A criminal defense firm representing persons charged with serious crimes in state and federal courts, at trial and on appeal.

Notable Cases

Rod Blagojevich

Attorney Leonard Goodman has worked tirelessly for his client, former Governor Rod Blagojevich. After two 7th Circuit Appeals, 1 Re-Sentencing, 2 Cert Petitions, and 2 Commutation Petitions dating back to the Obama Administration, Governor Blagojevich is finally back home with his wife and daughters

Innocent in Guantanamo

Shawali Kahn is a citizen of Afghanistan. For many years he made a modest living as a shopkeeper and merchant from a small farming village near Kandahar. From February of 2003 until December of 2074, Mr. Kahn was held in extrajudicial detention at the Guantanamo Bay containment camps in Cuba.

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Innocent in Guantanamo

United States v. Gary Heesch, No. 05 CR 340 (Judge Manning)

In the summer of 2008, Mr. Goodman won a rare acquittal before a federal jury in this fraud case representing Gary Heesch, the CEO of Wasatch Pharmaceuticals, a public corporation headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Heesch and eleven other individuals were charged with multiple counts of mail fra

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United States v. Gary Heesch, No. 05 CR 340 (Judge Manning)

People v. Christopher Oliver, No. 08 CF 451 (Coles County, IL)

Christopher Oliver was charged with first degree murder in connection with the beating death of a disabled man who resided at a group home at which Oliver worked as a developmental trainer. Oliver hired Goodman’s firm after his previous attorney had attempted to convince Oliver to plead guilty to

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People v. Christopher Oliver, No. 08 CF 451 (Coles County, IL)
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Recent Court Filings

INTERVIEW with Glenn Greenwald: Omali Yeshitela, Facing 15-Years for “Pro-Russian Propaganda”

Motion to Dismiss the Indictment

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