Martha Goodman is a civil litigator and trial lawyer with a relentless drive for client success. Her experience as trial counsel means she’s not only expert at managing matters throughout and preparing for trial, but also ready to take the case to trial and to win. With significant experience on the front lines of groundbreaking legal battles, Martha has played a pivotal role in high-profile trials, including representing athletes in O’Bannon v. NCAA, an antitrust trial that broke ground for college athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness; and Waymo v. Uber, a trade secrets dispute regarding self-driving car technology highlighting competition and financial stakes to revolutionize transportation. She has guided her clients through five trials, preparing and examining first-time witnesses in matters with reputational impact while also cross-examining witnesses with an eye toward dismantling the opposing narrative.
Martha also specializes in high-profile congressional investigations and guides clients through reputation- and enterprise-threatening allegations. She leverages her experience as she represents clients in responding to public-facing government inquiries and in preparing witnesses for high-stakes testimony before House and Senate committees, law enforcement agencies, and inspectors general.
Martha's legal capabilities have earned her significant accolades, including recognition as a 2024 Law360 "Rising Star" for Technology; in Lawdragon's "500 Leading Litigators in America"; Lawdragon's "500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers"; Lawdragon's "500 X – The Next Generation"; Benchmark Litigation's 2024 "40 & Under – Northeast"; and "Future Star".
Before entering private practice, Martha served as a law clerk to Judge Marjorie O. Rendell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and to Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Martha also served as a congressional staffer for the Chair of the House Rules Committee, former U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter.
