Michael L. Goodman
Partner
Richmond, Virginia
Office: (804) 346-5274
mgoodman@goodmanallen.com
Mr. Goodman is a founding member of the law firm of Goodman Allen & Filetti. He specializes in the representation of health care providers before their respective Professional regulatory boards and in hospital credentialing matters. Mr. Goodman has represented hundreds of health care providers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia in medical malpractice claims and state board inquiries giving him a unique depth and breadth of experience. The National Health Lawyers Association/American Association of Health Lawyers certifies Mr. Goodman as a healthcare law mediator. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law where he teaches Medical Liability Law and Bioethics. Mr. Goodman is a regular lecturer on health care and medical malpractice issues at VCU Medical Center and other Health Care Facilities throughout Virginia and has recently been recognized as one of Virginia's Legal Elite (Virginia Business Magazine, Dec. 2005) and is recognized in the 2006 edition of the Best Lawyers in America.
In addition to his legal skills, Mr. Goodman is a talented cartoonist. He is regularly featured as an Editorial Cartoonist in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Sunday Business Section and has had his works nationally syndicated and published throughout the legal and business communities.
Education:
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., J.D. 1980
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., B.A. (High Distinction/Echols Scholar) 1977
- Law Clerk to the Honorable James C. Turk, Chief Judge and the Honorable James H. Michael, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Charlottesville (1980-81)
Admitted to Practice:
- Commonwealth of Virginia (1980)
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia (1980)
- Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1980)
Awards and Service:
- Bio-Ethics Committee - Memorial Regional Medical Center
- Bio-Ethics Committee - Virginia Commonwealth University Hospitals
- Co-Chairperson, JCC Forum Speakers Series
- John Marshall Inn of Court, Executive Committee
- Virginia State Bar Professionalism Course Faculty
- Richmond Bar Association Award of "Special Recognition for Creative and Artistic Contributions"; ABA Award for "Law Newspaper Excellence" in editorial cartooning, Virginia Law Weekly; Award winner of 2nd Annual 3-D Illustrators Show, New York Art Directors Club; Award of Merit, Virginia Press Association
- UVA Raven Society (scholarship and citizenship)
- Virginia's Legal Elite, Virginia Business Magazine, Dec. 2005
- Best Lawyers in America (2006 edition)
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