Goodman and Carr

{{Short description|Defunct Canadian law firm}}

{{Infobox law firm

| name = Goodmann and Carr

| practice_areas = Tax and real estate

| date_founded = 1965

| founders = Wolfe Goodman and Donald Carr

| company_type = Limited Liability Partnership

| dissolved = 2007

}}

Goodman and Carr was a Canadian law firm. It was established in 1965 when Wolfe Goodman and Donald Carr combined their practices.{{cite news|title=Driven to [Self-] Destruction |url=http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/fpb/story.html?id=d5023057-1e63-4b50-9eb8-d2e67c6a51a7 |access-date=6 February 2014 |newspaper=National Post |date=25 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512064054/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/fpb/story.html?id=d5023057-1e63-4b50-9eb8-d2e67c6a51a7 |archive-date=12 May 2014 }}{{Cite web |last=Ringel |first=Heather |date=2024-12-04 |title=Obituary: Donald Carr, 96, guided many Jewish institutions in Toronto—including The Canadian Jewish News |url=https://thecjn.ca/news/donald-carr-obit/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}} At its height, the firm was considered one of the largest tax and real estate boutique firms in the country, employing over 140 lawyers at one time.{{cite news|last=McNish|first=Jacquie|title=Law firm Goodman and Carr shutting down|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/law-firm-goodman-and-carr-shutting-down/article1071989/|access-date=6 February 2014|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=14 March 2007}} In 2007, following partner defections and failed talks to merge with the major international law firm Baker & Mackenzie, the firm, along with 85 lawyers, announced it would be closing.{{cite news|last=McMahon|first=Kirsten|title=Goodman and Carr closing its doors|url=http://www.lawtimesnews.com/200703191416/headline-news/goodman-and-carr-closing-its-doors|access-date=6 February 2014|newspaper=Law News Times|date=19 March 2007}} At the time, it was considered Canada's largest law firm failure, surpassing the previous record set by Holden Day Wilson LLP in 1996. That record was surpassed in 2014, when Heenan Blaikie voted to dissolve itself.{{cite news |first1=Janet |last1=McFarland |first2=Jeff |last2=Gray |first3=Kathryn Blaze |last3=Carlson |first4=Sean |last4=Fine |title=Storied law firm Heenan Blaikie sunk by a shifting legal landscape|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/the-law-page/pace-of-departures-from-struggling-heenan-blaikie-continues-to-escalate/article16708371/|access-date=6 February 2014|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=5 February 2014}}