Adam Goodman is a Partner in the Litigation Department of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. His practice focuses on representing corporations and directors in federal securities class actions, derivative actions and merger litigation, antitrust enforcement actions, and federal and state appeals.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Goodman served as a law clerk at each level of the federal judiciary. Following law school, Mr. Goodman clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice David H. Souter of the United States Supreme Court, for Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and for Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Goodman litigates disputes across the state and federal courts. He is admitted to practice in the State of New York; the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York; the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Goodman received a B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. He received a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.