The Len Goodman Law Office is a criminal defense firm representing persons charged with serious crimes in state and federal courts throughout the Midwest. The appellate practice is nationwide. Represents high profile defendants and the indigent, all with equal vigor. Current and former clients include the former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, and former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Shawali Khan, who was detained without charges or evidence of any wrongdoing.

About Us

Leonard C. Goodman

Leonard C. Goodman is a Chicago criminal defense lawyer, representing persons charged with serious crimes. Since graduating Northwestern University School of Law, Goodman has earned a reputation for taking on and winning difficult cases. He has even won acquittals in several cases where his clients’ prior lawyer had advised taking a guilty plea, believing the case couldn’t be won. He has the rare distinction of having won criminal cases at every level of state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and the Illinois Supreme Court.

Goodman has won awards for his work on behalf of the wrongfully convicted, including an Afghani man detained twelve years at Guantanamo Bay without charges before his release in December 2014. Other past clients include a former Illinois Governor and a former Town president.

Goodman is an adjunct professor of law at DePaul University College of Law, where he has taught Federal Criminal Law, Habeas Corpus and Legal Ethics.

Goodman is a long-time supporter of independent journalism and free media, and an ardent defender of free speech and dissenting views. He currently represents a member of the African People's Socialist Party under federal indictment in Tampa, Florida for allegedly spreading "Russian propaganda and disinformation" based largely on their outspoken opposition to US involvement in Ukraine.

Angela Reaney

Angela Reaney is an experienced criminal defense attorney. Prior to joining the Goodman Law Office, she served with the Federal Public Defender’s trial unit, representing clients accused of serious offenses, including drug, gun, and sex offenses. In the Federal Public Defender’s capital habeas unit, she represented Florida death-sentenced inmates in federal habeas corpus proceedings. She has also argued several appeals before the Seventh Circuit.

Prior to practicing criminal law, Angela served as a law clerk to a judge in the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and two district judges in the Southern District of Illinois. She was also an adjunct professor at Southern Illinois University’s School of Law and Criminology department, teaching courses ranging from Wrongful Convictions to Federal Habeas Corpus. Angela graduated summa cum laude from Southern Illinois University School of Law and holds a master’s degree in criminology from Florida State University.