Background
Goodman, William M. was born on May 10, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Goodman, William M. was born on May 10, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1971). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1974). Managing Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1973-1974.
Worked at Topel & Goodman, A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, California and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1975, United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. United States. District Court, Northern District of Texas. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and United States.
Supreme Court.
1983, United States. District Court, Southern District of California. 1989, United States. District Court, District of Arizona.
Managing Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1973-1974. Author: "Scenic Hudson Revisited," 2 Ecology Law Quarterly 837, 1972.
Foreword, "Ripe Foreign Decision: Internal Workings & Current Concerns of the California Supreme Court," 62 California Law Review 309, 1974.
"People v. Ruthford: Reversible Error Standards for Prosecutorial Suppression of Evidence," 4 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly 715, 1977. "Essential Research Tools for Criminal Defense Attorneys," 1 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 5, 1981.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of San Francisco School of Law, 1976-1980.
Law Clerk for Chief Justice Donald R. Wright, California Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Staff Member, California Supreme Court Special Masters on Reapportionment, 1973. Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California, 1975-1980.
Listed in Naifeh and Smith"s Best Lawyers in America (California Criminal Defense).
Member: State Bar of California. American Bar Association.
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Member: State Bar of California. American Bar Association. California Attorneys for Criminal Justice.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.