Marie MacCune

Marie MacCune is an associate in Goodwin’s Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Consumer Financial Services Litigation practices. She represents clients in complex civil litigation in both federal and state courts. Marie has also represented numerous clients in federal investigations led by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Department of Justice. She is a regular contributor to Consumer Finance Insights, a firm blog that monitors and analyzes news and legal issues affecting clients and others in the consumer finance industry.

Marie also maintains an active pro bono practice representing clients in immigration and involuntary commitment related matters.

Marie’s recent experience includes:

• Defending major financial institutions in CFPB investigations related to credit cards, payments processing, and mortgage loan servicing
• Settling multiple federal lawsuits involving EFTA violation claims with beneficial terms for national bank in jurisdictions across the country
• Securing default judgment in favor of national bank in breach of contract dispute

Marie worked at Goodwin as a summer associate in 2020 and joined the firm full time in 2021. While in law school, she interned in Magistrate Judge Judith Dein’s chambers at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Prior to law school, Marie served as an Americorps Legal Advocate with Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee providing advocacy for clients facing a range of mental health law related issues.

While in law school, Marie served as Executive Editor of the Suffolk University Law Review and was awarded the Lindsay R. Breed Bankruptcy Book Award at graduation. Additionally, she received jurisprudence awards for the study of civil procedure, constitutional law, securities regulations, and torts.

Marie is a blogger for Goodwin’s Consumer Finance Insights blog that monitors and analyzes news and legal issues affecting the consumer finance industry.

Her recent publications include:

• Co-author, “2023 Consumer Financial Services Year in Review,” Goodwin Insight, February 15, 2024
• Co-author, “2022 Consumer Financial Services Year-in-Review,” Goodwin Insight, February 21, 2023
• Author, “Forget Me Not: Exploring American Death Penalty Jurisprudence and Dementia in Light of Madison v. Alabama,” 54 Suffolk Univ. L. Rev. 131, 2021
• Co-author, “Coal Instead of Golden Shares: The Enforceability of Bankruptcy Filing Consent Rights,” 95 Am. Bankr. L.J. 1, 2021