Goodell DeVries is pleased to announce that Linda S. Woolf and K. Nichole Nesbitt have been named Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF).
Linda Woolf is a founding member of Goodell DeVries and has served as the firm's Managing Partner since 2005. She represents clients across multiple industries in catastrophic loss, class action and multidistrict litigation, complex commercial, insurance coverage, construction, and government liability litigation. Linda has also served in leadership positions in numerous legal organizations, including the Network of Trial Law Firms, the Defense Research Institute (DRI), Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc., the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, the Federal Bar Association – Maryland Chapter, and the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau's Equal Justice Council.
Nikki Nesbitt is a partner with Goodell DeVries. Her practice concentrates on medical malpractice defense and complex commercial litigation, as well as cases that combine the two fields. She represents several health systems in Maryland and the District of Columbia, handling complicated malpractice cases as well as credentialing, employment, and compliance-related matters. Nikki also handles employment matters outside of the health care context for employers in this region and beyond. For the entirety of her 18 years at the bar, Nikki has practiced at Goodell DeVries and has moved through the ranks from summer associate to partner. Likewise, she has served in leadership positions in the Network of Trial Law Firms, of which she is the 2020 Chair, as well as Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc., and the Defense Research Institute (DRI), and in advocacy organizations such as JDRF.
The American Bar Foundation is among the world's leading research institutes for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law. An independent, nonprofit organization for nearly 70 years, the ABF seeks to advance the understanding and improvement of law through research projects of unmatched scale and quality on the most pressing issues facing the legal system in the United States and the world.
Goodell DeVries is proud to have four ABF Fellows among the firm's lawyers: Linda S. Woolf, K. Nichole Nesbitt, Sidney G. Leech, and Thomas J. S. Waxter, III.
