Attorney Profiles

Rew R. Goodenow
Reno, Nevada


phone	(775) 323-1601
fax	(775) 348-7250
email	RGoodenow@parsonsbehle.com
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Rew R. Goodenow serves as legal counsel to businesses in all phases of their development and operations, from start-up to market leader. He is the immediate past president of the State Bar of Nevada. Mr. Goodenow holds an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating given. Listed in Mountain States Super Lawyers 2007, Business/Corporate. He practices with the philosophy that good transactional lawyers must also know the inside of the courtroom. In addition to extensive experience successfully negotiating and completing business purchases and sales, and other business transactions, Mr. Goodenow has served as lead counsel in state and federal trial courts and courts of appeal in complex and ordinary business and corporate litigation. He represents banking and other financial institutions in bankruptcy court.

As the principal author of Nevada 's Limited Liability Company Act, and of the treatise Nevada Business Entities, Mr. Goodenow counsels clients in a broad range of complex business, financial and real estate transactions.

Related Activities and Skills:

Editorial Board - The ABA Journal

Past Editor in Chief - Business Law Today

General Counsel - Nevada Republican Party

Past President - Rotary Club of Reno

Areas of Practice:: Banking & Finance Law; Commercial Banks; Lending & Secured Transactions; Loan Workouts; Bankruptcy Law; Collections & Repossessions; Commercial Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Foreclosures; Reorganizations & Restructuring; Workouts; Business & Commercial Law; Commercial Leasing; Contracts; International Transactions; Joint Ventures; Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures; Secured Transactions; Transactions; Uniform Commercial Code; Business Organizations; Business Successions; Closely Held Businesses; Corporate Governance; Cellular Communications; Wireless Communications; Construction Law; Construction Contracts; Construction Liens; Election Campaign & Political Law; Election & Campaign Law; Government Relations & Lobbying; Legislative Practice; Voting Rights; Business & Trade; Litigation & Appeals; Bankruptcy Litigation; Federal Appellate Practice; State Appellate Practice; US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; US Supreme Court; Real Estate Law; State, Local & Municipal Law; Land Use & Zoning

Bar Admissions:: U.S. Supreme Court, 1993; U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1990; U.S. District Court District of Nevada, 1989; Nevada, 1989; U.S. District Court Northern District of Iowa, 1988; Iowa, 1988

Education:: University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa, 1988
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence; Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985
B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works:: Note, Securities Arbitration, The Supreme Court Resolves the Issue of Enforceability of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses in Broker-Investor Contracts: Shearson/American Express, Inc. v. McMahon 73 Iowa Law Review 449, No. 2, 1988; Consignment of Art Under California Code - Same Old Bankruptcy Code, Different Result, Committee News, ABA/YLD Bankruptcy Law Committee 11, February, 1996; Chapter 30: Receivers, Nevada Civil Practice Manual 30-1 through 30-46, 5th ed., 2001; Finding People & Assets, The Young Lawyer 2, January, 1997; Lateral Hires, The Young Lawyers 4, April, 1997; Chapter 16: The Nevada LLC Act, California Limited Liability Company Forms and Practice Manual 16-1 through 16-34, 2002; Business Ethics in Nevada

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Types of Business Entities Available to Professionals and Doing Business in Other States, at "LLC's & LLP's Are They Right for Your Clients?" (Nevada State Bar Assoc. CLE), May 9, 1996 (Reno, NV), May 10, 1996 (Las Vegas, NV).; Leadership and Organizational Excellence in the Practice of Law, Moderator, ABA Annual Meeting, August 3, 1996 (Orlando, FL).; Preventive Collection, Ethical Obligations and Bankruptcy and Debt Collection, at "How to Get Results in Collection on Delinquent Debts in Nevada", National Business Institute, Inc., June 19, 1997 (Reno, NV).; Getting Your Firm to Pay Your Bar Dues, Presenter, ABA/YLD Spring AOP, May 14, 1998 (La Jolla, CA).; Is Foreclosure Your Only Option and Bankruptcy and the Secured Creditor, at Nevada Foreclosure and Repossession, National Business Institute, Inc., May 19, 1998 (Reno, NV).; Bar Association Publications, 1998 Midwest Regional AOP, September 19, 1998 (Des Moines, Iowa).; Introduction to the Bankruptcy Code and Rules, What you Should Know About Bankruptcy Procedure, Chapter 11 Confirmation Issues and Protecting the Creditor's Position, at Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Law and Procedure in Nevada, National Business Institute, Inc., November 9, 1998 (Reno, NV).; My view of the ABA Resolutions Process at Oklahoma State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Officer Training, January 16, 1999 (Oklahoma City, OK).; Compliance under State Law and Practical Operating Procedures, at Limited Liability Companies in Nevada, National Business Institute, Inc., June 4, 1999 (Reno, NV).; Management Authority, at Planning Opportunities for Single Member LLC's, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, April 17, 1999 (San Francisco, CA).; The Rewards of Decency, ABA Midyear meeting, February 12, 2000 (Dallas, TX).; MDPs and MJPs, at ABA Law Practice Management and General Practice Section Joint Meeting, September 8, 2000 (Squaw Valley, California).; Nevada Business Entities, State Bar of Nevada, December 4, 2000 (Reno, NV), December 5, 2000 (Las Vegas, NV).; Conference on Resources Law 21st Century Challenges to Access of Public Lands and Resources, April 5-6, 2001 (Las Vegas, NV).; Nevada LLCs, at California Limited Liability Companies, Practice and Procedure, Data Trace, October 4, 2002 (San Francisco, CA).; Business Entities in Nevada, State Bar of Nevada, January 8, 2003 (Las Vegas, NV) and January 9, 2003 (Reno, NV).; Business Law For Family Lawyers, at State Bar of Nevada, Annual Family Law Section Meeting, March 28, 2003 (Ely, Nevada).; Merger Practice in the United States, at Mergers and Acquisitions in a Changing Environment, Center for International Legal Studies, February 11, 2004 (Steamboat Springs, CO).; Nevada LLC Act, at LLCs: Advanced Planning And Latest Trends, Lorman Education Services, May 4, 2004 (San Francisco, CA).; Nevada Contracts and Rule 191, at State Bar of Nevada Annual Meeting, June 17 and 19, 2004 (Coronado Island, CA).

Fraternities/Sororities:: Delta Phi Alpha; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi

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The law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer provides legal counsel and representation to Intermountain West businesses in Salt Lake City, Reno, Las Vegas, Boise, Phoenix, Billings and Denver. We regularly represent clients in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, California, Montana and Wyoming.