Nelson W. Goodell

Nelson Goodell is widely regarded as one of the leading advocates for consumers in residential mortgage servicing and foreclosure litigation in California. Since the financial crisis of the late 2000s, Mr. Goodell has assisted hundreds of homeowners save their homes and recover tens of millions dollars of damages for misconduct by financial institutions and others. Mr. Goodell has successfully litigated cases against nearly every major financial institution and mortgage servicer, and has successfully handled cases involving nearly every major federal and California consumer protection statute designed to protect homeowners and borrowers. Throughout his career, Mr. Goodell has repeatedly taken on the worlds largest financial institutions and the worlds largest law firms - and has beaten them through his innovative and tenacious approach. Courts frequently laud Mr. Goodells expertise with Mr. Goodell being described in a recent matter as providing an exemplary level of representation and advocacy. Mr. Goodell has spoken on this expertise to federal agencies, the California Legislature, numerous continuing legal education seminars, and has been a honored guest of the Bar Association of San Francisco for his work in helping save a clients home from foreclosure. Mr. Goodell has litigated cases from San Diego to Humboldt County, and everywhere in-between in the State of California. On the national level, Mr. Goodell regularly travels throughout the country to interview witnesses and conduct investigations of mortgage servicers and lenders misconduct. Mr. Goodell has tried cases in front of judges and juries, and has had substantial success at both the trial and appellate level. Besides mortgage litigation, Mr. Goodell regularly handles a variety of other real property matters on behalf of a diverse client base, which includes publicly-traded companies, families, and heirs, in a vast array of other real property matters, including those that involve title and insurance disputes, partitions, commercial and residential lease disputes, and wrongful eviction claims. Mr. Goodell has a proven track record of navigating complex legal issues with success.