Press Release
05/14/08 -
Robert P. Goodridge Joins Vedder Price's Washington Office
The law firm of Vedder Price P.C. announces that Robert P. Goodridge joined its Washington, D.C. office today. His practice is concentrated in a wide range of commercial finance specialties, including healthcare finance and real estate finance, together with the acquisition and disposition of real estate.
“We are delighted to have Bob Goodridge join our growing group of finance attorneys in the Washington office and our firm’s largest practice area; our Finance and Transactions Group,” commented Michael A. Nemeroff, the President of Vedder Price P.C. “He is a great fit for our DC office and, as a former corporate counsel, Bob brings us insights and additional expertise in the areas of healthcare and real estate finance.”
For eight years, Mr. Goodridge served as corporate counsel for Heller Healthcare Finance, GE Healthcare Finance and Merrill Lynch Capital Healthcare Finance, where he worked on asset-based, real estate and cash flow loans to the healthcare and life sciences industries. As in- house counsel to these specialty lenders, Mr. Goodridge worked closely with originators, underwriters and credit officers in the closing and postclosing management of loan portfolios and, as such, has developed a keen understanding and awareness of the business concerns of lenders in these areas. Mr. Goodridge also worked in the Special Assets Group at GE Healthcare Finance and has extensive experience in working through troubled investments in the healthcare and life sciences areas.
Mr. Goodridge was a principal in a Washington D.C. law, firm where he regularly represented lenders in all aspects of real estate finance, including construction, bridge and permanent loans. During this time, Mr. Goodridge worked closely with a particular life insurance company and its real estate investment portfolio and provided a variety of outsourced underwriting and asset management services in addition to his legal work. Mr. Goodridge also represented developers and investors in real estate development, leasing and acquisition matters. He is coauthor of a chapter pertaining to title insurance issues in the book Troubled Construction Loans, edited by Stanley P. Sklar (John Wiley & Sons, 1991).
Mr. Goodridge also worked as in house counsel to The St. Paul Companies’ life insurance division, where he managed legal matters pertaining to the company’s investments and represented the company in regulatory matters. In such capacity, Mr. Goodridge authored and successfully lobbied the Maryland legislature to adopt the state’s current statute pertaining to permitted life insurance company investments.
Mr. Goodridge received his undergraduate degree from the McIntire School of Commerce, at the University of Virginia, in 1984, with a concentration in Finance, and his law degree from The George Washington University in 1987, where he was a member of The George Washington Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. Mr. Goodridge is a member of the D.C. and Virginia bars.
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