Gary J. Goodstein

Gary Goodstein has 30 years experience as a trial and appellate attorney, representing corporations, individuals, and municipalities in high-stakes business disputes involving commercial contracts, anti-SLAPP suits, partnerships, shareholder & LLC agreements, insurance coverage, and real estate. The hallmark of Mr. Goodstein’s practice is his ability to synthesize complex facts and legal principles into a compelling story for the judge, jury, and opposing parties. He does this by combining his background in creative writing, analytical legal acumen, and long history of achieving favorable results for clients in a wide variety of matters.

Mr. Goodstein graduated, with honors, from Loyola Law School, where he also served as a staff member on the International and Comparative Law Journal. His trial advocacy in a public corruption case in 2006 resulted in a $22.5 million verdict in favor of his client, which ranked that year among the top 10 jury verdicts in California and top 100 jury verdicts nationwide. Mr. Goodstein is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer every year since 2009.

Mr. Goodstein spent the first dozen years of his legal career at mid-sized law firms before opening his own practice in 2005. Mr. Goodstein joined partners Tina Alleguez and Carol Newman in 2018, where he continues to represent individuals and business entities in high-stakes, complex business and real property disputes.

Mr. Goodstein is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, indicating the highest level of achievement in legal ethics and acumen. He has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer from 2009 to 2024, and was named to the Super Lawyer Top 100 List in 2018. In 2006, Mr. Goodstein obtained one of the top ten highest jury verdicts in California, which was also among the top 100 Jury Verdicts in the United States that year.

Mr. Goodstein spent more than a decade serving on boards and committees of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, and the American Inns of Court Los Angeles Trial Practice Chapter. He has served as an update author on the Anti-SLAPP chapter of “California Civil Procedure Before Trial,” (4th Ed Cal CEB). Mr. Goodstein is also a trained mediator.