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Bruce A. Goodman

Partner
bruce@mooregoodman.com
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Phone: (954) 564-8446
Fax: (954) 564-8666

2900 East Oakland Park Blvd., Third Floor
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33306

Bruce A. Goodman is a founding partner of Moore & Goodman, P.A. He attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a major in accounting in 1983. He passed the Certified Public Accounting Examination in 1983. Thereafter, he attended the School of Law of the University of Miami where he graduated cum laude in 1986. Mr. Goodman was born in New York in 1961 and has been a resident of South Florida since 1977.

Mr. Goodman was admitted to The Florida Bar in October of 1986. From September 1986 through June 1999, he was with the law firm of Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, concentrating in the fields of commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Goodman was a partner at Ruden, McClosky from January 1994 through June 1999. Thereafter he started his own practice as a partner in the law firm of Moore & Goodman, P.A.

Mr. Goodman counsels and litigates on behalf of both business entities and individuals in commercial and real estate disputes. He has effectively represented clients in commercial litigation cases involving breach of contract, fraud, negligence, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty and real estate disputes. He has also effectively handled litigation cases involving shareholder and partnership disputes and dissolutions, complex accounting issues, and probate matters. Mr. Goodman also has experience representing creditors in collection matters, and has handled a number of cases involving extraordinary remedies including replevin, garnishment, and fraudulent transfers.

Additionally, Mr. Goodman has established a growing practice in the field of personal injury, representing persons injured in automobile and boating accidents and other mishaps including injuries suffered at premises.

Mr. Goodman is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Mr. Goodman is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell (indicating a “very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar”).

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Goodman is the immediate past President of the Rotary Club of Coral Springs-Parkland. Mr. Goodman is married and has two children.

Education

J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1986, cum laude
Board Member, University of Miami Law Review , The Order of the Coif.

B.S.E., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 1983

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

The Florida Bar
Member Since: 1986

United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
Member Since: 1987

United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
Member Since: 1996

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Member Since: 1996

Broward County Bar Association

Rotary Club of Coral Springs-Parkland
Club President 2008-2009