James E. Goodrich

Jim Goodrich's practice encompasses a wide range of commercial real estate transactions. He has represented national and local clients in numerous sales, acquisitions, and leases of commercial property, construction contracts, and in other real estate agreements.

Clients he has represented in commercial real estate transactions range from large companies to small developers and owner-managed businesses. He has represented Becton, Dickinson and Company, a Fortune 500 company, in numerous real estate and construction matters. Additionally, he has represented a Fortune 100 company in various leasing matters and taught an advanced leasing seminar to representatives of that company. He represented another client in a land assemblage program in which the client acquired 20 properties. He has represented several sellers and buyers of real property in Maryland and other states. He has represented several property owners in construction contracts. He also has negotiated office, industrial, and retail leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants.

He has given numerous seminars on commercial real estate topics to groups such as the Baltimore Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel, Lorman Educational Services and the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors.

Prior to practicing law, Mr. Goodrich served in the Peace Corps, teaching English at a secondary school in Gabon, Africa.