Founder
John F. Goodson
John F. Goodson, the founder of Goodson Manley Law & Legacies, was a trusted advisor to many and a highly respected practitioner in estate planning and wealth preservation, who developed his own proprietary concept of Preventative Law and multi-generational Wealth Preservation Legacy Planning. After over 50 years of serving clients, John passed away on March 5, 2015. John believed that the quality of a law firm is determined for the most part by the quality of its lawyers, and the culture of a firm matches the example of its senior and founding members.
Although John’s skill and genuine care and concern for his clients can never be duplicated, the dedicated members of GMLL will passionately adhere to John’s principles and continue to be pioneers of the industry. In addition to his active legal career, John dedicated time to mentoring young lawyers, was active in local politics, and taught classes at Arizona State University. John’s contributions to the legal profession are vast, and his legacy will be remembered for generations.
John graduated law school from the University of Arizona. He had special studies in estate and business planning at Harvard Law School, University of New York Law School, and the University Miami Law School. John not only served his clients but was active in the community. He had served on numerous boards, including Chairman of the Faculty of the College of Estate Planning Attorneys, founder of the College of Preventive Law, Director of the Greater Phoenix Financial Planning Association, and co-authored a business law textbook, Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Arizona, published by University of Arizona Press.
Attorney
Colleen Goodson Manley, ESQ., MBA
Senior Attorney
Colleen Manley focuses on wealth preservation, asset protection, succession planning, and business planning.
Colleen has spent the last six years researching and developing new legal vehicles and solutions for estate and business planning. As a result, Colleen is advancing the area of innovative services for family offices and estate planning law firms.
Ms. Manley has an Executive MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management with a specialty in business organization, sustainability and succession planning. Colleen has earned her Doctor of Law and Master of Law degrees from the University of Arizona. She has also served as the lead Legacy Advisor for Shelterwood (now Pitcarin, multi-family office), whose clients include members of the founding American families. Colleen has extensive transactional experience regarding complex tax, legal and financial matters including business planning and transactions; mergers and acquisitions; contract negotiations; and financial, estate, and business succession planning.
Round table of Senior Wealth Preservation Advisors
Bob Mangum
Educated at the University of North Carolina and Harvard Business School and with more than 30 years of experience in senior corporate management in large, multi-national private and public corporations, Bob is well known for his ability to identify opportunities and obstacles to growth in profit and cash flow. Bob’s expertise includes strategic planning, financial and operations planning and control, business triage and turn-around management. Bob has served on numerous corporate boards and as director of two national banks. He continues to provide strategic and operational advice and counsel to senior management and boards of directors through Horizon Management & Finance Associates, Inc., and to early stage entrepreneurs through Main Street Angels, Inc., both of which he founded and leads as CEO.
Directors
Stan Duvall
Stan Duvall serves on the Board of Directors providing strategic vision, planning and risk management expertise. Stan is an Air Force Colonel serving in the office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Pentagon, Washington D.C. where he recommends policy changes affecting the 660,000 members of the Air Force. He brings extensive risk management experience having served a s both a fighter pilot and an Air Force Special Operations Commander in Afghanistan. Following his operational and combat tours in multiple theatres, Stan taught strategy, planning and risk management to senior military and key government leaders at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
In addition to his active Air Force Career, Stan teaches classes at University of Maryland University College and the National Defense University in Washington D.C. A dedicated lifelong learner, Stan completed certification programs in Strategic Decision and Risk Management at Stanford, Leadership Decision Making at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, Authentic Leadership Development at Harvard Business School, and Leadership and Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Stan has an executive MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management with a specialty in business and financial management.