Tom Hefferon, co-leader of the Litigation Department in Goodwin Procter’s Washington, D.C. office, specializes in general civil litigation, with particular emphasis on the defense of financial institutions in the consumer financial services industry in both administrative proceedings and in the courtroom. Mr. Hefferon is also chair of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Litigation Practice and frequently provides compliance advice and litigation risk analysis to industry clients.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. Hefferon is a member of the American Bar Association, and other state and local bar associations.
MEDIA
Mr. Hefferon frequently appears as a panelist at continuing legal education seminars and Mortgage Banks Association and American Bar Association meetings. He has co-chaired numerous seminars on consumer credit litigation issues, including an annual American Conference Institute program on class action litigation in consumer lending.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
During the 1989-1990 academic year, Mr. Hefferon was an adjunct assistant professor of law at Boston College Law School while on leave of absence from Goodwin Procter.
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS
Mr. Hefferon is a member of the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. He is also a member of the bars of numerous federal circuit courts and district courts and has been admitted pro hac vice in more than three dozen other state and federal courts across the country.
RECOGNITION
Mr. Hefferon has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.