Jeffrey P. Goodman of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky. Courtesy photo Jeffrey P. Goodman of Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky. Courtesy photo

Attorney of the Year Finalist

In the early hours of June 24, 2021, while residents slept in their units, the beachfront condominium complex Champlain Towers in Surfside, Florida, collapsed, killing nearly 100 residents and trapping many others in the rubble.

The incident resulted in the deaths of 98 people, with many others looking for their missing family members—and for answers.

Two days following the collapse, Jeffrey Goodman, attorney with Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky in Philadelphia and a finalist for The Legal Intelligencer's 2023 Attorney of the Year award, was approached by two victims' families.