Jeffrey L. Goodman, born Marshalltown, Iowa, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Iowa; 2002, Nebraska; 2007, Minnesota; 2008, Missouri; 2008, Wisconsin; 2010, Kansas; 2011, Illinois; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and District of Nebraska. Preparatory education, St. Olaf College; University of Iowa (B.A., 1981); legal education, Drake University Law School (J.D., 1985). Honoree, Drake University Law School 150th Anniversary "150 in 150" Leadership Recognition. Recipient, Alumni of the Year Award, Drake University Law School, 2020. Board Certified, Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy. Assistant County Attorney, Black Hawk County, Iowa, 1985-1987. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Iowa, 1987-1988. Assistant City Attorney, City of West Des Moines, Iowa, 1995; City Attorney, 1996-1998. Commissioner, District 5-C, Judicial Nominating Commission, 1996-2002. Federal Judicial Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 2005-. Commissioner, 3rd Congressional District, Iowa State Judicial Nominating Commission, 2013-2021. Board of Counselors, Drake University Law School, April, 2016-April, 2022. Co-author: "The Economic-Loss Doctrine and What Turbines, Rings, Windows, Walls, and Lawn Mowers have in Common," For the Defense (February, 2016); (with Max Maharry and Richard Wiener, Ph.D.) "Uncovering Unconscious Motives: Recognizing “Implicit Bias” to Ensure a Fair Trial," 22 The Nebraska Lawyer 1 (January/February 2019); (with Daniel R. Peacock and Kevin J. Rutan) "A Guide to Understanding the Economic Loss Doctrine," 67 Drake Law Review 1; "The Attorney/Client Privilege and the Municipal Lawyer," 48 Drake Law Review 655 (2000); (with Joanna Mosser) "How to Build Trust with a Jury" (2020); (with Joanna Mosser) "Fine Tuning our Default Settings to Build the Best Trial Strategy" (2020); (with Joanna Mosser) "Have No Fear: How to Navigate Politics in the Jury Box" (2020); (with Joanna Mosser) "The Authoritarian Juror" (2020); (with Courtney Ringhofer) "Economic Loss Doctrine: An Analysis of the Rule's Applicability to Design Professionals," Drake Law Review (February, 2022). Author: "Protecting Joint Ventures Against Third-Party Liability," Construction Financial Managers Building Profit Magazine (January/February 1997). Member: Polk County Bar Association; Iowa State Bar Association (Bench-Bar Committee, July, 2013-June, 2016; July, 2017-June, 2020; Council, Construction Law Section, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023); The Missouri Bar; State Bar of Wisconsin; Iowa Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; Defense Research Institute (DRI™); American Board of Trial Advocates; National Board of Trial Advocacy; American Society of Trial Consultants; Million Dollar Advocates Forum; American Inns of Court (Former Barrister: Blackstone Inn of Court; E. Edwin Moore Inn of Court); American Psychological Association; American Psychology-Law Society; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods; Society for Personality and Social Psychology; The Bonnie and Lewis McNurlen Consecutive Giving Society; Jeffrey and Elizabeth Goodman Distinguished Advocate Award Endowment (Benefactor). E−Mail: Jeffrey L. Goodman