- James Goodale
James Goodale is the former General Counsel and Vice Chairman of "
The New York Times ". As of 2006, he has a half hour TV show "The Digital Age " onWNYE-TV covering media and legal issues.He writes columns of
media law and press freedom for the "New York Law Journal ". As a leadingFirst Amendment lawyer, he conducts acontinuing education seminar on Communications Law.He was with the Times during the Pentagon Papers case. Because, the Times' regular outside counsel,
Lord Day & Lord , disagreed with Mr. Goodale's advice that thePentagon Papers could be published under the First Amendment, he led his own legal team and directed the strategy which resulted winning the case for TheNew York Times in theUnited States Supreme Court .He joined
Debevoise & Plimpton after leaving the Times and established two practice groups, one for the representation of media companies, particularly new media companies such as cable television, the other for First Amendment and intellectual property litigation.He teaches at Fordham and
Yale Law Schools. He also helped conceived of theColumbia University TV seminars along withFred Friendly . He helpedGeorge Plimpton turn "The Paris Review " into a foundation.Mr. Goodale is married to the former Toni Krissel of
New York City who is President of the New York City fund-raising firm, T.K. Goodale Associates. They are the parents of Tim (a founding partner ofFusion Capital Management ,London ), Ashley (NYC Office of Legal Counsel), and the foster parents of Clayton Akiwenzie, a Native-American (withWells Fargo inSan Francisco , where he supervises loans to low-income housing developers).External links
* [http://www.jamesgoodale.net/pages/1/index.htm James Goodale Biography]
Other James Goodales
* [http://www.firsthometour.com - CEO of First Home Tour (Free Virtual Tour Provider) in San Diego, CA]
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