Martha L. Goodman⏐Partner

Martha Goodman is a versatile civil litigator and trial lawyer with a relentless drive for client success. She consistently secures favorable outcomes, from winning critical preliminary injunctions and motions to dismiss, to achieving summary judgments that resolve cases decisively. Her extensive experience as trial counsel means she’s not only expert at managing large matters throughout and preparing them for trial, but also ready to take the case to trial and to win. With more than a decade of experience on the front lines of groundbreaking legal battles, Martha has played a pivotal role in high-profile trials at the cutting edge, including representing athletes in O’Bannon v. NCAA, an antitrust trial that broke ground for college athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness; and Waymo v. Uber, a trade secrets dispute regarding cutting-edge self-driving car technology highlighting intense competition and financial stakes in the race to revolutionize transportation. She has expertly guided her clients through five trials, preparing and examining first-time witnesses in significant matters with reputational impact while also deftly cross-examining adverse witnesses with an eye toward dismantling the opposing narrative. For as many cases Martha as taken to trial, she has advised many more clients in securing favorable settlements on the eve of trial.

Martha also specializes in high-profile congressional investigations and guides clients through reputation- and enterprise-threatening allegations. She leverages her investigative acumen and crisis management experience as she represents clients in responding to public-facing government inquiries and in preparing witnesses for high-stakes testimony before House and Senate committees; law enforcement agencies, and inspectors general.

Martha's exceptional legal capabilities have earned her significant accolades, including recognition as a Law360 "Rising Star" for Technology; in Lawdragon's "500 Leading Litigators in America"; Lawdragon's "500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers"; Lawdragon's "500 X – The Next Generation"; Benchmark Litigation's "40 & Under – Northeast"; and Benchmark Litigation's "Future Star".

Before entering private practice, Martha served as a law clerk to Judge Marjorie O. Rendell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and to Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Martha also served as a congressional staffer for the Chair of the House Rules Committee, former U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter.