Jacob R. Goodman’s practice focuses on severe personal injury cases and other cases representing victims of sexual abuse, hazing, and other violent crimes.

Mr. Goodman developed a passion for anti-discrimination law during his time in law school, and, while on The Vanderbilt Law Review, he wrote his student note on a novel legal issue involving Title IX, which was selected for publication. During law school, Mr. Goodman also served as a legal writing teaching assistant and represented clients in civil litigation implicating the First Amendment through Vanderbilt’s First Amendment Clinic.

Prior to joining The Fierberg National Law Group, Mr. Goodman served two years as a judicial law clerk for Chief United States District Judge Travis R. McDonough in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Most recently, Mr. Goodman was recognized in TCBN’s 40 Under 40 annual list of the 40 most outstanding, influential, young leaders in the region, whose professional and community efforts this past year had the most impact on the community, the region, and the economy.

Education:

• J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School
• Bachelor of Business Administration, The University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business, with High Distinction

Professional Organizations:

• National Crime Victim Bar Association (“NCVBA”)
• Member of the Board of Up North Pride
• The Northwest Michigan Lawyers Committee, ACLU of Michigan
• Commissioner on the Traverse City Human Rights Commission
• State Bar of Michigan Young Lawyers Section Executive Council

Publications:

• Deliberately Indifferent: Institutional Liability for Further Harassment in Student-On-Student Title IX Cases, 75 Vand. L. Rev. 1273 (2022)

Bar and Court Admissions:

• State of Illinois
• State of Michigan
• United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan