Jeffrey M. Goodis

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700 Central Avenue
Suite 500
St.Petersburg, FL 33701
T (727) 823-0540
F (727) 823-0230
 

Quick Look

A founding member of the firm, Mr. Goodis’ trial practice concentrates on the defense of professional (medical, dental, legal, insurance,E&O) negligence claims. His experience also provides him the opportunity to provide litigation avoidance and risk managementconsultations and to successfully defend other casualty claims. Mr.Goodis has successfully defended catastrophic injury claims brought against various defendants in state and federal courts across the country.

Representative Experience

  • Trenam Kemker – Associate Attorney
  • Thompson Law Group – Associate Attorney

Presentations

  • PIAA Convention Presenter
  • Malpractice Seminar /Risk Management
  • ARNP Lecture
  • The Power of Arbitration
  • Defending Damages in the Wrongful Death Case
  • Expert Examination at Trial
  • Representing the Physician – What Health, Tax and Business Lawyers should know about Malpractice Litigation (A Fla. Bar CLE)
  • The Art and Science of Expert Witnessing
  • The Caring Compassionate Considerate Doctor Gives a Deposition – presented to Surgery Grand Rounds at USF Medical School
  • Practicing with Ethics – ABOTA

Professional Affiliations

Community Involvement

  • ABOTA – Judicial Liaison Committee Co Chair
  • Great Explorations – Past President
  • Temple Beth El – Vice President
  • Eckerd College President’s Associates & Triton Club Booster
  • Pinellas County Schools Volunteer
  • Florida Holocaust Museum – Board of Directors (former member)

Practice Areas

  • Professional Malpractice
  • Civil and Commercial Litigation
  • Casualty Litigation
  • Sovereign Immunity Defense

Education

  • Emory University, B.A. 1987
  • Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1992

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1992

Court Admissions

Distinctions

  • AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer by Martindale Hubbell
  • Florida Super Lawyers 2006 to present
  • Florida’s Legal Elite by Florida Trend Magazine
  • Tampa Bay Magazine – Best Lawyers
  • Order of Barristers
  • Selected as a Fellow in the Trial Lawyer Honorary Society of the Litigation Counsel of America
  • Selected as co-winner of Richard T. Earle, Jr., Professionalism Award by the Barney Masterson Inn of Court
  • Selected as one of “Tampa’s Best Lawyers” by Tampa Bay Business Journal
  • Selected for inclusion in the 2010, 2011, and 2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law.