Leonard C. Goodman is a Chicago criminal defense lawyer, representing persons charged with serious crimes. Since graduating Northwestern University School of Law, Goodman has earned a reputation for taking on and winning difficult cases. He has even won acquittals in several cases where his clients’ prior lawyer had advised taking a guilty plea, believing the case couldn’t be won. He has the rare distinction of having won criminal cases at every level of state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court. 

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Goodman has won awards for his work on behalf of the wrongfully convicted, including an Afghani man detained twelve years at Guantanamo Bay without charges before his release in December 2014. Other past clients include a former Illinois Governor and a former Town president. 

Goodman is an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law, where he has taught Federal Criminal Law, Habeas Corpus and Legal Ethics.

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Goodman is a long-time supporter of independent journalism and free media, and an ardent defender of free speech and dissenting views. He is the founder and chairman of Integrity Media, a nonprofit that supports independent media and publishers who seek the truth free from corporate or partisan influences. He currently represents a member of the African People's Socialist Party under federal indictment in Tampa, Florida for allegedly spreading "Russian propaganda and disinformation" based largely on their outspoken opposition to US involvement in Ukraine.