Carl F GoodmanCarl F. Goodman is an adjunct professor of Japan/United States Comparative Law at Georgetown University Law Center and was adjunct professor teaching Japanese Law at George Washington University School of Law, in Washington D.C. prior to moving to Noth Carolina. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Washington in Seattle Washington and Temple University Tokyo Faculty of Law and was a Fulbright Researcher at Tokyo University. He is a recipient of the Georgetown University Law Center Charles Fehy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award. In private law practice, he was a partner in the International firms of Surrey and Morse and Jones, Day. While in private practice, Professor Goodman had an active international practice based in part on representation of Japanese clients. He is a retired partner of Jones Day and upon retirement became Professor of Anglo-American Law at Hiroshima University, Faculty of Law in Hiroshima, Japan. Professor Goodman started his legal career as an Honors Program hire in the United States Department of Justice. As a Foreign Service Reserve Officer, he represented the United States as the United States Agent before the International Lake Ontario Claims Tribunal (United States and Canada)--a claims arbitration dealing with problems related to the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Professor Goodman's exposure to Japan began in the mid-1960s when, as a member of the Legal Advisor's Office, he represented the State Department in negotiations with Japan concerning air routes to and from Japan and the United States. He ended his government career as General Counsel of the then United States Civil Service Commission. Before teaching Japan/United States Comparative Law, Professor Goodman had been an Adjunct Professor of Administrative Law at the Brooklyn Law School, New York and was Adjunct Professor of Public Personnel Law at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. when he was General Counsel of the Civil Service Commission. He is the author of Handbook on Public Personnel Law published in 1978, as well as Justice and Civil Procedure in Japan published in 2005. Read More Read Less