One North Clematis Street, Suite 421
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Phone: 561.820.0232
Email: judygoodmanpa@aol.com

Judy Goodman, P.A. is a public policy law firm that works with clients to develop effective responses to important issues.

Counseling and Consulting in:

• Business / Management Consulting
• Market Research & Analysis
• Healthcare / Life Sciences
• Issues Advocacy
• Strategic Planning / Action Plans
• Facilitation / Focus Groups
• Governance
• Non-Profits
• Publications
• Speeches

Publications

1. "Charitable Choice: The Ramifications of Government Funding for Faith-Based Health Care Services," Nova Law Review, 2002.

2. "Are the INS Regulations Regarding Mandatory Detention Constitutional after Zavydas?," 2002.

3."Opening Up Cuba," Collins Center for Public Policy, 2003.

4. "Does Florida's John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program meet its Obligations to Accommodate under the Idea and Federal Statutes?," 2003.

History

Ms. Goodman started her career in New York City as a publicist for Harry N. Abrams, Inc., the art book publishing division of then former Times Mirror Company. She then moved to Florida in the mid-1970s for a long broadcasting career with the CBS-television affiliate in West Palm Beach, where she hosted public service talk shows, and later rose to Editorial Director, winning AP awards for best editorials in Florida for her on-air work.

Dually involved on the business side of the parent corporation which owned the TV station, Ms. Goodman served as Vice President/Corporate Development of Dreyfoos Group/Photo Electronics Corporation, a private capital management firm which owned various businesses during her 27-year tenure there.

She later practiced corporate law in private equity and venture capital with the law firm now called Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP, a national law firm.

Long involved in the development of civic, cultural and educational infrastructure in Palm Beach, Ms. Goodman started the community's first arts council, served as the initial founding executive director of the Palm Beach County Council of the Arts in 1978, and later served as its Chairman in 1982. Beginning in 1978, she was instrumental in developing the world-class performing arts center in Palm Beach County and continues to serve as Life Trustee of the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the $100 million (largely privately financed), 2189-seat multipurpose facility that opened fully funded in September 1992.

Ms. Goodman helped create the Children's Services Council, the Health Care Taxing District, the Tourist Development tax to fund cultural activities, and the Education Commission of Palm Beach County. She served on the community advisory board investigating the proposed closure of St. Mary's Hospital in 2000 as a county appointee.

Ms. Goodman is a director of the Palm Beach Civic Association. She is also a Distinguished Trustee and former chairman of the South Florida Fair and Palm Beach County Expositions, the community's largest tourist attraction. She has also been instrumental in private support for public schools, serving as statewide public policy chairman for the South Florida Annenberg Challenge, which raised $100 million for public schools in the tri-county region of Palm Beach, Broward and Dade Counties from 1998-2002. She is a member of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County and the author of numerous policy position papers on issues in health care access and education.

Ms. Goodman and her husband, J. John, a dermatologist, enjoy movies and the activities of their children: Josh, a graduate of both Yale and Harvard Law School, and Adam, a graduate of Emory University.


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