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Elizabeth D. Goodley

Licensed for 43 years

Family Lawyer at San Jose, CA
Practice Areas: Family

181 Devine St, San Jose, CA

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Licensed in California for 43 years

State: California

Acquired: 1982

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Law Office of Elizabeth Goodley

181 Devine St, San Jose, CA, 95110-2403

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Elizabeth D. Goodley's Reviews

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2.7 /5.0

7 Client Reviews

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Posted by Jaime F | September 07, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

The Best Family Law Attorney of SCC

I worked with Liz on my custody matter. Liz went out of her way to help me get full custody of my daughter. She fought for me and received the results I asked for. She is awesome!! I will recommend Liz to anyone who is looking for a great determined, honest, reliable attorney here in the Santa Clara ...County. Thank you and your staff for all your hard work. You are truly a blessing Liz. Thank you.

Posted by anonymous | July 14, 2015 | Lawsuits & Disputes

Run!!!!!

Please read the reviews on this lawyer. They are unfortunately true. A lot of lawyers might get bad reviews because they lost and are bitter. This was not the case. I'm tying to protect anyone thinking of interviewing her. To say she is lazy is huge understatement. She's a " fill in the blank" and gi...ve me your money lawyer. She has no heart. She will file papers without notifying you. She sits back and wastes time to collect money. She has no integrity. NONE! She will lie to your face. Even her peers gave her negative reviews. She has been a liability to my case. I believe she gives her smaller cases to her secretary who may or may not be a paralegal. Either way, she is sloppy in appearance and work production. I didn't know lawyers like her really existed. She really doesn't care. Her concern is looking good for the judge and trying to gain approval from counsel on the other side. She is s complete an utter mess. Loses paperwork constantly. She's a nit wit. A liability. I'm still recovering from her mistakes! Beware of her.

Posted by anonymous | April 10, 2015

Stay away from Goodley!!!

This lawyer not only doesn't work for her clients, she works against you! She's a walking malpractice waiting to happen. She put me in such danger. I read her previous reviews after she was already enmeshed in my case. Mistake. Just run the other way while you can. She does everything at the last m...inute, important documents and declarations, making you look bad. It took almost 2 years to finish my case. It was not a difficult case. No child custody involved. She made everything so much more difficult. Please stay away from her. And read her other reviews. Describes her to a tee

Posted by Mona | February 20, 2015 | Divorce & Separation

Trustworthy, caring and achieved much needed results

10 years after filing for divorce, my ex husband was still hounding me with court appointments - still angrily chipping away year by year at my sanity, exposing our 3 children to continued, unnecessary conflict. Liz developed a strategy to end the craziness. The ex is still angry, and ugly acting, ...but the children and I are free of negative consequences thanks to Liz.

Posted by anonymous | January 06, 2015 | Family

Stay Away

I had a terrible experience with Liz. She was unresponsive, seemed out of touch, and costly. She seemed to be close to our first family law judge but when our department changed judges my case went wrong.

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Santa Clara University School of Law

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University of California - Davis

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