Twomey, Tara

GW Law Faculty Publications

July 31, 2026

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BOOKS

Mortgage Servicing and Loan Modifications (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2019) (with John Rao, Sarah Bolling Mancini, Geoff Walsh, Odette Wiliamson & Steve Sharpe).

Home Foreclosures (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2019) (with Geoff Walsh, John Rao, Odette Wiliamson, Sarah Bolling Mancini, Emily Green Caplan, Andrew Pizor, Steve Sharpe & John W. Van Alst).

Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide (Richard Levin & Henry J. Sommer eds., Matthew Bender, 2019).

Mortgage Lending (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 3d ed., 2019) (with Andrew Pizor, Carolyn Carter, Sarah Bolling Mancini, Elizabeth Renuart & Jonathan Sheldon).

Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 11th ed., 2016) (with Henry J. Sommer, John Rao, Susan A. Schneider & Geoff Walsh).

Foreclosure Prevention Counseling: Preserving the American Dream (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2007) (with Elizabeth Renuart, Odette Williamson, Mark Benson, Alys Cohen, Charlie Harak, Deanne Loonin, John Rao, Diane Thompson, Steve Tripoli & Chi Chi Wu).

Bankruptcy Basics: A Step-By-Step Guide for Pro Bono Attorneys, General Practitioners, and Legal Services Officers (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2007) (with John Rao).

Guide to Consumer Rights for Domestic Violence Survivors (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2006) (with Chi Chi Wu, John W. Van Alst, Carolyn L. Carter, Tracy Davis, Chaitra Shenoy & Erika Sussman).

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

American Bar Association v. U.S. Department of Education: Federal Judge Rules that DOE Acted Capriciously in Denying Public Student Loan Forgiveness to Three Public Service Lawyers, 366 Educ. L. Rep. 596 (2019) (with Richard Fossey).

Protecting Nest Eggs and Other Retirement Benefits in Bankruptcy, 90 Am. Bankr. L.J. 235 (2016) (with Todd F. Maynes).

Crossing Paths: The Intersection of Reverse Mortgages and Bankruptcy, 89 Am. Bankr. L.J. 363 (2015).

Mortgage Servicing, 28 Yale J. on Regul. 1 (2011) (with Adam Levitin).

The Homeownership Burdens of Bankrupts, Norton Bankr. L. Advisor, July 2009, at 1 (with Katherine Porter & John Eggum).

Three Years Later: The Impact of the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 on Low-Income Debtors, 42 Clearinghouse Rev. 448 (2009).

Saving Homes in Bankruptcy: Housing Affordability and Loan Modification, 2008 Utah L. Rev. 1123 (with Katherine Porter & John Eggum).

Deciphering Mortgage Proofs of Claim, Am. Bankr. Inst. J., Nov. 2008, at 1.

Forks in the Road: Driving an Upside-Down 910 Vehicle Through the Hanging Paragraphin Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law 417 (2008).

Risk Allocation in Homeownership: Revisiting the Role of Mortgage Contract Termsin Shared Responsibility, Shared Risk: Government, Markets and Social Policy in the Twenty-First Century 142 (Jacob Hacker & Ann O’Leary eds., Oxford Univ. Press, 2011) (with Katherine Porter).

OTHER

Reverse Mortgages in Bankruptcy, Am. Bankr. Institute J., Aug. 2014, at 18.

Subprime Revisited: How Reverse Mortgage Lenders Put Older Homeowners’ Equity at Risk (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2009) (with Rick Jurgerns).

Combatting Foreclosure Rescue Scams: A Practice Guide (Nat’l Consumer L. Ctr., 2006) (with Lauren K. Saunders & Carolyn L. Carter).