Jeanie is an experienced civil trial lawyer who has defended marine employers and ship owners from personal injury claimants, including domestic and foreign Jones Act seamen, longshoremen who work at the dock or on offshore installations, and passengers.  She has also defended energy companies in complex commercial litigation.

She graduated from Baylor School of Law in 2004 and is currently licensed in the State of Texas and admitted to all federal district courts in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. 

Notable work:

• On behalf of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in The Dutra Group v. Batterton in which the Court found that punitive damages are not available on a claim of unseaworthiness. 

• Obtained dismissal in a Jones Act seaman vessel status case and successfully defended at the Fifth Circuit (affirmed) and on petition to the U.S. Supreme Court (certiorari denied). 

• Successfully challenged Jones Act seaman status in federal court using the Fifth Circuit's Sanchez factors. 

• Obtained defense jury verdict in heavy weather personal injury case in the Southern District of Texas against plaintiffs' firm Arnold and Itkin. 

• Succeeded on petition for writ of mandamus to the First District Court of Appeals of Texas on issue regarding independent neuropsychological examination of a plaintiff claiming traumatic brain injury. 

jeanie.goodwin@dba-lawyer.com