I am a recent client of Brian Goodman and a 2018 law school graduate. I can attest to the fact that Brian Goodman is the real deal—an actual criminal defense attorney—not just another lawyer who will take criminal cases (l learned this the hard way). In 2002, I was visiting Sioux City for work and... was arrested for a DUI and drug possession. Unfortunately, I left town without ever taking care of the charges and warrants were issued for my arrest. Thankfully, I turned things around, and in 2015, was admitted to law school in Minnesota. Knowing that I could not have existing warrants and be admitted to the Bar, I immediately started researching "criminal defense" attorneys in IA. Apparently I was naive and believed that anyone advertising as a "criminal defense" attorney would be capable of handling my fairly minor charges. I was wrong. My first attorney was reasonably priced, but lost my confidence after failing to return several phone calls. The second attorney I hired was able to "negotiate" the following offer: "Plead guilty to everything and you can serve your jail time in your home state." Realizing that my 10 year-old son could have negotiated that, I decided to look for ANOTHER lawyer—an actual criminal defense attorney. Finally a MN lawyer referred me to Brian Goodman in early 2017. I emailed Brian through his website and we talked that day. He was honest and discussed his rates and explained exactly how I would be billed. Then we spent almost an hour discussing the facts of the case and what my end goals were (I really wanted to beat the more serious DUI charge). Then Brian went right to work. For the next several weeks, Brian called me with updates and discussed possible defense strategies with me. A short time later, the State made another, similarly poor, plea offer, which I again turned down. Brian immediately filed the paperwork to schedule a trial and discussed the pros/cons of jury trials vs. bench trials. We decided on a bench trial, which would take place right before my law school graduation. Then a few weeks before trial, the prosecution made another offer—this time to drop the DUI to a “careless.” I decided to take the deal and avoided trial. After the case was closed, Brian contacted me to return the balance of my retainer (still haven’t gotten my retainer back from the first attorney). Brian isn’t just a lawyer, he is a true criminal defense professional. If strong criminal representation is important for you, I highly recommend Brian Goodman: No surprises—constant communication—fair rates—and he is not reluctant to go to trial. I am truly thankful.

I hired Bryan for a DUI charge back in 2015. His services were reasonably priced. He helped me out tremendously in my situation. Bottom line, the reason I liked having him as my lawyer was he very approachable. Never once did I experience a difficult time communicating with him. Whether it was vi...a text, email or phone. He always responded in a timely matter. I would highly recommend him as he will go to bat for you!!!!