Nicole Maroulakos Goodwin is the Managing Shareholder of the Phoenix Office. Nicole is a problem solver whose practice emphasizes corporate governance disputes, financial services litigation, real estate litigation, post-acquisition disputes, health care litigation, and franchise litigation. She has represented public and private corporate clients in state and federal trial and appeals courts, as well as before administrative tribunals and arbitration venues. Nicole is a counselor and advisor on exposure and litigation alternatives for clients that range from Arizona-based businesses to large national clients.

Nicole has first chair experience litigating fiduciary duty claims involving directors, officers and shareholders of corporations, and members of limited liability companies. She has represented clients in matters resulting in obtaining preliminary and final injunctive relief.

Nicole also has substantial experience in creditors' rights litigation, including the representation of clients in contested receiverships, provisional remedy proceedings, fair market value hearings, and all manner of loan enforcement actions.

In addition, Nicole has advised clients concerning antitrust issues raised by private plaintiffs, the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. A trained mediator who has served as a faculty member for the firm’s mediation training curriculum and mediated numerous matters as a Judge Pro Tempore, Nicole is also available to mediate select commercial matters.