John F. Goodson

Background

Goodson, John F. was born on November 4, 1931 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

Education

University of Arizona (Bachelor of Arts, 1953. Juris Doctor, 1961); spoken languages: German.

Career

Estate of Vermeersch, 109 Arizona 125, 506 P.2d (1973); Dombey v. Phoenix Newspapers; Silverstein v. United States.Worked at Goodson, Manley & Durfee, The Property Letting Centre (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in Trust and Estates, Wills, Corporation Law, Partnership Law, Taxation, Finance, Real Estate, Probate, Business Law, Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations, Merger, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Guardianships and Conservatorships. General Practice, Employee Benefits, Asset Protection, Alternative Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Arizona and United States.

District Court, District of Arizona.

1969, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Author: "Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Arizona," University of Arizona Press 1970.

How to Prepare Living Trusts, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney, Wills, and Law-suit Prevention Documents. Designer of over 150 blank legal Forms for Lawyers in Arizona and the United States.

Continuing Education Presentations: "Tax Section of American Bar Associations," "How to Use Legal Architecture in Complex Corporate and Estate Situations," State Bar of Arizona.

"How to Draft Real Property Transfers," "How to Draft Legal Documents and Letters," "How to Use Procedure Notebooks and Forms Development Notebooks," "Filing and Paperwork Procedures in a Law Office," "What Every Lawyer Must Know About Estate Planning," "Use of Protector Clauses and Other Clauses in Trusts to Protect Against Changing Times," "College of Estate Planning: 18 hour Intensive on What Every Lawyer Must Know About Estate Planning to Take Care of His/Her Own Needs, His/Her Clients and to Avoid Collateral Malpractice," 18 hour Intensive, "How to Form, Maintain, and Transfer Ownership of a Corporation," 12 hour workshops, "Common Mistakes in Estate Planning Documents". Advisory Chairman of the Faculty of College of Estate Planning Attorneys. Chairman, Advisory Board of American Living Trust Institute.

Board of Directors and Trustee, Interstate Community Foundation, Attorney for Largest Charitable Gifts in Arizona.

Fred Harvey Indian Artifacts Collection to the Heard Museum. Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin Photography Collection to Arizona State University.

Founding Attorney of over 27 Non-Profit Tax Exempt Corporations. Member: Maricopa County (Member, Sections on: Real Property.

Probate and Trust Law.

Member: Committee on Economics of Practice of Law, 1970-1993. Committee on Corporate Banking and Business Law, 1978-1993. Chairman, Legal Practice Management Section, 1980-1990), International and American Bar Associations.

State Bar of Arizona (Member, Sections on: Real Property.

Probate and Trust Law. Member: Committee on Economics of Practice of Law, 1970-1993.

Committee on Corporate Banking and Business Law, 1978-1993. Legal Practice Management Section).

Central Arizona Estate Planning Council (Chairman, Legal Practice Management Section, 1989-1990).

Military: First Lieutenant, United States. Army, 1953-1958, Armored reconnaissance and specialist in escape and evasion. Goodson, Manley & Durfee, The Property Letting Centre focuses its practice on structuring business and estates, maintaining these structures, creating business turnarounds, and acting as general counsel for families and corporations using Preventative Law to research the prevention of legal or financial problems at the earliest stages.

The firm represents some of the largest and most complex families in the state and advises many family businesses.

The attorneys of the firm give educational seminars on Estate Planning, Business Planning and Office Management.

Achievements

• John F. Goodson has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• book

  • The Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Arizona

    (Book by Fortman, Marvin)

Membership

Member: Maricopa County (Member, Sections on: Real Property. Probate and Trust Law. Member: Committee on Economics of Practice of Law, 1970-1993.

Committee on Corporate Banking and Business Law, 1978-1993.

Chairman, Legal Practice Management Section, 1980-1990), International and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Arizona (Member, Sections on: Real Property.

Probate and Trust Law. Member: Committee on Economics of Practice of Law, 1970-1993.

Committee on Corporate Banking and Business Law, 1978-1993.

Legal Practice Management Section). Central Arizona Estate Planning Council (Chairman, Legal Practice Management Section, 1989-1990). Military: First Lieutenant, United States.

Army, 1953-1958, Armored reconnaissance and specialist in escape and evasion.