Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Columbia, SC

Jessica L. Gooding is an attorney with Goings Law Firm, LLC, in Columbia, South Carolina. A native of the state, Ms. Gooding focuses her practice on workers' compensation and personal injury law, and she has achieved notable success helping her clients recover the full amount of compensation they deserve for the catastrophic injuries and losses they suffered either through a work-related accident or as the result of an accident caused by someone else's negligence or wrongdoing.

Ms. Gooding also has extensive experience handling employment law claims involving discrimination, harassment and employer retaliation, and over the course of her more than 15 years practicing law, Ms. Gooding has earned a reputation as a tenacious trial advocate who aggressively pursues the most favorable outcomes possible for her plaintiff clients.

Along with practicing before all state and federal courts in South Carolina, she has extensive experience handling cases before the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board.

Ms. Gooding graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2010. She then returned to her alma mater and attended the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she obtained her Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 2013, graduating Order of the Coif, and Order of the Wig and Robe. During her time in law school, she served as symposium editor for the South Carolina Law Review, and she also served as law school ambassador and a peer mentor.

Widely regarded as a leader in her field, Ms. Gooding has published several articles and texts and conducted numerous lectures and seminars across her region on a variety of topics related to personal injury, legal ethics, workplace discrimination, trucking industry issues and more.

She is a member of the South Carolina Bar Young Lawyer Division, and she serves on the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association Membership Committee. She also serves on the Richland County Bar Association's Newsletter Editorial Board, and she is a member of the Cinderella Project Committee, where she helps at-need children across her area obtain prom dresses and other accessories.