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With over 26 years of enjoy, Mr. Goodstein is a incredibly skilled lawyer representing companies, people, and municipalities in diverse felony subjects in California.
Gary J. Goodstein is a pro legal professional with greater than 26 years of experience in representing organizations, people, and municipalities in a extensive range of felony regions which includes actual property, enterprise, tort, employment, and coverage litigation subjects. He is properly-versed in managing instances in each nation and federal courts throughout California and is licensed to exercise before the US Supreme Court. Mr. Goodstein has a tune report of success, with published critiques in terrific instances such as Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Ensley, Stuart v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, and Hub City Solid Waste Management, Inc. v. City of Compton. Mr. Goodstein holds an AV rating by means of Martindale-Hubbell, a prestigious peer-evaluate designation reserved for lawyers who have proven the best ranges of professional excellence, talent, and integrity. Additionally, he has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2009 to 2019. His trial revel in covers a extensive range of criminal disputes, which include public contracts, business contracts, coverage contracts, partnership agreements, and actual estate contracts, among others. Gary J. Goodstein earned his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School Los Angeles with honors in 1993, wherein he became a member of the Order of the Coif and the Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. He is admitted to exercise law in all country and federal District Courts in California, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Goodstein is an lively member of numerous legal institutions, such as the California Bar, Los Angeles County Bar Association, San Fernando Valley Bar Association, and the American Inns of Court. He regularly conducts felony seminars on subjects related to litigation and trial practice.Legal Issues
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Municipal Law
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Lemon Law
Certificates
No Certifications
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions

U.S. Supreme Court
Since 2004

9th Circuit
Since 1995

California
Since 1993
Experience
- Partner
Alleguez Newman Goodstein LLP
2019 - Managing Partner
Goodstein & Berman LLP
2005 - Partner
Barger & Wolen LLP
1998 - Associate Litigation Lawyer
Bannan, Green, Smith & Frank LLP
1996 - Associate
King & Williams LLP
1993
Education

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
J.D. (1993) Graduation year: 1990

San Francisco State Unv
B.A. (1988) | EnglishGraduation year: 1988
Associations

San Fernando Valley Bar Association
Trustee2016 - Current

Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation Section
Executive Committee has membership2012 - Current

California State Bar
# 166240
has membership1993 - Current

Los Angeles County Bar Association
has membership1993 - Current

Los Angeles County Bar Association Litigation Inn of Court
President2012 - 2013

Los Angeles County Bar Association Litigation Inn of Court
Programming Chair2009 - 2011
Costs
- Payment With Credit Card