Ritigstein, Michael D.

Robert G. Goodman graduated from Fairfield University and St. John's University School of Law in 1972 and has continuously been representing clients who have suffered severe personal injuries since 1972.  He is a certified civil trial attorney and has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.  He along with Carl Palmisano founded Palmisano and Goodman, P.A. in 1974.  As a result of his courtroom success, Bob has earned a reputation as one of New Jersey's top plaintiff's trial attorneys. Bob has been named by The American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in New Jersey. He is experienced in handling a wide variety of personal injury cases ranging from medical malpractice, car and truck accidents, to product liability and wrongful death.  Bob has been named to the Super Lawyers list multiple times and received the Honorable Herman L. Breitkopf Award for 2010 from the Trial Lawyers Association of Middlesex County, presented to the trial lawyer who most embodies honesty, integrity, intelligence and an unwavering concern for the welfare of both the bar and its members.  Selection as a Super Lawyer is based on the result of a survey sent to 35,000 lawyers in New Jersey.  He also represents clients involved in commercial litigation. 

Bob has obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries for his clients including over 30 individual recoveries in excess of one million dollars.  He has earned Martindale Hubbell rating of AV, reserved for attorneys demonstrating the highest levels of skill and integrity.  Bob is a member of the Middlesex County and New Jersey State Bar associations as well as the New Jersey Association for Justice.