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Firm Overview
Big Enough to Take Care of Your Legal Concerns, Small Enough to Care.
Jay Goodman & Associates Law Firm, P.C., is comprised of a unique team of talented and diverse attorneys who come from excellent firms across the United States. Members of our team are licensed to practice in New Mexico, Texas, Maryland, Ohio and Washington, DC, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court and in the Nambe and San Juan Tribal Courts and the Zuni Pueblo Bar.
The firm is comprised of six attorneys and five support staff members with offices located in Santa Fe and in Albuquerque. We are large enough to provide a comprehensive array of legal services, yet small enough to provide individualized attention to every detail of legal matters entrusted to us.
We have the education, background, and experience to address the most challenging legal matters.
Our experienced attorneys and staff include:
- Leading practitioners in family and collaborative practices
- Former Hearing Officer/Special Commissioner
- Master of Laws in Natural Resources and Environmental Law and Policy
- Certified Mediator
- Former Public Defender and Prosecutor
- Staff fluent in Spanish and French
Our diversity and breadth of experience enable creative focus on individual and organizational legal issues. Through teamwork and collaboration, we provide clients with the tools required to prevent or resolve their legal matters and concerns in a cost effective and efficient manner.
Our attorneys are active in various communities and in legal associations through participation and leadership in various bar associations and public activities.
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Areas
of Practice
Family Law
- Collaborative Practice
- Divorce
- Separation
- Child Custody, Visitation and Child Support
- Division of Retirement Assets
- Grandparent Rights
Wills, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration
- Business Succession Planning
- Estate Planning and Trusts
- Wealth Planning
- Contested Estates and Estate Litigation
- Probate
- IRS Disputes
- Tax Minimization Strategies
- Powers of Attorney
- Living Wills and Advanced Health Care Directives
- Guardianships and Conservatorships
- Protective Proceedings
- Health Care
General Civil Practice
- Contracts
- Administrative Law
- Mediation, Arbitration, Collaborative and Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Litigation and Appeals
Criminal Law
- Misdemeanor and felony defenses
- Adult and juvenile criminal defenses
- White collar criminal and civil rights violation
- Resentencing guidelines
Business and Commercial
- Limited Liability Entities
- General and Limited Partnerships
- Corporations
- Shareholder or Member Restrictive Agreements
- Purchase or Sales of Business
- Transfer Agreements
- Tax Strategies
- Copyright, Trademarks and Service Marks
- Financing
- Dissolutions
Real Estate
- Complex Commercial and Residential Real Estate
- Landlord/Tenant
- Purchase and Sale
- Acquisition and Construction Financing (borrowers and lenders)
- Leasing
- Unlawful Detainer
- Co-Tenancies
- Construction Agreements
- Mechanic’s Liens
- Architecture and Engineering Agreements
- Brokerage Relationships
- Easements and Licenses
- Adverse Possession and Prescriptive Rights
- Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions and other Title Restrictions
- Deeds of Trust
- Foreclosures
Structured Settlements
- Representation of national companies in obtaining judicial approval of periodic payment of annuity sales for lump sums.
Natural Resources
- Environmental and Water Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Oil and Gas Law
- Mineral Rights
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