Goodman, Joseph W.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate, since 2011

Lawyer Overview

JOSEPH W. GOODMAN practices out of the firm’s San Diego office, focusing on securities class and derivative actions brought on behalf of defrauded investors. Currently, he is a member of the teams prosecuting Barry R. Lloyd v. CVB Financial Corp. et al., In re Toyota Motor Corporation Securities Litigation, Thrivent Financial For Lutherans, et al. v. Countrywide Financial Corp., et al., Sealink Funding Ltd. v. Countrywide Financial Corp., et al.  and West Virginia Laborers’ Trust Fund v. STEC, Inc. et al.  Mr. Goodman was a member of the team that litigated In re Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Certificates Litigation, which settled for $125 million – the first settlement of a class action asserting Securities Act claims for mortgage-backed securities. 

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Goodman was an associate at Mayer Brown LLP, where he represented clients in complex commercial litigation before federal and state courts, including consumer class action lawsuits.  In addition to his private practice experience, Mr. Goodman clerked for the Honorable David R. Thompson of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable James M. Munley of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.  During law school, Mr. Goodman interned for the Honorable Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the General Counsel’s office of the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Mr. Goodman has served as an adjunct professor or visiting scholar at Loyola Law School, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Georgetown University and l’Université libre de Bruxelles.  He is a frequent author, and has published several articles, including “Dodd-Frank One Year Later … and Still Waiting” (The Advocate, December 2011); “Demonstrable Consumer Harm in EU and US Antitrust Laws” (New Europe 801, September 28, 2008); “The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Dispute Resolution: An Assessment of Cyber-Mediation Websites” (Journal of Internet Law 9, 2006); and “Leandro v. North Carolina and the Constitutional Limitation on School Suspensions in North Carolina” (North Carolina Law Review 6, 2005).

Areas of Practice

• Securities Fraud Class Actions

West Practice Categories

Class Actions, Litigation & Appeals, Securities

Bar Admissions

• California, 2004
• New York, 2004
• District of Columbia, 2005
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable David R. Thompson, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Law Clerk, 2007 - 2008
• Honorable James M. Munley, US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk, 2003 - 2004
• Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, Adjunct Professor
• Mayer Brown LLP, Associate

Education

• Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 2003
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Law Journal: Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, Articles Editor
  Law Review: Duke Law & Technology Review, Articles Editor
• Oxford University, 2003
  D.Phil.
• Oxford University, 1996
  M.Phil.
• Stanford University, 1994
  B.A.
  Honors: Departmental Honors
  Major: Political Science

Address

12481 High Bluff Drive
Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92130

Phones

(858) 720-3184

Faxes

(858) 793-0323

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