Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Editor-in-Chief, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School – “Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship”
Member, Board of Directors, Innovation Philadelphia
Member, Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Entrepreneurship Program
Member, Advisory Board, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Former Member, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Advisory Board to the Chairman
Former Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers University Law Schools
Former Law Clerk, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and Chief Judge David L. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2002–2008)
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2006–2008)
Listed as Leading, Corporate M&A, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2008
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5086
Fax: 215.963.5001
Stephen M. Goodman is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice and has been with the firm since 1994. His practice, focused on corporate finance and acquisitions, is dedicated to fostering emerging growth companies in the region through direct work with clients and active involvement in the emerging growth community. As strategic counsel to startups in the technology and life sciences sectors, Mr. Goodman identifies companies with potential and then takes them from conception through product development, growth and beyond. Some of the companies he has nurtured include CDnow, VerticalNet, ICG Commerce, AirClic, ExcelleRx, and AANet.com.
Consistently recognized by Chambers USA, an annual independent ranking of top lawyers, as an influential authority for his work with emerging growth companies, Mr. Goodman is co-chair of the firm's Global Emerging Technology and Life Sciences Practice. He also is founder of the firm's "Connect at Morgan Lewis" program, which brings together investors and entrepreneurs and guides clients through the process of refining their investor presentations through individual coaching sessions. Mr. Goodman is the longest-tenured member of the advisory board for the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Entrepreneurship Program. He also teaches "Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship" at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Law.
In addition to his close involvement with clients and his support and participation in the regional entrepreneurial and venture capital networks, Mr. Goodman devotes significant time to mentoring young lawyers in the firm.
Mr. Goodman is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1965, LL.B.
- University of Pennsylvania, 1962, B.S.