Robert E. Goodman Jr.

Bob Goodman joined Kilgore Law in 2010, after 30 years of law practice, 11 in the fields of bankruptcy, creditor rights, and general business litigation, and 19 in the fields of employment law and employment benefits law, including discrimination, compensation and whistleblower claims. In many of these employment law areas, Bob Goodman has pursued multiple plaintiff and class or representative actions involving a large number of actual or potential individual plaintiffs, and has successfully settled a number of such claims and class actions.

"I want to thank Bob Goodman and his staff for great service. He took the time to listen to my issue, got straight to the point, and kept me grounded. I received a realistic, acceptable settlement. Bob's strength is in the way he treats friends and foes. He is very careful to state a point clearly, to ensure that the point made cannot be miscommunicated. I have already referred Bob to a friend, and will continue to do so. In my opinion, anyone looking for integrity in an attorney must consider Robert Goodman." Mitch G., Religious Discrimination Matter, 2012

His employment benefits practice includes severance claims and disability benefits claims including disability discrimination, short-term disability claims, long-term disability claims and employee injury claims governed by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and non-ERISA disability and employee injury, related insurance and non-subscriber employee injury claims. He is currently involved in class action litigation under ERISA on behalf of former registered representatives of a major securities broker.

Bob Goodman also has an arbitration practice on behalf of broker-dealer employees and securities customers pursuing claims through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and is currently involved in class action litigation under ERISA on behalf of former registered representatives of major securities brokers.

His employment law cases include minimum wage and overtime claims under the federal Fair-Labor Standards Act (FLSA); employment discrimination, age discrimination, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, denial of accommodations, and retaliation claims under federal and state discrimination statutes. Other employment law cases he has pursued include employment discrimination and retaliation claims for whistleblowing in violation of the federal and state statutes.

Robert Goodman has also pursued claims for denial of reemployment, discrimination and retaliation against military service members under the federal Uniformed Servicemembers Employment Rights and Reemployment Act (USERRA). His work on these cases has garnered attention from national and local press.

He has also pursued qui tam cases to seek recoveries on behalf of governmental entities for false claims by healthcare providers and other federal and state funding beneficiaries and related wrongful termination claims under the False Claims Act.