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Charles B. Goodwin is a director who handles securities litigation, complex commercial litigation, and state and federal appeals. Mr. Goodwin served as a primary attorney in the successful defense of Kerr-McGee from a hostile takeover attempt by Carl Icahn, as well as the successful defense of Hoffmann-LaRoche in the first trial in the United States of claims alleging that the pharmaceutical drug Accutane causes depression. Mr. Goodwin is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern, and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Oklahoma Bar Association. Mr. Goodwin is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, having received degrees in Economics and Letters (with an emphasis in classical literature) in 1994, and a J.D. in 1997. While attending law school, he served as note editor of the Oklahoma Law Review and was awarded the Harry Alley-Leroy Allen Prize for Best Case Note. Prior to joining Crowe & Dunlevy, he served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange and U.S. District Judge Lee R. West, both of the Western District of Oklahoma, and U.S. Magistrate Judge Claire V. Eagan of the Northern District of Oklahoma. Mr. Goodwin’s position with Judge West was a special shared clerkship where he also worked for U.S. District Judges Wayne Alley, Robin Cauthron, Tim Leonard, and Ralph Thompson. | 