Allan
H. Goodman is the owner of Solomon Publications, the company he founded
to publish books that he has authored. Under the auspices of Solomon Publications
he teaches seminars on self-publishing. He is the author of
Solomon Publications' Guide to Publishing and Promotion, Basic
Skills for the New Arbitrator, and Basic Skills for the New Mediator. He
is currently a Judge on the United States Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.
From 1975 to 1993, Judge Goodman was an attorney in private practice. From
1987 to 2001 he was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown University
Law Center, where he taught Construction Contract Law. He has also taught
Government Contract Law at the University of Richmond - T.C. Williams College
of Law (1980-85) and the University of Virginia (Northern Virginia Extension)(1981-84).
Judge
Goodman serves as a private arbitrator and mediator. He became a member
of the American Arbitration Association's Commercial Panel of Arbitrators
in 1980, and has served on more than forty arbitration panels for the AAA.
From 1989-92 he was a member of the D.C. Bar's Attorney-Client Arbitration
Board which provides mediation and arbitration of fee disputes between
attorneys and clients. From 1990-92 he was a member of the District of
Columbia Superior Court Multi-Door Dispute Resolution Panel, where he arbitrated
contract disputes. While in private practice, Judge Goodman also mediated
disputes arising from the construction of the Federal Triangle Project
(renamed the Ronald Reagan Building) in Washington, D.C.
Judge Goodman lectures frequently on alternative dispute resolution techniques, and has been a trainer for new mediators and arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and Solomon Publications. In 1996 and 1997 he was a member of the National Construction Arbitrator Training Faculty of the American Arbitration Association.
