Our Story
The Goodwin story began with a chance encounter on a Boston sidewalk. After some friendly conversation, two young lawyers, former classmates from college, decided to start their own law practice.
An eavesdropper on State Street that late spring morning in 1912 might have been amused at their bravado as Robert Eliot Goodwin and Joseph Osborne Procter, Jr. mapped their professional future. But the firm they forged would flourish, setting the foundation of a professional enterprise that would grow beyond anything either might have imagined.
Today, nearly 2,000 Goodwin lawyers focus on building authentic, long-term relationships with our clients, who are some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors at the convergence of and within the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology, and financial industries.
Our Global Operations Team (all business professionals) partners with our lawyers and clients across multiple business of law functions, providing for a truly unique and differentiated client service model.
Our immersive understanding of our clients’ industries – combined with our expertise across high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions – sets us apart.
Core Principles
Our core principles are our foundation. They ground us and bind us together as a firm. Our commitment to these values is what drives us and what enables our success.
Social Commitment and Corporate Responsibility
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Pro Bono

Firm Leadership
The Executive Committee is responsible for overall firm strategy.
Mark Bettencourt
+1 617 570 1091
mbettencourt@goodwinlaw.com
Elaine Blais
+1 617 570 1205
eblais@goodwinlaw.com
Diana Brummer
+1 212 813 8861
dbrummer@goodwinlaw.com
Mike Caplan
+1 212 813 8856
mcaplan@goodwinlaw.com
Lynda Galligan
+1 650 752 3167
lgalligan@goodwinlaw.com
Joanne Gray
+1 212 459 7440
jgray@goodwinlaw.com
Rob Insolia
+1 212 813 8888
rinsolia@goodwinlaw.com
Josh Klatzkin
+1 202 346 4129
jklatzkin@goodwinlaw.com
Samantha Lake Coghlan
+44 (0)20 7447 4203
slakecoghlan@goodwinlaw.com
Carl Metzger
+1 617 570 1770
cmetzger@goodwinlaw.com
Caine Moss
+1 650 752 3318
cmoss@goodwinlaw.com
Chris Nugent
+1 212 813 8825
cnugent@goodwinlaw.com
Yash Rana
+852 3658 5388
yrana@goodwinlaw.com
Sabrina Rose-Smith
+1 202 346 4185
srosesmith@goodwinlaw.com
Brett Schuman
+1 415 733 6021
bschuman@goodwinlaw.com
Sarah Solomon
+1 617 570 1430
ssolomon@goodwinlaw.com
The Management Committee directs our day-to-day operations.
Mark Bettencourt
+1 617 570 1091
mbettencourt@goodwinlaw.com
Mike Caplan
+1 212 813 8856
mcaplan@goodwinlaw.com
Lynda Galligan
+1 650 752 3167
lgalligan@goodwinlaw.com
Joanne Gray
+1 212 459 7440
jgray@goodwinlaw.com
Rob Insolia
+1 212 813 8888
rinsolia@goodwinlaw.com
Josh Klatzkin
+1 202 346 4129
jklatzkin@goodwinlaw.com
Practice leaders lead industry and practice groups.
Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Deborah Birnbach
+1 617 570 1339
dbirnbach@goodwinlaw.com
Jim McGarry
+1 617 570 1332
jmcgarry@goodwinlaw.com
Financial Services
Chris Palmer
+1 202 346 4253
cpalmer@goodwinlaw.com
Intellectual Property Litigation
Daryl Wiesen
+1 617 570 1396
dwiesen@goodwinlaw.com
Brett Schuman
+1 415 733 6021
bschuman@goodwinlaw.com
Life Sciences
Mitchell Bloom
+1 617 570 1055
mbloom@goodwinlaw.com
Private Equity
Brian McPeake
+1 415 733 6077
bmcpeake@goodwinlaw.com
Chris Nugent
+1 212 813 8825
cnugent@goodwinlaw.com
Yash Rana
+852 3658 5388
yrana@goodwinlaw.com
John LeClaire
+1 617 570 1144
jleclaire@goodwinlaw.com
Real Estate
Diana Brummer
+1 212 813 8861
dbrummer@goodwinlaw.com
John Ferguson
+1 212 813 8827
jferguson@goodwinlaw.com
Technology
John Egan
+1 617 570 1514
jegan@goodwinlaw.com
Ken Gordon
+1 617 570 1327
kgordon@goodwinlaw.com
Anthony McCusker
+1 650 752 3267
amccusker@goodwinlaw.com
Chief officers lead the Global Operations Team, all of the firm’s business professionals.
Mike Caplan
Chief Operating Officer
+1 212 813 8856
mcaplan@goodwinlaw.com
Bonnie Ciaramella
Chief Practice Management Officer
+1 212 813 8894
bciaramella@goodwinlaw.com
Chris Davis
Managing Director of Financial Planning and Analysis
+1 212 813 8883
christopherdavis@goodwinlaw.com
Rachel Dooley
Chief Innovation Officer
+1 212 459 7479
rdooley@goodwinlaw.com
David Fleming
Chief Information Officer
+1 617 570 1985
dfleming@goodwinlaw.com
Scott Kopcha
Chief Information Security Officer
+1 617 570 3988
skopcha@goodwinlaw.com
Heidi Goldstein Shepherd
Chief Talent Officer and Assistant General Counsel for Employment
+1 617 570 8189
hshepherd@goodwinlaw.com
Konstantin Shishkin
Chief Communications Officer
+1 212 459 7176
kshishkin@goodwinlaw.com