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Jeffrey M. Goodis

La Cava Jacobson & Goodis
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Website:
    http://www.lacavajacobson.com
  • Location:
    200 Central Avenue, Suite 250
    St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Mr. Goodis is a founding member of the Thompson Goodis law firm and has been practicing in the Bay Area since his graduation from Stetson University College of Law.  Mr. Goodis graduated with honors from Stetson and was a member of the school's U.S. News and World Report top-ranked trial team.  He has been honored by The Order of Barristers.  Mr. Goodis has repeatedly been named by Florida Trend as one of Florida's Legal Elite and by Law & Politics as a Florida Super Lawyer.

Mr. Goodis is involved extensively in the defense of physicians in professional liability cases, and his trial practice includes the successful defense of suits at the trial and appellate levels, including medical and dental malpractice claims, personal injury claims and products liability claims.  Mr. Goodis is also involved in representing physicians and dentists in administrative actions initiated by The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health.  Mr. Goodis also defends legal malpractice cases where the underlying case involves medical negligence issues.  He is a frequent lecturer for various groups in the area of medical negligence defense.

Mr. Goodis has also defended other types of professional negligence cases, including cases against attorneys and insurance agents.  He has been involved in the defense of general liability cases and products liability cases, including catastrophic injury claims brought against pool manufacturers in State and Federal Courts across the country.  Mr. Goodis has argued successfully before the Multi-District Litigation Panel in a medical products case and before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. Goodis is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.  Mr. Goodis is past chairman of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association's Technology Committee and past Chairman of the St. Petersburg Bar Association's Trial Practice Section.  When rating Mr. Goodis' legal ability and ethical standards, Martindale-Hubbell awarded him an AV peer review rating, which is only awarded to lawyers who have reached the height of professional excellence and is recognition, according to Martindale-Hubbell, of the highest levels of skill and integrity.  Mr. Goodis is admitted to practice in all State Courts and the Federal Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.
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Mr. Goodis is a founding member of the Thompson Goodis law firm and has been practicing in the Bay Area since his graduation from Stetson University College of Law.  Mr. Goodis graduated with honors from Stetson and was a member of the school's U.S. News and World Report top-ranked trial team.  He has been honored by The Order of Barristers.  Mr. Goodis has repeatedly been named by Florida Trend as one of Florida's Legal Elite and by Law & Politics as a Florida Super Lawyer.

Mr. Goodis is involved extensively in the defense of physicians in professional liability cases, and his trial practice includes the successful defense of suits at the trial and appellate levels, including medical and dental malpractice claims, personal injury claims and products liability claims.  Mr. Goodis is also involved in representing physicians and dentists in administrative actions initiated by The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health.  Mr. Goodis also defends legal malpractice cases where the underlying case involves medical negligence issues.  He is a frequent lecturer for various groups in the area of medical negligence defense.

Mr. Goodis has also defended other types of professional negligence cases, including cases against attorneys and insurance agents.  He has been involved in the defense of general liability cases and products liability cases, including catastrophic injury claims brought against pool manufacturers in State and Federal Courts across the country.  Mr. Goodis has argued successfully before the Multi-District Litigation Panel in a medical products case and before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  Mr. Goodis is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute.  Mr. Goodis is past chairman of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association's Technology Committee and past Chairman of the St. Petersburg Bar Association's Trial Practice Section.  When rating Mr. Goodis' legal ability and ethical standards, Martindale-Hubbell awarded him an AV peer review rating, which is only awarded to lawyers who have reached the height of professional excellence and is recognition, according to Martindale-Hubbell, of the highest levels of skill and integrity.  Mr. Goodis is admitted to practice in all State Courts and the Federal Court for the Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.
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Education:

  • Emory University, graduated 1987

Bar Admissions:

  • Florida, The Florida Bar

Affiliations:

  • American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys - Board Certified
  • American Board of Trial Advocates - Member
  • Defense Research Institute - Member
  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, St. Petersburg (2020)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, St. Petersburg (2018)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, St. Petersburg (2016)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Tampa (2013)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

Special Focus:

  • Medical Negligence
 

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La Cava Jacobson & Goodis
http://www.lacavajacobson.com
 
Headquarters
501 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1250
Tampa, FL 33602
(813) 209.9611
3 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

Florida

Florida

Fort Lauderdale, FL

4901 NW 17th Way, Suite 606

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

United States

(754) 301.5060

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St. Petersburg, FL

200 Central Avenue, Suite 250

St. Petersburg, FL 33701

United States

(727) 477.1013

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