, and was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society.