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r. 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. 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 I'Universite 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 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).