Posts by Mark A. Goodman, Esq.

There is great news for home owners wanting to get out from under underwater mortgages. In Nevada, now banks can no longer go after homeowners for the balance of the mortgage after a foreclosure. The Catch: The new law only applies to mortgages ORIGINATED on or after OCTOBER 2009. If you were smart enough to…

As a small city, Reno is not known for being a hub for patent litigation, but as contributor Melanie Ludlow explains below, that could be changing.: The United States District Court, District of Northern Nevada, located here in Reno, aims to become proficient (and efficient) in hearing patent litigation cases. Last year, the District Court…

First of all I would like to introduce my new law clerk, Mr. John Ellis. John brings more than 30 years of legal research and writing experience to the Goodman Law Center. I asked John to contribute to our blog. His contribution is on a common issue in Nevada foreclosure law that we are seeing…

New BABY! Ashlyn Paige Goodman To all:  Our daughter was born on April 10, 2012 at 6:48pm.  As you can see she is in perfect health, and she is the cutest baby in the world.  At birth she was 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.   See my facebook page for cute…

In this addition, contributor Melanie Ludlow of Vilanova Law School, gives her thoughts on attorney communication.  We strive to maintain prompt and effective communication at all times in our firm.  Melanie is working for Goodman Law Center as an independently contracted researcher and writer. Much in life requires good and effective communication- success in marriage,…

I did a “legal brief” on the radio show last week on what I consider my unique approach to contract drafting.  I think too many contracts are full of pages and pages of term that neither party really reads, understands, or negotiates.  I think this happens because we lawyers always work off of a boilerplate template…

Last week on the radio program we had Executive Business Coach Dr. Gary McLeod on with myself and Steve Rose.  See http://www.fortunemgmt.com/dr_gary_mcleod/ Dr. McLeod is a former Reno dentist who has moved into the business coaching field.  More importantly, he is my business coach.  Dr. Mcleod discussed the development of the professional services industry, including law,…

On yesterday’s radio show (see www.thejamiekalickishow.com), I discussed the use of debt settlement techniques as an alternative to Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.  We’re not a Chapter 11 firm, but I have been involved in process enough to know its not very useful for small businesses.  Chapter 11 seems to work great for large businesses.  It…

To all clients and others wishing to contact us.  We are experiencing a temporary interruption in our email system.  We are hoping to have this resolved by the end of today, December 29, 2011.  Thank you all for your understanding.