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Barry S. Goodman is a partner in the firm whose practice focuses on handling real estate and real estate brokerage issues; complex commercial litigation, including antitrust suits, corporate shareholders’ and partnership disputes, and other business cases; and municipal law. Mr. Goodman is the chair of the firm’s Real Estate Brokerage Practice Group. Several of Mr. Goodman’s cases have resulted in published opinions that set precedents. For example, he conducted the lengthy trial in In re: Opinion 26 (1995), in which the N.J. Supreme Court decided that buyers and sellers of residential real estate can receive assistance from real estate and title agents during the closing process as has been the practice in South Jersey and do not have to retain a lawyer as typically has been done in North Jersey. He also argued before the N.J. Supreme Court in RE/MAX v. Wassau (2000), where the court held that real estate salespeople are employees for purposes of workers’ compensation. In another case, H.I.P. v. K. Hovnanian (1996), he successfully represented a developer regarding an advocacy group’s claims that a development did not comply with the Fair Housing Act. Mr. Goodman also was lead counsel in a 12-year battle in Mortgage Bankers Association of NJ v. NJ Real Estate Commission (1995), in which the Appellate Division ultimately held that real estate licensees can receive a fee for providing mortgage-related services. More recently, in a case pending before the N.J. Supreme Court, the Appellate Division held in CBTR v. Twin Rivers Homeowners’ Association(2006) that homeowners’ associations’ policies regarding expressional activities are subject to the N.J. Constitution. In addition, in Inter-City Tire and Auto Center v. Uniroyal (1988), Mr. Goodman successfully defended a distributor in an antitrust suit who allegedly had conspired to monopolize a certain market and fix prices. Similarly, in G&W v. Borough of East Rutherford (1995), he prevailed in an antitrust action in which his client was precluded from competing for business in a certain municipality. Mr. Goodman also represented a trade association and certain individual defendants in State v. Arace Brothers (1989), in which the Attorney General alleged that, over the course of 25 years, the defendants had allocated public contracts among themselves in violation of the Antitrust Act. Finally, in New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985), the U.S. Supreme Court rendered a landmark decision circumscribing the scope of searches in public schools. Mr. Goodman is a graduate of Rutgers College, cum laude, where he was selected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Political Science Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi. He received a law degree from Rutgers-Newark School of Law, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of Rutgers Law Review. Upon graduating, he was honored by being awarded the Eli Jarmel Memorial Award for Public Interest Litigation. Mr. Goodman, who is the General Counsel for the New Jersey Association of REALTORS®, is a frequent author and lecturer on real estate and other brokerage issues. He is a recipient of the prestigious 2006 Rutgers University Alumni Meritorious Service Award. In addition, he recently was elected as president of the Interest On Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Fund and has been a trustee of the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. He also is a past president of the Rutgers - Newark Law School Alumni Association and of the United Way of Hunterdon County, and is a trustee of the Hunterdon Healthcare System and the Hunterdon Medical Center. Mr. Goodman was also recently appointed to the New Jersey Supreme Court Professional Responsibility Rules Committee. Finally, he is a member of the Hunterdon County, Middlesex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations, and the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Real Property and Antitrust Sections, and the American Bar Association’s Litigation and Antitrust Sections. | 