Biography

Past President, NACDL (1994-1995)Trustee, Foundation for Criminal Justice (2005)Past President, TCDLA. (1992-93)Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (1997-Present); American College of Trial Lawyers (1991-Present)Member, American Board of Criminal Lawyers (1987-Present)Recipient: Robert C. Heeney Award, NACDL (1991); Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyers Award, State Bar of Texas (1991); John Henry Faulk Award, ACLU (1999); Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Hall of Fame (2002)

Education

• Undergraduate: Tulane University, , 1965
• Law School: University of Texas School of Law, 1968

Biography

Jacqueline Goodman is a private practice attorney focusing exclusively on criminal defense. She is the Past-President of NACDL’s California affiliate, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ) and past Chair of the CACJ Foundation. A former Board Member of NACDL, Jacqueline is the current Chair of the Audit Committee, founding Chair and current Co-Chair of the Decarceration Committee, and a member of the Women in Criminal Defense Committee. She has been co-chair of NACDL's Sex Crimes Defense Seminar since 2014. She is certified as a criminal law specialist by the State Bar of California, and a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Biography

Recipient, Public Service Award, Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University (2000)Teacher, "Federal Habeas Corpus" at DePaul University College of Law

Education

• Undergraduate: Columbia University, , 1985
• Law School: Northwestern University School of Law , 1989

Bar Information

• US Sup. Ct.; CA for 5th, 7th and 8th Cirs.

Biography

Bar Information

• Nevada, Ninth Circuit

Biography

Member, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.Member, Board of Directors, Dallas CDLA (2006-2007)Member, State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Sec.Member, Dallas Bar Assn., Criminal Law Sec.Board Certified, Criminal Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Education

• Undergraduate: Stephens College, , 1979
• Law School: University of Texas School of Law , 1984

Bar Information

• US Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of TX

Biography

Daniella Gordon represents businesses and individuals in internal investigations and proceedings in state and federal court. Ms. Gordon has unique experience in the area of construction litigation and procurement, and has represented businesses and individuals in connection with investigations into alleged false claims. Ms. Gordon has successfully tried a range of criminal and civil matters.

Ms. Gordon received a J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Connecticut College. She is a graduate of the Trial Practice Institute of the National Criminal Defense College. Early in her career, Ms. Gordon worked with renowned criminal defense and civil rights attorney, William Buckman, Esq. She also worked in Philadelphia as an attorney for one of the largest construction litigation law firms in the Mid-Atlantic region, and later became a partner in a regional law firm.

In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for NACDL, Ms. Gordon serves as a Trustee of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. She is the immediate past Chair of the Construction Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She is also Chair of the Legal Redress and Criminal Justice Committees of the Southern Burlington County branch of the NAACP. 

Ms. Gordon is fluent in Russian.