Bruce D. Goodman

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Chicago, IL

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Personal injury and medical malpractice attorney Bruce Goodman has been with Steinberg, Goodman & Kalish since he was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1974, and he has been its principal since 1980. Mr. Goodman practices in the areas of personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice. He represents children and adults in cases against physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, and other health care providers. He has handled a wide variety of drug and product liability claims, including L-tryptophan and Copper 7 litigation. He also represents clients in product liability, construction, aviation, and automobile cases. Bruce Goodman has obtained many multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts for his clients. He obtained the largest verdict ever awarded in Kankakee County, Illinois.

Bruce Goodman is a frequent lecturer on trial techniques and advocacy for several professional organizations in Illinois. He is the author of Trying the Soft Tissue Injury Case in Illinois.

Bruce Goodman has been named as a “Leading Illinois Attorney” and is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

 

Areas Of Practice

  • Personal Injury Law
  • Product Liability Law
  • Medical Malpractice

 

 Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1974
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Federal Courts, 1979
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

 

 Education

  • De Paul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois
    • J.D. – 1974
  • University of Illinois
    • B.A. – 1971

Published Works

  • Trying the Soft Tissue Injury Case in Illinois

 

 Honors and Awards

  • AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Named as a “Leading Illinois Attorney”
  • Listed as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the American Trial Lawyers Association
  • Selected to Illinois Super Lawyers

 

 Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Chicago Bar Association, Member
  • Illinois State Bar Association, Member
  • American Bar Association, Member
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Member
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Medical Negligence Committee
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Product Liability Committee
  • Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • AAJ – Birth Trauma Litigation Group, Member
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

$2,300,000 – Brain Injury
$650,000 – Motor Vehicle Accident
$800,000 – Construction Injury
$570,000 – Medical Malpractice

$4,300,000 – Medical Malpractice
$4,100,000 – Construction
$4,000,000 – Medical Malpractice
$3,000,000 – Vehicle Accident

$950,000 – Birth Injury Malpractice
$5,860,000 Medical Malpractice – Wrongful Death
$1,800,000 – Product Liability
$4,000,000 – Medical Malpractice

$3,000,000 – Vehicle Accident
$950,000 – Birth Injury Malpractice
$7,500,000 – Premises Liability

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