Attorney Bio

T. Michael Goodrich, II: Mr. Goodrich serves as an in house attorney resource for small and middle size businesses.  In this capacity, he assists companies on a broad range of corporate issues including various contract advice (employment, IT, licensing, consulting and service agreements), estate and income tax advice, corporate record maintenance, real estate, IP protection, employment advice, securities issues, litigation and the myriad of other issues that confront these companies.  While he may not personally handle a particular situation, he utilizes a network of other attorneys to effectively and efficiently handle the problem. 

Additionally, he has assisted numerous businesses through the process of becoming a corporation, limited liability corporation (LLC) or other business entity, regardless of whether such businesses are in the start up process, going through business growth and needing a change of corporate structure, adding or buying out owners, or transitioning for a complete ownership change.  In the course of these representations or as completely separate from this process, Mr. Goodrich assists businesses and business owners in the preparation of shareholder (buy-sell) agreements and operating agreements.

Mr. Goodrich has also negotiated and closed several mergers and acquisitions as counsel for both buyers and sellers, as well as closing counsel. 

Before establishing the Goodrich Law Firm, Mike Goodrich worked as a solo attorney and small business consultant in Decatur, Georgia. In this capacity, he worked with numerous small and mid-sized companies on business plans and venture financing, in addition to general legal corporate work. Between 1997 and 2001, Mr. Goodrich worked in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group in the Birmingham, Alabama office of Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP. Additionally, in 2000, Mr. Goodrich, with a partner, started Webcupboard, Birmingham’s first Internet grocery store. Webcupboard customers ordered online and had groceries delivered to their homes or businesses. This venture gave him experience in all aspects of managing, operating and financing a small business, including the development and implementation of a business plan. 

Mr. Goodrich is a 1997 graduate of the University Of Alabama School Of Law, where he graduated with honors. In 1994, Mr. Goodrich graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio with both a Political Science and Communications Bachelors of Science degree. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Business and Intellectual Property Law Section), Alabama Bar Association, and Birmingham Bar Association. He is a member of the PARCA (Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama) Roundtable, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and the Birmingham Venture Club. Mr. Goodrich also obtained the rank of Eagle Scout.

Contact: (205) 328-9445 ext. 200, mike@goodrichfirm.com