JAMES WILLIAMS GOODWIN, II          

Firm Chairman 2008
Shareholder, Board of Directors
Tampa Office
Telephone:  813-273-4337
Email: 
jwg@macfar.com 

Practice Areas Business & Corporate             Tax & Planning      
Mergers & Acquisitions           Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning

Practice Emphasis Assisting small and large businesses in a broad range of matters, including selection of entity structure, business planning,  transactions involving the merger, sale and acquisition of businesses and contract negotiations; Estate planning, as well as trust and estate matters involving the IRS.

Education University of Florida, LL.M. in Taxation, 1987
University of Illinois, J.D., 1983
Illinois Wesleyan University, B.S. in Accounting, cum laude, 1980

Related Experience Associate Professor at University of South Florida Business School (Advance Corporate Taxation)
and at University of Illinois (Business Law)

Court Admissions All Florida State Courts
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Claims Court

Bar and Professional Memberships The Florida Bar (Tax, Business, Trusts & Estates Sections)
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Leadership Tampa
Accomplishments

Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" (2008)
Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" (2007)


TAMPA OFFICE:  One Tampa City Center, 201 N. Franklin Street, Suite 2000, Tampa, FL 33602,
P.O. Box 1531, 33601, Tel: 813-273-4200 Fax: 813-273-4396
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