Jonathan Goddard

Background

About Jonathan Goddard

I manage business disputes to facilitate favorable and efficient outcomes, with a practice emphasis on contract disputes, construction and development law, and contract drafting and negotiations. Clients turn to me for their most complex and time-sensitive disputes. I assist clients in resolving matters early to avoid litigation, including performing investigations to identify, mitigate, and resolve issues; and offering course-of-construction counseling and mediation. If matters proceed to formal disputes, I streamline litigation activities—spanning from managing creative, cost-effective discovery solutions to writing case-ending motions—and contribute to case-winning trial teams. In the past few years, I have spent months in trial, trying cases before juries and in arbitration. I also regularly draft and negotiate construction agreements for contractors and owners throughout the United States, specifically throughout the West Coast. My project experience includes office buildings, mixed-use, retail, manufacturing, residential (including luxury homes and apartment buildings), and tenant improvements. Prior to law school, I was a middle school math teacher with Teach for America in New York City and an International Baccalaureate (IB) math teacher in Jakarta, Indonesia. I remain committed to championing educational causes and maintains an active pro bono practice.