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  • Charleston, WV

Carrie Goodwin Fenwick

Attorney Biography

Co-Managing Partner

Ms. Fenwick’s practice involves civil litigation, with an emphasis on defense of predatory lending and unfair debt collection cases.

Profile Information

  • Email address: cgf@goodwingoodwin.com
  • Location: Charleston, WV
  • Personal: Carrie is married to David Fenwick, who is also a partner at Goodwin. They have three boys, John, Grant, and Abe, who keep them very busy. Carrie enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, spinning and attending her boys’ various sports events and school activities.

Practice details:

  • Representing clients against claims of predatory lending or unfair debt collection practices
  • Representing clients facing claims made pursuant to the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act
  • Serving as mediator in civil cases
  • Representing clients in varied civil litigation throughout West Virginia’s state and federal courts, with an emphasis on federal court practice
  • Representing clients in mass and class action litigation
  • Working with other law firms to represent clients who face litigation in West Virginia

Professional affiliations:

  • American Bar Association
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Kanawha County Bar Association

Court admissions:

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and all lower State courts

Experience:

Clerk for the Honorable M. Blane Michael, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1996-1997

Education:

  • B.S., Business magna cum laude, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1993
  • J.D., Washington and Lee School of Law, magna cum laude, 1996, Managing Editor of the Washington & Lee Law Review, 1996, authored “Central Bank v. First Interstate Bank: Not Just the End of Aiding and Abetting Under Section 10(b).” 54 Wash. & Lee L. R. 1387 (1995).
  • Northwestern University School of Professional Studies – Mediation Skills Training

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