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Year founded: 1998
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Overview

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Goodman Allen Donnelly is a unique, entrepreneurial law firm with offices across the Commonwealth of Virginia and a primary emphasis on litigation of all types. We act as counsel to a variety of clients, including individuals, small to mid-sized businesses, and Fortune 500 companies. Our clients include numerous insurers, well-known manufacturers, healthcare providers, regional and local businesses of all types, authors, artists and inventors.

We offer a full range of business legal services, including the handling and structuring of virtually every type of transaction on behalf of entrepreneurs, business owners, start-ups, growth and mid-size companies. We advise clients on the regulatory and legal risks of their business methods and operations and counsel them about the impact of proposed future regulations. Together we work to develop practical legal solutions that meet their objectives, provide efficiency in their businesses and protect their viability and profitability. Our proactive approach focuses on identifying, counseling and integrating best business practices for our clients so as to minimize the risk of future litigation. When disputes do arise and litigation becomes necessary, our business, regulatory and litigation attorneys have the knowledge and experience to protect and defend against lawsuits and investigations.

Goodman Allen Donnelly's litigation practice is national in scope, providing litigation services and support in matters in state and federal courts both in Virginia and throughout the nation. In meeting the needs of our clients, Goodman Allen Donnelly offers a team of true trial attorneys. We are attorneys who have a tremendous amount of courtroom experience and consistently achieve positive results.

Attorneys at Goodman Allen Donnelly provide counsel to a variety of health care providers, including individual practitioners, medical and dental practices, health care systems, hospitals, clinical laboratories and long term care facilities. Our attorneys provide specific counsel to our clients on the legal risks and regulatory requirements that confront them in the day-to-day practice and operation of their business entities. We understand the myriad of federal and state laws and regulations that govern the practice of medicine and health care and how they can affect the legal relationships between providers, payers, patients, and health care organization and agencies. Our attorneys have proven experience in assisting our clients with all stages of compliance, from a proactive approach to defensive strategy. Our attorneys have counseled and represented hundreds of licensed healthcare professionals throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia who have come under investigation by their respective licensing boards. With their extensive knowledge of the laws and regulations governing the various professions, the investigative and regulatory processes and the informal and formal conference proceedings, the attorneys at Goodman Allen Donnelly can provide their clients with the most effective and efficient approach to their unique situation.

With offices in Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Williamsburg and litigation experience in nearly every civil courtroom in Virginia, our team of attorneys draw upon tremendous depth, strength and experience while providing personal, one-on-one service to each and every client, regardless of size. Quite simply, if a matter is important enough for a client to bring it to Goodman Allen Donnelly, then it is even more important to us.

Rankings

Goodman Allen Donnelly, PLLC is metro ranked in 6 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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Metro Rankings

Norfolk
Tier 2 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation
Richmond
Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Tier 1 for Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

About Our Clients

Goodman Allen Donnelly provides a broad range of legal services to individuals and corporations-from inventors to small businesses to multinational corporations. Its clients include numerous insurers, well-known manufacturers, businesses of every size, health care providers and practices, health care facilities, motor carrier and trucking companies, veterans, real estate developers, institutional investors, inventors, artists and authors.

Rankings

Regional Rankings

Norfolk
Tier 2 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation
Richmond
Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Tier 1 for Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 2 for Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Copyright Law
  • Health Care Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Litigation - Patent
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Patent Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
  • Trademark Law
  • Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Goodman Allen Donnelly, PLLC has 3 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Goodman Allen Donnelly, PLLC eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Managing Partner
Nancy Foti

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