Michael E. Goodbread Jr. has experience in business law and transactional practice, with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and start-up companies.  Mr. Goodbread also represents businesses and entrepreneurs in structuring debt and equity investments and in private placement transactions, as well as franchise and business opportunity compliance, registration and disclosure matters.  He has extensive experience in representing motor vehicle dealers including regulatory matters involving the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and motor vehicle manufacturers.

Representative Experience 

• McGuire Woods L.L.P., Jacksonville, FL
  Partner, January 2001-May 2004
• Martin Ade Birchfield & Mickler P.A., Jacksonville, FL
  Shareholder, September 1993-December 2000

Presentations

• "Nuts and Bolts of Mergers and Acquisitions," Panel Speaker, ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting, April 6, 2006
• "Choice of Entity: S Corp vs. LLC," Panel Speaker, The Jacksonville Bar Association, March 17, 2005

Publications

• "Post-Enron: New Standards for what Constitutes an Independent Special Litigation Committee," Author, The Jacksonville Bar Association Bar Bulletin, February 2005
• "Have Your Cake and Eat It Too? Partnership Conversions Under The Florida Revised Uniform Partnership Act," Author, The Florida Bar Journal, July/August 1997