Jimmy Goodman, the Firm's immediate past President, has tried lawsuits since 1973, with a specialty in complex business and commercial litigation. Selected by his peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America, he has tried cases before state, federal, bankruptcy and tribal courts. His trials have covered a wide range of matters including: business tort and contract litigation; class actions; insurance bad faith defense; construction and real estate disputes; drug, medical device and general product liability defense; government Medicare fraud claims; commercial injunction suits; Indian gaming disputes; unfair competition; and commercial arbitration.
Mr. Goodman saved his client millions of dollars by preventing the Department of Justice’s novel attempt at using “statistical sampling” in a Medicare fraud case to prove damages for unsampled claims; helped an international tire company defeat the union’s strike efforts to effectively shut down its local plant; successfully defended the trial court’s summary dismissal of a seven figure life insurance bad faith claim seeking punitive damages; and persuaded the Oklahoma Supreme Court to grant the rare reversal of an arbitration award. He helped draft the Oklahoma Civil Uniform Jury Instructions.
Mr. Goodman received the 2006 Journal Record “Leadership in Law” award for service to the legal profession, especially toward increasing diversity and pro bono service. He is Oklahoma’s Delegate to the ABA, has held numerous positions of leadership in the ABA Litigation Section, and has served on both the ABA’s Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice and the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity.