Booth Goodwin, former United States Attorney in the Southern District of West Virginia, is a partner at Goodwin & Goodwin in Charleston, WV. Goodwin’s work as United States Attorney was featured and praised by The New York Times, 60 Minutes and other national and state media for his successful prosecutions in public and corporate corruption cases, most particularly for holding individual corporate officers accountable for criminal activity.
Booth was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia from May 2010 through December 2015. During Goodwin’s tenure, he personally prosecuted numerous cases of regional and national interest and has overseen the prosecution of many more such cases. He was selected by the Attorney General of the United States for service on her prestigious Attorney General’s Advisory Committee. Before becoming United States Attorney, Goodwin was an Assistant United States Attorney, was the lead Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property prosecutor, and head of the office’s Economic Crimes Section.
Booth's practice at Goodwin & Goodwin focuses on complex litigation, corporate investigations and mass torts. Goodwin brings the same strong commitment and sense of duty to his clients as he offered to the United States of America.
Booth graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in Economics and received his law degree from the Washington & Lee University School of Law where he was elected president of the Student Bar Association. He is married to Amy Shuler Goodwin, West Virginia’s Commissioner of Tourism, and they have two sons, Joe and Sam.
