Mr. Goodenow is a shareholder and a former director in the law firm of Parsons Behle & Latimer.  His practice includes commercial and corporate transactions, mining, contract advice and drafting, corporate litigation and insolvency work for a wide range of local, statewide, national, and international clients. Mr. Goodenow authored Nevada’s original limited liability company act and the book Nevada Business Entities. He assists both acquirors and target companies in the legal aspects of due diligence investigations, particularly in the mining industry. During 2006 and 2007, Mr. Goodenow served as president of the State Bar of Nevada.  He is also Past-President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents.  He currently serves as outside general counsel to the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Nevada and the National Judicial College.  He has served as president of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation and as a member of the Board of Visitors of the National Judicial College.

During the Spring of 2026, Mr. Goodenow spent a month as a Fulbright Specialist, teaching international business transactions, mediation and arbitration and mining law at the Institut des Relations Internationales du Cameroun (IRIC).

Mr. Goodenow received his law degree from the University of Iowa, College of Law in 1988, where he was an editor of the Iowa Law Review. His undergraduate degree is from Tulane University of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Goodenow practices with the philosophy that in order to be a competent transaction lawyer, you have to know your way to the courthouse.