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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 Bar, 1992

Court Admissions

All State Courts
U.S. District Court, Middle and
Northern Districts of Florida
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal

Distinctions

AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer 
Florida Super Lawyers
Florida's Legal Elite by Florida Trend Magazine
Selected by Peers for: The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Medical Malpractice law

Tampa Bay Magazine - Best Lawyers
Order of Barristers
Selected for inclusion in the 2010 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Medical Malpractice Law.

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 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law.

A founding member of the firm, Mr. Goodis' trial practice concentrates onthe defense of professional (medical, dental, legal, insurance,E&O) negligence claims. His experience also provides him theopportunity 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.

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

• 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

• St. Petersburg Bar Association, Executive Committee 2009-2011
• ABOTA
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association / Technology Committee
• St. Petersburg Bar Association Past Chairman of the St. Petersburg Bar Association's Trial Practice Section

• 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)